TradeStation Group Reports Monthly Business Metrics
Plantation FL, June 2, 2010 -
TradeStation Group, Inc. (NASDAQ GS: TRAD) today reported the following business metrics for the month ended May 31, 2010:
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• 110,400 Daily Average
Revenue Trades (DARTs) |
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• Total client assets of $2.2 billion (as of May 31, 2010) |
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• Average equities client credit balances of
$918 million |
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• Average equities client margin balances of $54 million |
Year over year, TradeStation's DARTs increased 8%, total
client assets increased 16%, average equities client credit balances
increased 18%, and average equities client margin balances increased 74%.
Below in tabular format are year-over-year comparisons of those metrics on
both a monthly and quarterly basis:
TradeStation Securities
Business Metrics |
|
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May-10 |
May-09 |
May-10
vs.
May-09 |
Q2-10
QTD*
|
Qtr Ended
6/30/09 |
Q2-10
QTD* vs.
Qtr Ended
6/30/09
|
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| Trading Days |
20.0 |
20.0 |
N.M. |
41.0 |
63.0 |
N.M. |
| Daily Average Revenue Trades (DARTs) |
110,400 |
102,028 |
8% |
95,497 |
97,392 |
-2% |
| Total Client Assets ($MM), end of period |
$2,169 |
$1,868 |
16% |
$2,169 |
$1,886 |
15% |
| Average Equities Client Credit Balances ($MM) |
$918 |
$778 |
18% |
$917 |
$772 |
19% |
| Average Equities Client Margin Balances ($MM) |
$54 |
$31 |
74% |
$51 |
$32 |
59% |
Additional information regarding the company's business metrics
can be found on TradeStation Group's Web site at
www.tradestation.com/aboutus/businessmetrics.shtm.
*Q2-10
quarter-to-date (QTD) means results for the two-month period ended May 31, 2010.
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, FINRA,
SIPC, DTCC, 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. Its TradeStation Prime
Services division, based in New York, seeks to provide prime brokerage
services to small and mid-sized hedge funds and other firms. 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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