TRADESTATION GROUP INC - Quarter Report: 2010 September (Form 10-Q)

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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

FORM 10-Q

For the quarterly period ended September 30, 2010

OR

For the transition period from              to             

Commission file number: 0-31049

TradeStation Group, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

954-652-7000

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

None

(Former name, former address and former fiscal year, if changed since last report)

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.    Yes  x    No  ¨

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically and posted on its corporate Web site, if any, every Interactive Data File required to be submitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit and post such files).    Yes  ¨    No  ¨

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer” and “smaller reporting company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act).    Yes  ¨    No  x

The registrant had 39,986,141 shares of common stock, $.01 par value, outstanding as of November 1, 2010.

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TRADESTATION GROUP, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

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PART I – FINANCIAL INFORMATION

TRADESTATION GROUP, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

(In thousands, except share data)

See accompanying notes.

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TRADESTATION GROUP, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF INCOME

(Unaudited)

(In thousands, except per share data)

See accompanying notes.

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TRADESTATION GROUP, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

(Unaudited)

(In thousands)

See accompanying notes.

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TRADESTATION GROUP, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(All notes and related disclosures applicable to the

three and nine months ended September 30, 2010 and 2009 are unaudited)

(1) NATURE OF OPERATIONS AND BASIS OF PRESENTATION

TradeStation Group, Inc. (“TradeStation Group” or the “Company”) is listed on The NASDAQ Global Select Market under the symbol “TRAD.” TradeStation Securities, Inc., TradeStation Technologies, Inc., and TradeStation Europe Limited are TradeStation Group’s operating subsidiaries. TradeStation Securities is a licensed securities broker-dealer and a registered futures commission merchant. TradeStation Technologies develops and offers strategy trading software tools and subscription services. TradeStation Europe Limited, a company organized under the laws of England and Wales, is authorized and regulated by the United Kingdom Financial Services Authority (“FSA”), and holds what is known as a “Passport” to introduce brokerage accounts for residents of countries within the European Economic Area. The Company recently formed a wholly-owned subsidiary, TradeStation Forex, Inc., a Florida corporation (“TradeStation Forex”), with the intent that TradeStation Forex, by the end of the 2010 year, will assume, own and conduct all TradeStation forex brokerage business (such business is currently owned and conducted by TradeStation Securities) as a Retail Foreign Exchange Dealer with the National Futures Association (“NFA”), and registered under such classification with the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (“CFTC”). TradeStation Forex’s application for such CFTC registration and NFA membership was made to the NFA in June 2010. TradeStation Forex currently conducts no business other than start-up activities to prepare for the ownership and operation of such forex brokerage business.

The accompanying consolidated financial statements include the results of the Company and its subsidiaries, all of which are wholly owned. All intercompany accounts and transactions have been eliminated.

The accompanying consolidated financial statements should be read in conjunction with the Consolidated Financial Statements and Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements included in the Annual Report on Form 10-K of TradeStation Group for the year ended December 31, 2009. In the opinion of management, all adjustments (consisting only of normal recurring adjustments) necessary to present fairly the Company’s consolidated financial position as of September 30, 2010 and the consolidated results of operations and cash flows for each of the periods presented have been recorded. The results of operations and cash flows for an interim period are not necessarily indicative of the results of operations or cash flows that may be reported for the year or for any subsequent period.

The Company has performed an evaluation of subsequent events through the date these financial statements were issued and filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”).

Recently Issued Accounting Standards

In July 2010, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) No. 2010-20, Receivables, Disclosures about the Credit Quality of Financing Receivables and the Allowance for Credit Losses (“ASU 2010-20”). ASU 2010-20 requires entities to provide extensive new disclosures in their financial statements about their financing receivables, including credit risk exposures and the allowance for credit losses. Public entities are required to adopt ASU 2010-20 for disclosures of financing receivables as of the end of a reporting period for interim and annual reporting periods ending on or after December 15, 2010. The financing receivables disclosures related to activity that occurs during a reporting period are required to be adopted by public entities for interim and annual reporting periods beginning on or after December 15, 2010. The Company will adopt this guidance beginning on January 1, 2011 and does not expect its adoption of ASU 2010-20 to have a material impact on its consolidated financial statements.

