CHICAGO, Feb. 10, 2010 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- optionsXpress Holdings, Inc. (Nasdaq:OXPS) today reported key monthly performance metrics for January. Highlights for the month included:
- Retail daily average revenue trades (DARTs) of 33,900 – 10% higher than January 2009, 20% higher than December 2009
- Institutional daily average revenue trades (DARTs) of 13,300 – 20% lower than January 2009, 20% higher than December 2009
- Net new customer accounts of 2,000. Ending customer accounts of 353,200 – 10% higher than January 2009, 1% higher than December 2009
- Ending client assets of $6.8 billion – 39% higher than January 2009, 3% lower than December 2009
- Ending margin balances of $172 million – 29% higher than January 2009, 15% higher than December 2009
"Trading activity rose in January, with retail DARTs growing 20% compared to December and 10% compared to last January as customer engagement improved following the holidays," commented David Fisher, Chief Executive Officer of optionsXpress. "In addition, margin balances were up over 50% from their 2009 lows and retail option DARTs reached their highest levels in a year."
About optionsXpress Holdings, Inc.
optionsXpress Holdings, Inc., a pioneer in equity options and futures trading, offers an innovative suite of online brokerage services for investor education, strategy evaluation and trade execution. optionsXpress Holdings subsidiaries include optionsXpress, Inc., a retail online brokerage specializing in options and futures, brokersXpress, LLC, an online trading and reporting platform for independent investment professionals, Open E Cry, LLC, an innovative futures broker offering direct access futures trading for high volume commodities and futures traders through its proprietary software platform, and Optionetics, Inc, a leading provider of investment education services, including live seminars, proprietary software analytics, online and offline educational products and individual coaching.
More information can be found in the Investor Relations section of optionsXpress' website at http://www.optionsxpress.com/investor.
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