An Education on Options Trading Strategies Through Online Interview With optionsXpress(R)

POINT ROBERTS, WA and DELTA, BC -- (MARKET WIRE) -- May 23, 2007 --www.InvestorIdeas.com, Big Ideas for the Small Cap Investor®, a leading global investor and industry portal specializing in sector investing, presents an online educational interview with optionsXpress, Inc., a subsidiary of publicly-traded optionsXpress Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: OXPS), a pioneer in equity options and futures trading for the retail investor. The interview is part of an ongoing educational podcast series with optionsXpress, providing investors interested in options trading with valuable trading strategies.

This educational podcast builds on the previous segment where listeners were introduced to the world of options by providing listeners with an overview of several options strategies. Topics covered include base call and put strategies, risks and benefits associated with utilizing Married and Protective Puts, as well as an overview of Covered Calls.

Podcast Excerpt:

"Two key points that investors need to keep in mind as they begin to implement options strategies include... establishing [their] objectives... [and] discipline. In other words, any client that is going to incorporate [an option strategy] needs to have a very well thought out, highly disciplined risk and capital management system," explains Joe Cusick, Vice President of Education for optionsXpress.

Additional options strategies will be explored in upcoming segments. Each segment is designed to build on the knowledge presented in previous interviews, creating a valuable educational investor resource for those interested in options trading.

To listen to the podcast: www.investorideas.com/Podcasts/oxpodcast.xml

For all of the optionsXpress educational interviews visit: www.investorideas.com/ox/

The optionsXpress podcast is also featured on the InvestorIdeas Trading Center: www.investorideas.com/trade/ as well as the audio page at www.investorideas.com/audio_stocks/. The trading section is designed to offer investors a choice of online trading firms, once their independent research is complete.

About optionsXpress Holdings, Inc:

optionsXpress Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: OXPS), a pioneer in equity options and futures trading for the retail investor, offers a comprehensive and innovative suite of online brokerage services for investor education, strategy evaluation and trade execution. Through its subsidiaries, optionsXpress, Inc., an online retail brokerage specializing in equity options and futures, and brokersXpress, LLC, an online trading and reporting platform for independent investment professionals, the company provides a wide range of proprietary investor tools, outstanding customer service and competitive commissions that have led to recognition as the leading online brokerage firm by Barron's in four consecutive annual surveys (2003, 2004, 2005 and 2006) and by Kiplinger's Personal Finance in 2006. Options involve risk and are not suitable for all investors. Please read Characteristics and Risks of Standardized Options (http://www.optionsxpress.com/downloads/riskstoc.pdf) or available by calling 1-888-280-8020. optionsXpress, Inc. and brokersXpress, Inc. members NASD, SIPC (http://www.sipc.org). www.optionsxpress.com

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