About PFGBEST.com
BEST Direct Securities, LLC is a wholly owned subsidiary of Peregrine Financial Group, Inc. (“PFGBEST.com”). PFGBEST.com is a growth company dedicated to helping investors explore and capture portfolio diversification and trading opportunities in derivatives markets. PFGBEST.com is a leader in futures, forex, options and trading education. PFGBEST.com boasts its intuitive proprietary platform, BEST Direct.
PFGBEST.com is currently ranked among the top U.S. non clearing FCM firms as measured by customer-segregated funds. PFGBEST.com was ranked by the Futures Industry Association as the 37th largest FCM in 2006, with approximately $203 million in customer equity, up from $125 million in 2005, and a greater than 10-fold increase from $18 million in 1998.
The company was founded by Russell R. Wasendorf, Sr., who has actively traded futures and forex since 1972. PFGBEST.com was incorporated as a registered Futures Commission Merchant (FCM) under the name Peregrine Financial Group, Inc. (PFG) in 1990. The
BEST Direct online trading system was one of the first trading platforms to connect customers directly to the Chicago Mercantile Exchange Globex trading system in 1998.