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In January 2010, the FASB issued ASU No. 2010-06, Improving Disclosures about Fair Value Measurements (“ASU 2010-06”). ASU 2010-06 amends the Fair Value Measurements and Disclosures Topic of the FASB Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) to require additional disclosures regarding fair value measurements. The amended guidance requires entities to disclose additional information regarding assets and liabilities that are transferred between levels of the fair value hierarchy. Entities are also required to disclose information in the Level 3 Rollforward about purchases, sales, issuances and settlements on a gross basis. In addition to these new disclosure requirements, ASU 2010-06 clarifies existing guidance pertaining to the level of disaggregation at which fair value disclosures should be made and the requirements to disclose information about the valuation techniques and inputs used in estimating Level 2 and Level 3 fair value measurements. The guidance in ASU 2010-06 is effective for interim and annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2009, except for the requirement to separately disclose purchases, sales, issuances and settlements in the Level 3 Rollforward, which becomes effective for fiscal years (and for interim periods within those fiscal years) beginning after December 15, 2010. The Company’s adoption of ASU 2010-06, effective January 1, 2010, did not have a material impact on its consolidated financial position, results of operations or cash flows during the nine months ended September 30, 2010. The Company does not expect the deferred portion of the adoption of ASU 2010-06 to have a material impact on its consolidated financial statements.

In October 2009, the FASB issued accounting guidance that amends the criteria for allocating a contract’s consideration to individual services or products in multiple deliverable arrangements. This guidance is effective prospectively for revenue arrangements entered into or materially modified in fiscal years beginning on or after June 15, 2010. The Company will adopt this guidance beginning on January 1, 2011 and does not expect a material impact on its consolidated financial statements.

(2) STOCK-BASED COMPENSATION

Stock Compensation

The Company records stock-based compensation expense for employee services based upon the grant-date fair value of those awards in accordance with the provisions of the Compensation-Stock Compensation Topic of the FASB ASC (the “Compensation-Stock Compensation Topic”). The Company currently uses the Black-Scholes option pricing model to determine the fair value of stock option awards. The determination of the fair value of stock option awards on the date of grant using an option-pricing model is affected by the market price of the stock, exercise price of the award, expected term of the award, estimated volatility of the stock over the term of the award, risk-free interest rate and expected dividend yield. Separate assumptions are used for employee officer options, non-officer employee options (both of which, subject to certain vesting-acceleration events, vest over a five-year period) and non-employee director options (which, subject to certain vesting-acceleration events, vest over a three-year period).

The assumptions used to estimate the fair value of each option grant on the date of grant using the Black-Scholes model are as follows:

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In accordance with the Compensation-Stock Compensation Topic, the Company is required to estimate forfeitures at the time of grant and revise those estimates in subsequent periods if actual forfeitures differ from those estimates. Historical data are used to estimate pre-vesting option forfeitures, and stock-based compensation expense is recorded only for those awards that are expected to vest. All stock-based payment awards are amortized on a straight-line basis over the requisite service periods of the awards, which are generally the vesting periods.

During the three months ended September 30, 2010 and 2009, the Company recorded stock-based compensation expense of $836,000 ($646,000 net of tax) and $635,000 ($534,000 net of tax), respectively, primarily related to the issuance of stock options and restricted stock awards (and, to a lesser extent, performance shares issued in 2010 under the Company’s Incentive Stock Plan and common stock issued during both periods at a discount under the Company’s employee stock purchase plan). During each of the nine months ended September 30, 2010 and 2009, the Company recorded stock-based compensation expense of $2.4 million ($1.9 million net of tax) and $2.1 million ($1.7 million net of tax), respectively, primarily related to the issuance of stock options and restricted stock awards (and, to a lesser extent, performance shares issued in 2010 under the Company’s Incentive Stock Plan and common stock issued during both periods at a discount under the Company’s employee stock purchase plan).

