Scottrade is a privately owned American discount retail brokerage firm headquartered in Town and Country, Missouri. Its founder, former President and the current CEO is Rodger O. Riney. Scottrade has 503 branch offices around the U.S. It also offers services to Asian-Pacific customers with a service center staffing Chinese-speaking stockbrokers. Scottrade does not offer access to the U.S. market to Australian citizens, which is in the Asian-Pacific region. - Source: Wikipedia