Option Alpha Pro+ Promotion Gives TradeStation Securities Customers Greater Capabilities to Options Traders

Option Alpha Pro+ provides automated trading as well as simple, powerful tools supported by research and education for options traders.

Plantation, Fla., October 19, 2023 – TradeStation Securities, Inc. (“TradeStation Securities”), an award-winning,* self-clearing online brokerage for trading stocks, ETFs, options and futures, announces a promotional offer in connection with Option Alpha’s integration with TradeStation Securities’ brokerage services.** Option Alpha’s integration with TradeStation Securities was originally established in 2021.

Founded in 2010, Option Alpha supports thousands of traders in more than 120 countries around the world through its brokerage relationships. Option Alpha’s platform provides options traders a data-driven approach that is grounded in logic with automation technology. Option Alpha uses customized market data, allowing access to millions of potential options positions for use in automated trading.

Option Alpha’s integration allows new and existing TradeStation Securities clients to login to the Option Alpha platform where they can leverage machine learning to automate stock and options trading strategies. Once engaged, the Option Alpha platform implements the user’s trade plan and sends orders to TradeStation Securities.

As a result of the promotional offer, TradeStation Securities clients can qualify for a free monthly subscription to Option Alpha’s Pro+ product if they authenticate to the Option Alpha and TradeStation Securities platforms via the integration at least once each month and maintain a certain minimum aggregate balance in their TradeStation Securities accounts. See below for additional terms to qualify for this offer.**

“Option Alpha’s integration gives stocks and options traders an excellent experience as we combine TradeStation Securities’ fast and reliable order execution with Option Alpha’s technology. This empowers traders to automate their stock and options strategies with easy-to-use instructions,” said John Bartleman, President and Chief Executive Officer of TradeStation Securities’ parent company, TradeStation Group, Inc. “With Option Alpha, options traders have access to automated solutions as well as research and education, helping bring their trading experience to the next level.”

“Option Alpha is a premier community for options trading and our integration with TradeStation Securities provides traders with competitive pricing and access to no-code automated trading for stocks and options,” said Kirk Du Plessis, Founder of Option Alpha. “With TradeStation Securities, we’re providing stocks and options traders with an even more seamless experience with additional tools, resources and services.”

About TradeStation Securities, Inc.

About TradeStation Group, Inc.

Founded in 1982, TradeStation Group companies provide innovative fintech tools and are focused on delivering the ultimate trading experience to our clients. TradeStation provides award-winning* trading and analysis platforms and self-clearing online brokerage services for stocks, ETFs, equity and index options, commodity and financial futures, futures options, and digital assets. These trading platforms are accessible on desktop, web, and mobile devices, as well as via API technologies that provide seamless access to TradeStation’s brokerage environment through third-party platforms. TradeStation’s offerings also include deep and growing learning content designed to hone the skills of seasoned traders. In 2022, TradeStation commissioned the Miami Bull, an 11-foot, 3,000-pound statue, presented in Miami to both honor the city and champion the latest fintech technologies that have emerged around the world, including the emergence of blockchain, cryptocurrency, and decentralized finance.

TradeStation Securities, Inc. (Member NYSE, FINRA, SIPC, NSCC, DTC, OCC, NFA & CME) is a subsidiary of TradeStation Group, Inc. that offers self-clearing equities, options, futures and futures options brokerage services as a licensed securities broker-dealer and futures commission merchant (FCM) and is a member of major equities and futures exchanges in the United States. TRADESTATION SECURITIES, INC. IS A MEMBER OF NFA AND IS SUBJECT TO NFA’S REGULATORY OVERSIGHT AND EXAMINATIONS. HOWEVER, YOU SHOULD BE AWARE THAT THE NFA DOES NOT HAVE REGULATORY OVERSIGHT AUTHORITY OVER UNDERLYING OR SPOT VIRTUAL CURRENCY PRODUCTS OR TRANSACTIONS OR VIRTUAL CURRENCY EXCHANGES, CUSTODIANS OR MARKETS. TradeStation Crypto, Inc. is a subsidiary of TradeStation Group, Inc. that offers self-clearing cryptocurrency brokerage services under federal and state money services business, money-transmitter and similar registrations and licenses. TradeStation Crypto, Inc. is not subject to NFA’s regulatory oversight and examinations.

* Visit TradeStation.com/Awards for more information.

**Offer requires an existing or new funded TradeStation Securities equities account and the purchase of a subscription to Option Alpha’s Pro+ product. Not all Option Alpha products qualify for this promotional offer. A qualified subscriber will receive one month of a subscription to Option Alpha’s Pro+ product free of charge for each month during the offer period that such subscriber meets all of the requirements of this promotional offer. In order to qualify for each month of such subscription free of charge, a subscriber must authenticate to Option Alpha and TradeStation Securities platforms via the integration at least one time during the prior month and must maintain a minimum balance value of $10,000.00 (including cash and securities) aggregately summed across all of his or her accounts with TradeStation Securities in at least one day of the prior month. Only one offer is available per subscriber/client on one qualifying account. TradeStation Securities is not affiliated with Option Alpha. If you live outside the U.S., your account may be introduced by TradeStation Securities’ affiliate, TradeStation International Ltd. You will not qualify for this promotional offer if your account is considered by TradeStation Securities not to be in good standing (as result of, for example, unpaid margin calls or debits, unauthorized or improper trading or account activity, or the assertion of monetary claims against TradeStation). TradeStation Securities is under no obligation to open or continue to maintain any account. This promotional offer is valid only so long as Option Alpha’s software application maintains its integration with TradeStation Securities and, even while Option Alpha’s software application maintains its integration with TradeStation Securities, this promotional offer may be discontinued at any time with at least 30 days’ notice to qualified subscribers (the period that this promotional offer is valid is referred to as the “offer period”). Notice may be delivered by electronic communication, including posting on the TradeStation website or electronic mail, or by any other means permitted by the TradeStation Securities Customer Account Agreement for Equities. Customers who receive promotional offers from any TradeStation affiliate may be subject to IRS Form 1099-MISC reporting requirements should the total value of those items exceed $599 in a calendar year. Please consult a tax professional.

Options trading is not suitable for all investors. Your TradeStation Securities’ account application to trade options will be considered and approved or disapproved based on all relevant factors, including your trading experience. See www.TradeStation.com/DisclosureOptions. Visit www.TradeStation.com/Pricing for full details on the costs and fees associated with options.

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