Pinnacle's strategic alliance with several industry leading clearing and technology providers offers an unprecedented trading advantage. These partners include:

Rosenthal Collins Group, LLC (RCG) is a leading Futures Commission Merchant (FCM) offering execution, clearing, principal brokerage, foreign exchange, managed account programs and electronic trading services to a global customer base. RCG holds clearing memberships on all principal US futures exchanges and has access to world futures markets through a network of correspondent relationships. With over 20,000 active accounts, the firm clears more than 75 million contracts per year.

RCG boasts the strongest financial position of any independent FCM. With over $2.0 billion in assets, $450 million in Customer Funds, $60 million in firm capital and $25 million of capital in excess of regulatory requirements, customers can take comfort in RCG's solid capitalization.

Penson Financial Services, Inc. is a leading clearing services firm with headquarters in Dallas, Texas. Founded in 1989, Penson Financial Services, Inc  (PFS) is well capitalized with assets in excess of $200 million and equity capital of over $100 million.

Penson has achieved an enviable position in the US clearing market. Penson currently accounts for 3-5% of total NASDAQ volume on a daily basis, and has processed as many as 879,000 transactions per day. Penson has direct relationships with the Depository Trust Company (DTC) and National Securities Clearing Corporation (NSCC) in New York. The company is privately held through an affiliation of Texas based life insurance groups.

Penson GHCO, a leading provider of technology products and services to active futures traders, is headquartered in Chicago with office in New York, Minneapolis and London. GHCO clients, including floor traders, introducing brokers, non-clearing FCMs, commercial grain companies and other institutional and professional trading firms. Penson GHCO clears through the Chicago Board of Trade (NYSE: BOT), the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (NYSE: CME), LCH Clearnet and the Minneapolis Grain Exchange.

Patsystems is a publicly-owned company that supplies high-performance trading technology to the derivatives community. Founded in 1994 by a team of derivatives traders and IT experts, Patsystems' trading applications are deployed by the world's leading futures and options brokers. Over 650,000 contracts a day are traded through Patsystems technology.