Stock-based Awards

The Company did not grant any options to purchase common stock during the three months ended September 30, 2010. During the nine months ended September 30, 2010, the Company granted options to purchase an aggregate of 345,047 shares of common stock with a weighted-average, grant-date, Black-Scholes fair value of $3.80 per share. Such options vest ratably in annual increments over a five-year period and are exercisable at a price of $6.41 per share, which was the closing price of the Company’s common stock on the date the options were granted. During the three months ended September 30, 2009, the Company did not grant any options to purchase common stock. During the nine months ended September 30, 2009, the Company granted options to purchase an aggregate of 682,540 shares of common stock with a weighted-average grant-date Black-Scholes fair value of $3.29 per share. Such options vest ratably in annual increments over a three- to five-year period and are exercisable at prices ranging from $5.49 to $8.55 per share, which were the respective closing prices of the Company’s common stock on the respective dates the options were granted.

During the three and nine months ended September 30, 2010, the Company awarded 96,264 and 437,625 restricted shares of common stock as compensation, respectively, which had fair market values of $582,000 and $2.8 million, respectively, at the grant dates. The Company did not issue any restricted shares of common stock during the three months ended September 30, 2009. During the nine months ended September 30, 2009, the Company issued 225,048 restricted shares of common stock, which had a fair market value of $1.3 million at the grant date.

The restricted shares of common stock issued during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2010 include 58,824 unregistered shares issued to a seller of software technology that the Company acquired in August 2010. Such shares had a fair market value of approximately $342,000 at the date of grant. These shares were then distributed to a shareholder of the seller who became an employee of the Company and the vesting of such shares is contingent on his continued employment. These shares vest 33.33% on each of the first three anniversaries of the date of grant and include 100% automatic vesting acceleration upon retirement, death, disability or involuntary termination of employment by the Company without cause. These restricted shares contain a provision whereby, if employment terminates prior to full vesting, the non-vested shares will automatically be forfeited and the Company will reacquire the non-vested shares for no consideration.

The restricted shares of common stock issued during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2010 also include 37,440 shares issued to our nonemployee directors under the Company’s Nonemployee Director Incentive Stock Plan. Such shares had a fair market value of approximately $240,000 at the date of grant and vest 33.33% during each of the first three anniversaries of the date of grant. All other restricted shares of common stock awarded as compensation have been granted to current employees of

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the Company as awards under the Company’s Incentive Stock Plan and vest 50% on the third anniversary of the date of grant and 100% on the sixth anniversary (except for one award granted in 2010 which vests 50% on the third anniversary of the date of grant and 100% on the fifth anniversary). All of the foregoing grants include 100% automatic vesting acceleration upon retirement, death, disability or change in control of the Company (except for one award granted in 2010 which does not provide for acceleration upon change in control of the Company but instead provides for acceleration upon an involuntary termination of employment by the Company without cause). All of these restricted shares contain a provision whereby, if employment or service on the board terminates prior to full vesting, the non-vested shares will automatically be forfeited and the Company will reacquire the non-vested shares for no consideration.

During the nine months ended September 30, 2010, the Company also, for the first time in its history, issued performance shares (more commonly referred to as restricted stock units) representing the right to receive an aggregate of 152,331 shares of common stock. Such performance shares, which had a fair market value of approximately $976,000 on the date of grant, vest 60% on the third anniversary of the date of grant, 20% on the fourth anniversary of the date of grant and 20% on the fifth anniversary of the date of grant, with 100% acceleration upon retirement, death or disability. Performance shares automatically convert into shares of the Company’s common stock upon vesting. All of the performance shares were granted under the Incentive Stock Plan. Unvested performance shares expire upon the termination of an employee’s employment with the Company. Generally speaking, performance shares are intended to replace employee stock option grants in the Company’s annual equity-based compensation grants to its general employee base under the Company’s Incentive Stock Plan.

