TradeStation Europe Limited Receives FSA Approval

Plantation FL, February 28, 2006 — TradeStation Group, Inc. (NasdaqNM: TRAD) announced today that its United Kingdom subsidiary, TradeStation Europe Limited, has been authorized by the UK’s Financial Services Authority (the FSA) to act as a Securities and Futures Firm in the United Kingdom to introduce accounts to TradeStation Securities, the company’s US brokerage subsidiary. The FSA category of authorization is “ISD Category D Arranger,” meaning that TradeStation Europe may now solicit and introduce UK clients who are active, experienced traders to its US affiliate for equities, options, futures and forex account services.

TradeStation Europe is now in the process of putting together what are known as “European Passport” filings for various countries in the European Union (the EU), pursuant to which the company may use its FSA authorization to qualify to conduct similar business throughout the EU. That process is expected to be completed over the next few months.

The individuals authorized by the FSA to perform the controlled functions on behalf of TradeStation Europe are Jeremy Davies, director and chief executive officer, Joseph Nikolson, director (and President of TradeStation Securities), and Marc J. Stone, director (and General Counsel of TradeStation Group and its subsidiaries). TradeStation Europe’s address is 1 Hay Hill, Berkeley Square, London, United Kingdom.

TradeStation Europe’s operations are still in its early planning stages.

About TradeStation Group, Inc.

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.

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.

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