Overall equity trades also increased ,
rising more than 700,000 trades in a year-to-year comparison, representing a
145 percent increase .

About MB Trading
MB Trading offers direct access trading on the Nasdaq, NYSE and AMEX
equity securities markets, in addition to options and futures trading (offered
through MB Trading Futures). CONFERENCE CALL ON THE WEB

FIRST QUARTER 2005 EARNINGS

WHEN: Wednesday, April 20, 2005
7:00 AM (Pacific Time) / 10:00 AM (Eastern Time)

HOW TO LISTEN: You'll need the Windows Media Player or Real Player to
participate.m.
954-652-7000
InvestorRelations@TradeStation .

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MBT also experienced strong growth in futures (offered through MB Trading
Futures) and options trades, which Ditlove says, "is a direct reflection of
our ability to bring our best-execution capability and intuitive software to
that part of the business.

About MB Trading Futures
MB Trading Futures is a registered introducing broker with the NFA.

DETAILS: In conjunction with TradeStation Group, Inc.

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"These numbers tell us traders
recognize that fast executions without low prices and exemplary support are
not acceptable in today's market place. Futures trading is speculative in nature and
not appropriate for everyone.com

About TradeStation Group, Inc .

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, Traders worldwide continued to
help fuel the growth of MB Trading (MBT) in 2004, solidifying the direct-
access brokerage's place as a rising star in the industry, according to
year-end financials released today.
Ditlove sees continued growth for 2005 with the introduction of core
technologies and services that will bring additional value to a demanding
client base.

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"The continued growth is reinforcement of our business model," stated Ross
Ditlove, CEO and co-founder of MBT. Clients can simultaneously place orders, view account
information, and watch quotes and charts on one screen .

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" MBT's futures trade count grew by almost
200,000, or 248 percent, with a corresponding increase in contracts traded of
304 percent. All
futures transactions are offered through MB Trading Futures and cleared by
Penson Financial Futures, Inc.TradeStation.
TradeStation is an electronic trading platform that offers state-of-the-art
direct-access order execution and enables clients to design , test, monitor and
automate their own custom trading strategies.

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MB Trading is a registered broker -dealer and member NASD
and SIPC.TradeStation.

CONTACT: David H. Fleischman, Chief Financial Officer
TradeStation Group, Inc. The trading platform
currently offers streaming real-time Equities, Options, Futures and Forex
market data.

TradeStation Securities, Inc.

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Traders and Institutions Rushed to MB Trading in 2004 for Best Execution and Price

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Similarly, options trades increased by 18,000, or 395 percent,
with a corresponding increase of 581 percent in contracts traded. In February 2005, TradeStation
was named Best Stock Brokerage and Best Futures Brokerage and, for the third
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.

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The team at MB Trading follows a very
strict course of technology development.com.

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PLANTATION, Fla.

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MB Trading's MBT Navigator is the only order entry system that integrates
seamlessly into the industry's leading quote providers , including eSignal,
QCharts, DTN. Eastern Time on Wednesday, April 20, 2005,
you are invited to listen to the live webcast of the discussion of the results
at http://www. The company's other operating subsidiary, TradeStation
Technologies, Inc.

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Investors should only use risk capital when
trading futures because there is always the risk of substantial loss.

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WHO: TRADESTATION GROUP, INC.'s
(Nasdaq: TRAD) First Quarter 2005 Earnings Announcement, which will be
released at approximately 7:40 a., offers the TradeStation platform to
institutional, professional and serious , active individual traders.

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Direct-Access Brokerage Reports Year-End Financials, Revealing Up to Triple
Digit Growth in Equities, Futures, and Options Executions

EL SEGUNDO, Calif . MB Trading also offer smart order routing via
MBTX, which intelligently scans market makers, ECNs , exchanges, and hidden
pools of liquidity for the best available execution price.com .

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"We 're an electronic brokerage that emphasizes execution, price, and
service over all else," said Ditlove .com for approximately 90
days.

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We do not release services or
features without the ability to fully support them.

WHAT: TRADESTATION GROUP, INC. (Nasdaq: TRAD), through its operating subsidiary,
TradeStation Securities, Inc.

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TradeStation Group Inc. Announces The Date For Its 2005 First Quarter Earnings Conference Call

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iQ, QuoteTracker, StockWatch Pro and many other 3rd party
applications. For more information please call (866) 628-3001 or visit
http: //www.mbtrading.

REPLAY
INFORMATION: If you are unable to participate during the live webcast,
the call will be available at http://www.
TradeStation Group, Inc.

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Total equity share volume grew more than 15 billion shares from 2003 to
2004, or approximately 1,500 percent .

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Finally, total funded retail accounts increased 88 percent to
approximately 6,000 accounts , net of MBT's institutional business.

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For
further information on MB Trading Futures please call (866) 628-3003.

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Registered brokerage
representatives are also available to assist clients by providing exceptional
customer service. The live webcast will be accompanied by
slides of graphs and charts . (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., develops and offers strategy trading software tools and
subscription services, and hosts the company's annual users conference.