During the three and nine months ended September 30, 2010, stock options for 18,446 shares and 110,034 shares, respectively, of the Company’s common stock were exercised under the Company’s Incentive Stock Plan. During the three and nine months ended September 30, 2009, stock options for 22,511 shares and 153,621 shares, respectively, of the Company’s common stock were exercised under the Incentive Stock Plan.

During the three and nine months ended September 30, 2010, the Company issued 5,275 and 17,492 shares of common stock, respectively, under the Company’s employee stock purchase plan at average prices of $6.75 and $7.55 per share. During the three and nine months ended September 30, 2009, the Company issued 13,180 and 29,114 shares of common stock, respectively, under the Company’s employee stock purchase plan at average prices of $8.46 and $7.36 per share.

(3) EARNINGS PER SHARE

Weighted average shares outstanding for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2010 and 2009 are calculated as follows (in thousands):

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Stock options, non-vested restricted shares and performance shares outstanding for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2010 and 2009, which were not included in the calculation of diluted earnings per share because their weighted average effect would have been anti-dilutive are as follows (in thousands):

4) COMPREHENSIVE INCOME

Comprehensive income is defined as the change in a business enterprise’s equity during a period arising from transactions, events or circumstances relating to non-owner sources, such as unrealized gains or losses on available-for-sale securities and foreign currency translation adjustments. It includes all changes in equity during a period except those resulting from investments by, or distributions to, owners.

A reconciliation of net income to comprehensive income is as follows (in thousands):

(5) CASH AND INVESTMENTS SEGREGATED IN COMPLIANCE WITH FEDERAL REGULATIONS

TradeStation Securities is obligated by rules mandated by two of its primary regulators, the SEC and the CFTC, to set aside cash or qualified securities to satisfy regulations promulgated to protect customer assets. Cash and investments segregated in compliance with federal regulations, consisting primarily of U.S. Treasury securities, of $1.28 billion (which includes $1.1 million of interest receivable) and $785.2 million (which includes $349,000 of interest receivable) as of September 30, 2010 and December 31, 2009, respectively, have been segregated in special reserve accounts at JPMorgan Chase ($1.24 billion as of September 30, 2010 and $785.2 million as of December 31, 2009) and R.J. O’Brien ($42.5 million as of September 30, 2010 and $0 as of December 31, 2009) for the exclusive benefit of customers under Rule 15c3-3 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (“Rule 15c3-3”) and the Commodity Exchange Act. Of the $1.28 billion in cash and investments segregated in compliance with federal regulations as of September 30, 2010, $877.0 million was related to Rule 15c3-3 and $400.8 million was related to CFTC requirements. All of the $785.2 million balance as of December 31, 2009 was related to Rule 15c3-3. By the second business day of each week, under Rule 15c3-3, if required, this amount is adjusted based upon the previous week-end or month-end calculation. For example, based on this requirement, on October 1, 2010 cash and investments segregated in compliance with federal regulations decreased by $4.0 million, and marketable securities increased by $4.0 million. As another example, on January 4, 2010 cash and

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investments segregated in compliance with federal regulations increased by $7.7 million and cash and cash equivalents decreased by $7.7 million. On January 4, 2010, TradeStation Securities converted its futures accounts, held at R.J. O’Brien & Associates as clearance agent, from clearance on a fully-disclosed basis to omnibus clearance. As a result of converting to omnibus clearance, TradeStation Securities received from R.J. O’Brien approximately $349.0 million in futures customers’ funds which were then appropriately segregated in accordance with Commodity Exchange Act rules.

