TradeStation (TRAD) Now Offers Futures Trading on Eurex

PLANTATION, Fla., Aug. 24, 2010 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — TradeStation Securities, the award-winning broker-dealer for active traders, and a leading provider of custom analysis and trading solutions, today announced the launch of real-time trading in Eurex futures, competitively priced and seamlessly integrated into the TradeStation platform. Eurex is one of the world’s leading global derivatives exchanges, notably for futures, with a product suite comprising the world’s most actively traded and liquid market in EUR-denominated equity index derivatives.

The TradeStation platform can now be used to trade DAX and Euro Stoxx Index futures along with 19 other popular Eurex products. In addition, TradeStation‘s TradeManager Balances tab now displays non-U.S. dollar (USD) currency account ledgers. This means that futures traders now have the option of funding their accounts in one of the major local currencies (CAD, CHF, EUR, GBP and JPY), in addition to USD, and viewing their buying power, realized P&L and unrealized P&L in a USD-equivalent account.

“The ability to trade more futures markets around the world, and being able to fund accounts in foreign currencies, have been two of our most requested enhancements,” said Salomon Sredni, Chief Executive Officer of TradeStation Group, Inc., the parent company of TradeStation Securities. “For traders who trade CME, ICE and Eurex futures — and wish to fund their accounts in a major local currency of their choice — this represents a significant addition to TradeStation’s product offerings.”

To speak with a registered representative about TradeStation or opening an equities, futures or forex account with TradeStation Securities, a FINRA, NYSE, SIPC and NFA member firm, call 1-800-808-9336, or visit http://www.tradestation.com. Institutional traders should call 1-800-579-7616.

Please join TradeStation for a LiveOnTheWeb online seminar on September 14, 2010 at 4:30 p.m., Eastern Time, demonstrating our new Eurex offering. This event will be hosted by Stanley Dash, Vice President of Applied Technical Analysis, and special guest Paul Curtis, Vice President of Business Development at Eurex. To register for this event, please visit us at: https://www.tradestation.com/support/webinars/.

About TradeStation Group, Inc.

TradeStation Group, Inc. (Nasdaq:TRAD – News), 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, DTCC, 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. Its TradeStation Prime Services division, based in New York, seeks to provide prime brokerage services to small and mid-sized hedge funds and other firms. 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.

Forward-Looking Statements — Issues, Uncertainties and Risk Factors

This press release contains statements that are forward-looking and are made pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. When used in this press release, the words “believe,” “will,” and similar expressions, if and to the extent used, are intended to identify forward-looking statements. All forward-looking statements are based largely on current expectations and beliefs concerning future events that are subject to substantial risks and uncertainties. Actual results and events may differ materially from those suggested herein. Factors that may cause or contribute to the potential differences include, but are not limited to, (i) unanticipated delays in the rollout of TradeStation’s new Eurex offering as a result of discoveries or comments made by or from brokerage clients and subscribers, or otherwise as a result of design flaws or other technical issues that may arise or become known, (ii) the company’s brokerage clients or the active or institutional trader markets not considering the quality or performance of TradeStation’s new Eurex offering to be as valuable or useful as the company believes they will, (iii) the size of the Eurex trader market not being as large as the company believes it is, and (iv) the issues, risks and uncertainties described in the company’s filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission including, but not limited to, the company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2009, and other SEC filings, and company press releases, conference calls and public presentations or statements.