TradeStation Group Reports Monthly Business Metrics
Plantation FL, November 4, 2008 – TradeStation Group, Inc. (NASDAQ GS: TRAD) today reported the following business metrics for the month ended October 31, 2008:
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• 145,397 Daily Average Revenue Trades (DARTs) |
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• Total client assets of $1.6 billion (as of October 31, 2008) |
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• Average equities client credit balances of $657 million |
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• Average equities client margin balances of $49 million |
Year over year, TradeStation’s DARTs increased 62%, total client assets decreased 11%, average equities client credit balances increased 17%, and average equities client margin balances decreased 47%. Below in tabular format are year-over-year comparisons of those metrics on both a monthly and quarterly basis:
TradeStation Securities
Business Metrics |
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Oct-08 |
Oct-07 |
Oct-08
vs.
Oct-07 |
Q4-08
QTD* |
Qtr Ended
12/31/07 |
Q4-08
QTD* vs.
Qtr Ended
12/31/07
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| Trading Days |
23.0 |
23.0 |
N.M. |
23.0 |
63.0 |
N.M. |
| Daily Average Revenue Trades (DARTs) |
145,397 |
89,972 |
62% |
145,397 |
90,224 |
61% |
| Total Client Assets ($MM), end of period |
$1,598 |
$1,803 |
-11% |
$1,598 |
$1,789 |
-11% |
| Average Equities Client Credit Balances ($MM) |
$657 |
$562 |
17% |
$657 |
$582 |
13% |
| Average Equities Client Margin Balances ($MM) |
$49 |
$93 |
-47% |
$49 |
$97 |
-49% |
*Q4-08 quarter-to-date (QTD) means results for the month ended October 31, 2008.
Additional information regarding the company’s business metrics can be found on TradeStation Group’s Web site at www.tradestation.com/aboutus/businessmetrics.shtm.
About TradeStation Group,
Inc.
TradeStation Group, Inc. (NASDAQ GS: 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 Euronext, 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
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