(6) RECEIVABLES FROM BROKERAGE CUSTOMERS, NET

Receivables from brokerage customers, net consist primarily of margin loans to TradeStation Securities’ equities brokerage customer accounts of approximately $53.2 million and $45.0 million at September 30, 2010 and December 31, 2009, respectively. Securities owned by brokerage customers are held as collateral for such margin loans. Such collateral is not reflected in the consolidated financial statements. At September 30, 2010 and December 31, 2009, TradeStation Securities was charging a base margin debit interest rate of 7.75% per annum on debit balances.

“Margin” requirements determine the amount of collateral required to be held in an account for the purchase of equities on credit. Margin lending is subject to the margin rules of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, the margin requirements of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (“FINRA”), limits imposed by clearing agent firms, and TradeStation Securities’ own internal policies. Nearly all equities accounts at TradeStation Securities are margin accounts. While not, technically speaking, an extension of credit, TradeStation Securities also provides leverage, the effect of which is similar to margin lending, to its customers’ futures and forex accounts. By permitting customers to purchase and maintain positions on margin or using leverage, TradeStation Securities takes the risk that a market decline will reduce the value of the collateral securing its margin loan or the leveraged amount to an amount that renders the margin loan or leverage provided less secured or unsecured. Under applicable securities laws and regulations, once a margin account for equities has been established, TradeStation Securities is obligated to require from the customer initial margin of no lower than 50% for purchases of securities and then is obligated to require the customer to maintain its equity in the account equal to at least 25% of the value of the securities in the account. However, TradeStation Securities’ current internal requirement is that the customer’s equity not be allowed to fall below 35% of the value of the securities in the account. If it does fall below 35%, TradeStation Securities requires the customer to increase the account’s equity to 35% of the value of the securities in the account (if not, TradeStation Securities will perform closing transactions to bring the customer account above the maintenance requirement). TradeStation Securities also monitors the futures and forex leverage it provides on an intra-day basis and, pursuant to exchange guidelines and other applicable rules, requires customers to deposit additional collateral, or to reduce positions, when necessary to reduce excessive leverage to an acceptable level. All of these requirements can be, and often are, raised as TradeStation Securities deems necessary for certain accounts, groups of accounts, securities or positions, or groups of securities or positions. However, there is no assurance that a customer will be willing or able to satisfy a margin call or pay unsecured indebtedness owed to TradeStation Securities.

(7) RECEIVABLES FROM BROKERS, DEALERS, CLEARING ORGANIZATIONS AND CLEARING AGENTS

Amounts receivable from brokers, dealers, clearing organizations and clearing agents for equities accounts were as follows as of September 30, 2010 and December 31, 2009, respectively (in thousands):

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Securities borrowed transactions in equities accounts require TradeStation Securities to provide the counterparty with collateral in the form of cash and are recorded at the amount of cash collateral advanced to the lender. TradeStation Securities monitors the market value of securities borrowed on a daily basis, and collateral is adjusted as necessary based upon market prices. See Note 11 – COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES – General Contingencies and Guarantees. As of September 30, 2010 and December 31, 2009, TradeStation Securities serviced most of its institutional equities accounts through J.P. Morgan Clearing Corp. and forex trades through Gain Capital Group, Inc., all on a fully-disclosed basis. Through December 31, 2009, futures trades were cleared through R.J. O’Brien & Associates on a fully-disclosed basis. On January 4, 2010, TradeStation Securities converted its clearance of futures accounts using R.J. O’Brien from a fully-disclosed basis to an omnibus clearance basis. As a result of converting to omnibus clearance, TradeStation Securities received from R.J. O’Brien approximately $349.0 million in futures customers’ funds which were then appropriately segregated in accordance with Commodity Exchange Act rules. J.P. Morgan Clearing Corp., R.J. O’Brien & Associates, and Gain Capital Group, Inc. are collectively referred to as “clearing agents” or “clearing agent firms.” These clearing agents provide services, handle TradeStation Securities’ customers’ funds, hold securities, futures and forex positions, and remit monthly activity statements to the customers on behalf of TradeStation Securities, except that, since R.J. O’Brien provides clearance and settlement on an omnibus basis, TradeStation Securities deals directly with its futures account customers on such matters, using R.J. O’Brien’s assistance as a back-office vendor pursuant to an industry-standard facilities management agreement between the companies.

