What are my chances of winning in arbitration?
According to the Securities Arbitration Commentator, a periodical publication which has studied the statistics of securities arbitration cases, 80% of all customer cases settle in favor of the investor prior to the rendering of an arbitration award. Over half of the remaining 20% that do not settle prior to arbitration result in an award to the customer. Said another way, just less than half of the cases which go to arbitration result in an award in favor of the brokerage firm.
