Scottrade, a leading branch-supported online investment firm, is hosting a customer education User Summit for Atlanta-area Scottrade customers. The regional conference to help Scottrade investors and traders make better informed investment decisions will be held on Saturday, Oct. 18 at the Sheraton Hotel in Atlanta.

During the free workshop, attendees will learn how to effectively use the online functions and features of Scottrade’s trading platforms and learn how to easily manage their accounts. Featured speakers include Kevin Dodson, Scottrade Director of Online Financial Services, Todd Slawson, Scottrade Manager of Active Trading Services, and Mary Kearney, Senior Staff Instructor at Options Institute.

“The User Summit workshop is designed to make sure investors and traders are familiar with Scottrade’s platforms so they can effectively and efficiently find and react to opportunities in the market,” Dodson said. “Regardless of an individual’s trading strategy, our goal during this nationwide series is for every attendee to learn something they can apply to their next trade.”

Topics covered during the workshop include finding opportunities with stock and ETF screeners, placing pre-market and after-hours trades, learning the economic calendar for IPOs, earnings and splits, and setting up alerts for account specific updates.

The Atlanta User Summit is one of a series of free workshops Scottrade is holding throughout the country as part of its customer education efforts. Other customer education resources include eight branch offices in the Atlanta area, an online social networking community, Web casts and market and research information.

“Scottrade is focused on providing our customers with information that will help make them better investment decisions,” said Kristin McDougall, Scottrade Customer Education Manager. “While our customers are self-directed, knowing how to use the online trading features and tools offered through our platforms can help our customers make better decisions more quickly when they are trading on their own.”
For more about educational resources available locally, call (800) 619-SAVE to be directed to your nearest Scottrade branch office.

About Scottrade
As a leading online investment firm, Scottrade offers a full line of investment products, online trading services and market research tools to help investors take control of their financial future. Scottrade provides customers the convenience of buying many stocks online at just $7 per trade and the support of the largest branch network among online investment firms, with over 350 nationwide branch offices. Scottrade is dedicated to exceptional customer service and unprecedented value and is also one of FORTUNE magazine’s “100 Best Companies to Work For” in America. For more information, visit www.scottrade.com.