Suretrade was an American stockbroker firm with an electronic trading platform headquartered in Lincoln, Rhode Island.
It was created in 1997 and was acquired by FleetBoston Financial's Quick & Reilly in 2001.
In early 1999, FleetBoston considered an initial public offering for the unit but plans were scrapped in October 1999 after the dot-com bubble started to crash.
[2][3] In an October 1999 Fortune (magazine) article, Montanaro claimed that Suretrade was rated the #1 broker for aggressive traders and #2 for beginning investors.
[5] Suretrade was folded into Quick & Reilly in 2001 as investors wanted more advisory services after the crash of the dot-com bubble.