TradeStation Receives Highest Rating – 4 ½ Stars – In Barron’s Magazine’s Annual Ranking of Online Brokerage Firms

Plantation FL, March 2, 2006 – Barron’s magazine awarded TradeStation the highest star rating – 4½ stars – given in Barron’s annual review of online brokerage firms, now in its twelfth year. TradeStation had a higher star-rating than 21 other offerings from leading online brokers, including Ameritrade Apex, Ameritrade Izone, Power E*Trade, E*Trade Serious Investor, Fidelity Active Trader, Fidelity Investments, Schwab, Schwab’s CyberTrader, Scottrade, Scottrade Elite, TD Waterhouse, and TD Waterhouse Trade Central.

TradeStation also received the highest rating given for “Trade Execution,” and was ranked far above any other brokerage in “Range of Offerings,” a testament to its provision of online brokerage services for equities, options, futures and forex.

The review highlighted TradeStation’s advanced research and analysis software tools, stating: “TradeStation features an extensive suite of strategy-testing and implementation tools. It appeals to those who want to streamline and automate their trading.”

“To be so highly-regarded by Barron’s for the fourth year in a row is a great honor for our company,” said Bill Cruz, Co-Chairman of the Board and Co-CEO of TradeStation Group. “We are extremely grateful for the dedication and hard work our employees have contributed to have made this possible.”

To speak with a registered representative about TradeStation or opening an equities, equities options, futures or forex account, please contact TradeStation Securities directly by calling 1-800-808-9336 or visiting http://www.tradestation.com. Institutional traders should call 1-800-579-7616.

About TradeStation Group, Inc.

TradeStation Group, Inc. (NasdaqNM: 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 “direct market access” (DMA) or “direct-access” order execution and enables clients to design, test, optimize, monitor and automate their own custom trading strategies. In 2006, TradeStation was named Best Direct-Access Stock Broker, Best Direct-Access Futures Broker, Best Institutional Platform, and Best Professional Platform for the fourth year in a row, and, for the second year in a row, Best Futures Brokerage overall in Technical Analysis of Stocks and Commodities magazine. The trading platform currently offers streaming real-time Equities, Options, Futures and Forex market data.

TradeStation Securities, Inc. (Member NASD, NYSE, SIPC, NSCC, DTC, OCC & NFA) is a licensed securities broker-dealer and a registered futures commission merchant, and also a member of the American Stock Exchange, Archipelago Exchange, Boston Options Exchange, Chicago Board Options Exchange, Eurex US, International Securities Exchange, Pacific Exchange and Philadelphia Stock Exchange. The company’s other operating subsidiary, TradeStation Technologies, Inc., develops and offers strategy trading software tools and subscription services.

Contact —

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