TradeStation Group, Inc. Announces the Date of Its 2008 Fourth Quarter and Year-End Earnings Conference Call


PLANTATION, Fla., Feb. 12, 2009 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) --



 WHO:          TRADESTATION GROUP, INC.

 WHAT:         TRADESTATION GROUP, INC. CONFERENCE CALL ON THE WEB

               FOURTH QUARTER AND YEAR-END 2008 EARNINGS
               AND 2009 BUSINESS OUTLOOK

 WHEN:         Thursday, February 19, 2009 11:00 AM (Eastern Time)/
               8:00 AM (Pacific Time)

 HOW TO
 LISTEN:       You'll need the Windows Media Player or Real
               Player to participate.

 DETAILS:      In conjunction with TradeStation Group, Inc.'s
               (Nasdaq:TRAD) fourth quarter and year-end 2008
               earnings announcement, which will include the
               company's 2009 Business Outlook, and which will be
               released at approximately 7:40 a.m., eastern time,
               on Thursday, February 19, 2009, you are invited to
               listen to the live webcast of the discussion of
               the results at www.TradeStation.com. The company's
               Monthly Business Metrics for the month of January
               2009 will be announced at approximately the same
               time on Thursday, February 19, 2009.

               The  live webcast will be accompanied by slides 
               of graphs and charts.

 REPLAY
 INFORMATION:  If you are unable to participate during the
               live webcast, the call will be available at
               www.TradeStation.com for approximately 90 days.

 CONTACT:      David H. Fleischman, Chief Financial Officer
               TradeStation Group, Inc.
               954-652-7000
               InvestorRelations@TradeStation.com

 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, 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.