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PLANTATION, Fla., March 2, 2010 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- TradeStation Group, Inc. (Nasdaq: TRAD) today reported the following business metrics for the month ended February 28, 2010: -- 85,008 Daily Average Revenue Trades (DARTs) -- Total client assets of $2.1 billion (as of February 28, 2010) -- Average equities client credit balances of $878 million -- Average equities client margin balances of $49 million Year over year, TradeStation's DARTs decreased 21%, total client assets increased 30%, average equities client credit balances increased 27%, and average equities client margin balances increased 58%. Below in tabular format are year-over-year comparisons of those metrics on both a monthly and quarterly basis: ...

PLANTATION, Fla., March 1, 2010 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- TradeStation Group, Inc. (Nasdaq: TRAD) today announced that it will participate as a presenter in the Raymond James 31st Annual Institutional Investors Conference to be held March 7-10, 2010. TradeStation Group's presentation is scheduled for 1:40 P.M., Eastern Time, on March 8, 2010. TradeStation Group's Chief Financial Officer, David Fleischman, will cover topics that may ...

PLANTATION, Fla., Feb. 23, 2010 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- TradeStation announced today that it has been rated best Trading Platform by TraderPlanet.com, an interactive social-networking site for active traders and investors, and SFO Magazine, in the 2009 Superior Trading and Resource (STAR) Awards. The TraderPlanet STAR program is comprised of individual reviews of products and services that provide exemplary performance and value for traders, as determined by the TraderPlanet Editorial staff. Vendors and authors compete in their respective categories, which range from books to seminars ...

PLANTATION, Fla., Feb. 22, 2010 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- TradeStation has won the Readers' Choice Awards given by Technical Analysis of Stocks and Commodities magazine for best Trading Systems -- Stocks, best Trading Systems -- Options and best Trading Systems -- Futures, for the sixth year in a row. In addition, TradeStation won best Institutional Platform and best Professional Platform for the eighth consecutive year and, for the seventh consecutive year, best Online Analytical Platform. TradeStation was rated higher than an impressive list of firms, coming in ahead of Charles Schwab, E*Trade, Fidelity ...

PLANTATION, Fla., Feb. 11, 2010 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- TradeStation Group, Inc. (Nasdaq: TRAD) today reported 2009 fourth quarter net revenues of $31.2 million, net income of $2.7 million, and earnings per share (diluted) of 7 cents, compared to 2008 fourth quarter net revenues of $41.4 million, net income of $7.6 million, and earnings per share (diluted) of 18 cents. The primary reason for the year-over-year differences was lower brokerage commissions and fees caused mainly by lower daily average revenue trades (DARTs). Lower DARTs were caused, the company believes, primarily by reduced market volatility and market volumes in the 2009 fourth quarter as compared to the 2008 fourth quarter. Brokerage commissions and fees for the 2009 fourth quarter were $27.8 million, as compared to 2008 fourth quarter brokerage commissions and fees of $37.1 million. Brokerage commissions and fees are the largest component of the company's net revenues. "We continue to generate ...