Investools, Inc. provides investor education, and brokerage and related financial products and services for self-directed investors in the United States. It operates in two segments, Investor Education and Brokerage Services. The Investor Education segment offers a range of investor education products and services that provide lifelong learning and support to self-directed investors. The company has approximately 337,000 graduates of its Foundation course and 102,800 paid subscribers to its Web sites. It offers investor education products and services in various learning formats with courses ranging from beginning to advanced, to address the needs of students on all investor levels. This segment’s learning formats include Preview Event, a free event that introduces students to fundamental investing concepts; Workshops, which includes live, instructor-led investing workshops that cover topics ranging from fundamental investing principles to advanced strategies; Home Study/Online Courses; Coaching Services, such as interactive workshops, and on-demand and one-to-many coaching services; Ongoing Support and Tutorials; and thinkorswim paperMoney. Its course offerings comprise Investing Foundation Course, Basic Options, Advanced Technical Analysis, Advanced Options, Forex, and Advanced Forex. The Brokerage Services segment operates as an online brokerage firm. It focuses on providing services to self-directed options traders and retail investors. This segment offers a range of products, including equity securities, index products, exchange traded options, futures, mutual funds, bonds, and foreign exchange. It provides front-end trading platforms that allow its customers to trade electronically, as well as trading tools and analytics, including tools for implementing options strategies. The company was founded in 1996 and is headquartered in New York, New York.