TradeStation Group Reports Monthly Business Metrics

• Press Release
• Source: TradeStation Group, Inc.
• On 7:40 am EST, Tuesday November 3, 2009

PLANTATION, Fla., Nov. 3, 2009 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- TradeStation Group, Inc. (Nasdaq:TRAD - News) today reported the following business metrics for the month ended October 31, 2009:

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• 87,193 Daily Average Revenue Trades (DARTs)
• Total client assets of $2.0 billion (as of October 31, 2009)
• Average equities client credit balances of $865 million
• Average equities client margin balances of $44 million

Year over year, TradeStation's DARTs decreased 40%, total client assets increased 25%, average equities client credit balances increased 32%, and average equities client margin balances decreased 10%. Below in tabular format are year-over-year comparisons of those metrics on both a monthly and quarterly basis:

                          TradeStation Securities
                              Business Metrics

                                                           Q4-09 QTD*
                                  Oct-09                    vs. Qtr
                                    vs.   Q4-09  Qtr Ended    Ended
                  Oct-09  Oct-08  Oct-08   QTD*   12/31/08  12/31/08
                 ------- ------- ------- ------- --------- ----------

 Trading Days       22.0    23.0     N.M.   22.0      63.0      N.M.

 Daily Average
  Revenue Trades
  (DARTs)         87,193 145,397    -40%  87,193   121,195      -28%

 Total Client
  Assets ($MM),
  end of period   $2,005  $1,598     25%  $2,005    $1,590       26%

 Average 
  Equities
  Client Credit
  Balances ($MM)    $865    $657     32%    $865      $664       30%

 Average 
  Equities
  Client Margin
  Balances ($MM)     $44     $49    -10%     $44       $38       16%

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

*Q4-09 quarter-to-date (QTD) means results for the month ended October 31, 2009.

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, 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.

David H. Fleischman
Chief Financial Officer
TradeStation Group, Inc.
954-652-7000