What is TD Ameritrade?
{{Infobox company | name = TD Ameritrade Holding Corporation | logo = TD Ameritrade.svg | type = [[Public company]] | traded_as = {{NASDAQ|AMTD}}<br>[[Russell 1000 Index]] component | foundation = {{Start date and age|1971}} | hq_location = [[Omaha, Nebraska]] | revenue = {{increase}} $3.327 billion (FY 2016)<ref name=10K>[https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1173431/000117343116000429/amtd_20160930x10k.htm TD Ameritrade Holding Corporation 2016 Form 10-K Annual Report]</ref> | website = [https://www.tdameritrade.com/ www.tdameritrade.com] }} '''TD Ameritrade''' is a company that lets customers buy and sell [[stock]]s and other financial [[Security (finance)|securities]]. It has [[headquarters]] in [[Omaha, Nebraska]]. The company received its current name in January 2006, when Ameritrade Holding Corporation acquired [[TD Waterhouse]] from [[Toronto-Dominion Bank]] and was renamed TD Ameritrade.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2005/06/23/business/td-waterhouse-usa-is-sold-to-ameritrade.html | title=TD Waterhouse USA Is Sold to Ameritrade | last=Ian | first=Austen | publisher=[[New York Times]] | date=June 23, 2005}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.nbcnews.com/id/11021362/ns/business-us_business/t/ameritrade-closes-td-waterhouse-acquisition/ | title=Ameritrade Closes TD Waterhouse Acquisition | work=[[Associated Press]] | publisher=[[NBC News]] | date=January 25, 2006}}</ref> == History == In 1975, the company was founded as First Omaha Securities by [[Joe Ricketts]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=The Next Charles Schwab?|url=https://www.forbes.com/global/1999/0705/0213104a.html|access-date=2024-07-14|website=Forbes|language=en}}</ref> In 1983, Ameritrade Clearing Inc. was established as a central counterparty clearing broker.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2016-10-31|title=Timeline: Milestones in TD Ameritrade history|url=https://omaha.com/money/timeline-milestones-in-td-ameritrade-history/article_2c381e32-9e5b-11e6-a9e4-5b54e80deb69.html|access