TradeStation Group Reports Monthly Business Metrics


PLANTATION, Fla., Nov. 4, 2008 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- TradeStation Group, Inc. (Nasdaq:TRAD) today reported the following business metrics for the month ended October 31, 2008:



 * 145,397 Daily Average Revenue Trades (DARTs)
 * Total client assets of $1.6 billion (as of October 31, 2008)
 * Average equities client credit balances of $657 million
 * Average equities client margin balances of $49 million

Year over year, TradeStation's DARTs increased 62%, total client assets decreased 11%, average equities client credit balances increased 17%, and average equities client margin balances decreased 47%. Below in tabular format are year-over-year comparisons of those metrics on both a monthly and quarterly basis:


                         TradeStation Securities
                           Business Metrics
                                                              Q4-08
                                                              QTD*
                                   Oct-08              Qtr    vs. Qtr
                                     vs.     Q4-08    Ended   Ended
                  Oct-08   Oct-07  Oct-07     QTD*  12/31/07  12/31/07
                 -----------------------------------------------------

 Trading Days       23.0     23.0    N.M.      23.0     63.0     N.M.

 Daily Average
  Revenue Trades
  (DARTs)        145,397   89,972     62%   145,397   90,224      61%

 Total Client
  Assets ($MM),
  end of period   $1,598   $1,803    -11%    $1,598   $1,789     -11%

 Average Equities
  Client Credit
  Balances ($MM)    $657     $562     17%      $657     $582      13%

 Average Equities
  Client Margin
  Balances ($MM)     $49      $93    -47%       $49      $97     -49%

 *Q4-08 quarter-to-date (QTD) means results for the month ended
 October 31, 2008.

Additional information regarding the company's business metrics can be found on TradeStation Group's Web site at www.tradestation.com/aboutus/businessmetrics.shtm.



 About TradeStation Group, Inc.
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TradeStation Group, Inc. (Nasdaq:TRAD), through its principal operating subsidiary, TradeStation Securities, Inc., offers the TradeStation platform to the active trader and certain institutional trader markets. TradeStation is an electronic trading platform that offers state-of-the-art electronic order execution and enables clients to design, test, optimize, monitor and automate their own custom Equities, Options, Futures and Forex trading strategies.

TradeStation Securities, Inc. (Member NYSE Euronext, FINRA, SIPC, NSCC, DTC, OCC & NFA) is a licensed securities broker-dealer and a registered futures commission merchant, and also a member of the Boston Options Exchange, Chicago Board Options Exchange, Chicago Stock Exchange, International Securities Exchange and NASDAQ OMX. The company's technology subsidiary, TradeStation Technologies, Inc., develops and offers strategy trading software tools and subscription services. Its London-based subsidiary, TradeStation Europe Limited, an FSA-authorized brokerage firm, introduces UK and other European accounts to TradeStation Securities.



            

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