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Cannon Trading Company, Inc.Company type| Private

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Industry| Futures exchange
Founder| Mike Levy
Headquarters|

Los Angeles, California

Area served

| Los Angeles Area
Website| CannonTrading.com

Cannon Trading Company, Inc. is a licensed future, commodities, and Forex Brokerage firm. It is an independent Introducing Broker based in Los Angeles, California. It was incorporated and has been a member of the National Futures Association the futures industry’s self-regulatory body – since 1988. Cannon Trading Company is also registered with the Commodity Futures Trading Commission and is a member of the Beverly Hills Chamber of Commerce and the U.S Chamber of Commerce.[1]

## History

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Cannon Trading Company, Inc. Company was founded in 1988 by Mike Levy.[2] and Sara Wintner.[3] It was one of the early commodities brokerage firms to offer online futures trading. It is an independent, introducing broker providing online, full-service, and managed futures trading services. Located in Los Angeles, California, Cannon Trading Company, Inc. offers 6 trading platforms, broker-assisted services with experienced licensed series 3 brokers, hedge accounts, trading systems as well as managed accounts. It offers a wide variety of services from the self-directed retail client to institutional and professional clients.

On December 11, 1995, founder Meir Levy purchased financial domain names such as CannonTrading.com.[4] In 1998, Ilan Levy-Mayer joined Cannon Trading and started its online division. Cannon Trading Company, Inc. became one of the first to offer online futures trading.[5] In 1999, Meir Levy, Chairman of the Board, emphasized the corporation's presence on the Internet as a key to the marketing and business development strategies of the company.[6]

* 2000 – Continued corporation’s international presence to capture more foreign accounts and market share.
* 2002 – Cannon Trading Company, Inc. decided to add FCMs as diversification of trading programs and online trading platforms to give its business an edge providing the best available programs.
* 2002 Cannon Trading Company, Inc. reached a decision to further emphasize self-directed online trading through the online order entry systems, and add new online platforms from the following various reputable FCMs.
* 2011 – Continue to stress the Corporations International presence through launching a redesign of CCannon Trading Company, Inc.’s website and technological database.
* 2013 - Cannon Trading Company, Inc. offers 90% of available online platforms available.[7]

In 2013, Cannon Trading Company, Inc. celebrated 25 years of futures trading services.[8] In 2013, Cannon Trading Company, Inc., written daily by Ilan Levy-Mayer, was voted #1 blog 2013 by Trader Planet.[9]

* July 8, 2014, Cannon Trading Company, Inc. Releases New Futures Trading Platform, Shogun Trade Executor.[10]
* 2014 Cannon Trading Company, Inc. offers a complete range of futures trading services from online trading, systems trading, hedging services, and managed accounts.[11]

## Operations

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Cannon Trading Company, Inc. is a US-based firm but has serviced customers from other countries worldwide.[12] It offers a variety of on-line trading platforms – most of which serve the global market, broker-assist programs, and managed account opportunities. Cannon Trading Company, Inc.’s Founder, Principal, and President is Meir “Mike” Levy and its Vice President is Ilan Levy Mayer.

## References

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1. ^ "BASIC Details". futures.org.
2. ^ Message from the President - Cannon Trading. Vimeo.
3. ^ "BASIC Details". futures.org.
4. ^ "Cannontrading.com Whois Lookup - Who.is - Who.is". who.is.
5. ^ "Ilan Levy-Mayer". cannontrading.com.
6. ^ "Commodity Broker - CANNON TRADING COMPANY, INC". commoditybrokersonline.com.
7. ^ "Futures Trading Platform & Software - Cannon Trading". cannontrading.com.
8. ^ "Cannon Trading Co, Inc. Celebrates 25 Years of Futures Trading Services". PRWeb. 5 September 2013.
9. ^ "2013 STAR Award Winners". TraderPlanet.com. Archived from the original on 2014-12-13. Retrieved 2014-12-12.
10. ^ "Cannon Trading Releases New Futures Trading Platform, Shogun Trade Executor™". Benzinga.
11. ^ "Future Brokerage Services". cannontrading.com.
12. ^ "Cannon Trading Company, Inc". bbb.org.

## External links

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* Official website