Brokers that offer Token/Pin card etc. to login

Hi, I was thinking in a post of WHTenn regarding safety of the computers, the danger of downloading new software, etc.

I am curious if somebody know a broker that offer a token, pin card, finger-print device, etc. as a method to enforce safety when login, I think it would be definetly an interesting feature.

Hey ADO... I have researched this concern since you posted this a few days ago. I have not found anyone that offers such tight security. This is unfortunate.

I have three firewalls, two virus softwares and a keylogger defeating program. I feel safe with my system. Every 2 weeks I do withdraw from my brokerage account and put into my LLC bank account. I don't exactly trust brokers.

If you are in need of any good software programs, shoot me a pm and I will hook you up.

Until we have a more secured trading system, we need to keep our fingers crossed.

Interactive Brokers has such a security device. Its problematic for algorithmic traders (no auto-reconnect possible), so clients can also opt out of this.

Thanks for the info Shrike, is nice to know the option exist with this broker, I think this is an important feautre that more brokers should consider, especially when they say "trade anywhere, open our platform from any computer with internet access in the world"... yes of course... If sometimes my own computer that I take care a lot of, gets infected with virus, imagine tyiping your passwors in a lend or public computer...

Thanks! actually I'm concerned because some days ago I noticed that my PC showed active conections to the internet when I was doing nothing at all, after some research and installing a couple of programs, I found 2 trojan spam bots; I have my antivirus updated, I avoid to enter to suspicious/porn/underworld sites, and I got somehow those $/$#*** virus , damn... I'm sending you a PM.

Last year some hackers used stolen logins to pump up penny-stocks on the OTC-BB, in which they had positions in, and then dumped their positions at a higher price, leaving those clients with a loss. Several direct access brokers clients were affected. IB made the security device mandatory pretty soon afterwards. You cant probably be paranoid enough when it comes to these things, even tho a simmilar fraud wouldnt work in FX.