PLANTATION, Fla., June 4, 2008 (PRIME NEWSWIRE) -- TradeStation (Nasdaq:TRAD), the award winning broker-dealer for active traders, and a leading provider of integrated strategy testing and automation, is currently taking registrations for a special Futures Symposium event to be held June 26-28, 2008, in Oak Brook, Illinois. This Futures Symposium sold out at both locations where the event was offered in the fall of 2007.
This two-day event features industry experts and professional traders who will discuss futures trading, strategy development and risk management, and how to utilize the power of the TradeStation trading platform.
Scheduled guest speakers will include:
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* John Carter and Hubert Senters; speakers, authors and traders,
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* Art Collins; futures trader, author and lecturer
* David Stendahl; author, Landmark Asset Management
* Stanley Dash; TradeStation educator and lecturer
* Michael Burke; TradeStation educator and lecturer
The topics covered will include: Strategy Entry and Exit Techniques, Keep it Simple Chart Patterns, Key Performance Evaluation Methods, Money Management and Risk Assessment, Taking TradeStation to the Next Level with EasyLanguage, and Opportunity Scanning in RadarScreen.
Also included as a pre-conference event is Introduction to Futures Trading presented by Stanley Dash, which is designed to give attendees interested in futures some of the information they need to get started trading futures.
This TradeStation event is cosponsored by the CME Group (www.cmegroup.com) and OneChicago (www.onechicago.com), who will be providing additional information on the futures industry, markets, and available futures trading products. No investment or trading advice is offered at this event.
For more information, visit our website at: http://www.tradestation.com/strategy, or call Michelle Moore, Corporate Events Manager at (954) 652-7207.
About TradeStation Group, Inc. ------------------------------
TradeStation Group, Inc. (Nasdaq: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, 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, Boston Options Exchange, Chicago Board Options Exchange, Chicago Stock Exchange, International Securities Exchange, NASDAQ OMX, NYSE-Euronext, and Philadelphia Stock Exchange. 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.