TradeStation Group, Inc. to Participate in Sandler O’Neill Financial Services Conference

    WHO: TRADESTATION GROUP, INC., as a presenter
    WHAT: SANDLER O'NEILL & PARTNERS, L.P. FINANCIAL SERVICES CONFERENCE — featuring Insurance and eFinance Companies
    WHEN:

    Thursday, June 8, 2006 — 7:30 AM — 4:45 P.M., eastern time
    Friday, June 9, 2006 — 7:30 AM — 12:15 P.M., eastern time

    RADESTATION GROUP'S presentation is in Session II, and is scheduled for 9:30 A.M., eastern time, on June 8, 2006

    TOPICS: TRADESTATION GROUP'S Co-Chairman and Co-CEO, Bill Cruz, will cover topics that may include the company's performance, prospects, targeted markets, competition, marketing and sales plans, and other company initiatives.
    HOW TO LISTEN:

    Either by Webcast or Audio Conference:

    Webcast

    The webcast can be accessed via: http://www.sandleroneill.com
    Or, it can be accessed via:http://www.iian.ibeam.com/events/thom001/15549/

    • Either link requires users to register with Sandler O'Neill.
    • The archived webcast will be available for 30 days after the event, beginning June 9, 2006.

    Audio Conference
    The conference will also be available via audio conference, by dialing in to the number set forth below. No passcode is required

    Session II (Both Days)
    (617) 597-5342

    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, for the second year in a row, Best Futures Brokerage and, for the fourth year in a row, Best Direct-Access Stock Broker, Best Direct-Access Futures Broker, Best Professional Platform and Best Institutional Platform, 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, 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.

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