TradeStation Group Reports Monthly Business Metrics

TradeStation Group, Inc. (Nasdaq:TRAD) today reported the following business metrics for the month ended October 31, 2010:

• 75,850 Daily Average Revenue Trades (DARTs)
• Total client assets of $2.3 billion (as of October 31, 2010)
• Average equities client credit balances of $950 million
• Average equities client margin balances of $55 million

Year over year, TradeStation's DARTs decreased 13%, total client assets increased 14%, average equities client credit balances increased 10%, and average equities client margin balances increased 25%. Below in tabular format are year-over-year comparisons of those metrics on both a monthly and quarterly basis:

TradeStation Securities
Business Metrics
	Oct-10	Oct-09	Oct-10  vs.  Oct-09	Q4-10 QTD*	Qtr Ended 12/31/09	Q4-10 QTD* vs. Qtr Ended  12/31/09
Trading Days	21.0	22.0	N.M.	21.0	63.0	N.M.
Daily Average Revenue Trades (DARTs)	75,850	87,193	-13%	75,850	79,179	-4%
Total Client Assets ($MM), end of period	$2,288	$2,005	14%	$2,288	$2,066	11%
Average Equities Client Credit Balances ($MM)	$950	$865	10%	$950	$869	9%
Average Equities Client Margin Balances ($MM)	$55	$44	25%	$55	$44	25%

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

*Q4-10 quarter-to-date (QTD) means results for the month ended October 31, 2010.

About TradeStation Group, Inc.

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.

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