(8) PAYABLES TO BROKERAGE CUSTOMERS

As of September 30, 2010, payables to brokerage customers consisted primarily of cash balances in customer accounts. At September 30, 2010 and December 31, 2009, payables to brokerage customers totaled $1.35 billion and $868.7 million, respectively. Of the $1.35 billion in payables to brokerage customers as of September 30, 2010, payables to equities customers were $959.9 million and payables to commodities customers were $388.3 million. The $868.7 million in payables to brokerage customers as of December 31, 2009 related entirely to equities customers. The payables related to equities customers are the principal source of funding for margin lending. At September 30, 2010 and December 31, 2009, TradeStation Securities was not paying interest on cash balances in customer accounts.

(9) NET CAPITAL REQUIREMENTS

TradeStation Securities is subject to the net capital requirements of the SEC’s Uniform Net Capital Rule (Rule 15c3-1), which is administered by the SEC and FINRA, and the CFTC financial requirement (Regulation 1.17 under the Commodity Exchange Act), which is administered by the CFTC and the NFA. Under these rules, TradeStation Securities calculates its net capital requirements using the “alternative method,” which requires the maintenance of minimum net capital, as defined by the rules, equal to the highest of: (i) $1,000,000; (ii) 8.0% of domestic and foreign domiciled customer and non-customer (excluding proprietary) risk maintenance margin/performance bond requirements for all domestic and foreign futures, options on futures contracts and cleared over-the-counter derivatives positions, excluding the risk margin associated with naked long option positions; or (iii) 2.0% of aggregate customer debit balances. At September 30, 2010, TradeStation Securities had net capital of approximately $72.0 million (70.5% of aggregate debit items), which was approximately $69.0 million in excess of its required net capital of approximately $3.0 million. At December 31, 2009, TradeStation Securities had net capital of approximately $85.6 million (95% of aggregate debit items), which was approximately $83.8 million in excess of its required net capital of approximately $1.8 million.

(10) FAIR VALUE MEASURES

The Fair Value Measurements and Disclosures Topic of the FASB ASC (the “Fair Value Measurements and Disclosures Topic”) establishes a fair value hierarchy which requires an entity to maximize the use of observable inputs and minimize the use of unobservable inputs when measuring fair value. In accordance with guidance under the Fair Value Measurements and Disclosures Topic, three levels of inputs may be used to measure fair value:

Level 1 – Level 1 inputs are quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities. The Company’s Level 1 assets consist of U.S. Treasury Bills and Notes (“U.S. Treasuries”) and actively-traded, marketable, exchange-listed equity securities. As of September 30, 2010, the Company’s U.S. Treasuries had maturities ranging from October 2010 to December 2011.

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Level 2 – Level 2 inputs are observable inputs other than Level 1 prices, such as quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities, or other inputs that are observable or can be corroborated by observable market data for substantially the full term of the assets or liabilities. The Company’s Level 2 assets consist of variable rate demand note (“VRDN”) securities issued by various state agencies throughout Florida. The Company’s VRDN investments are federal tax-exempt instruments of high credit quality, secured by direct-pay letters of credit from a major financial institution. These investments have variable rates tied to short-term interest rates. Interest rates are reset weekly and these VRDN securities can be tendered for sale upon notice (generally no longer than seven days) to the remarketing agent. Although the Company’s VRDN securities are issued and rated as long-term securities (with a maturity date of March 2023), they are priced and traded as short-term instruments. The Company classifies these short-term investments as available-for-sale in accordance with the Investments-Debt and Equity Securities Topic of the FASB ASC. The investments are carried at cost or par value, which approximates the fair market value.

Level 3 – Level 3 inputs are unobservable inputs regarding financial instruments that are supported by little or no market activity and whose values are determined using pricing models, discounted cash flow methodologies, or similar techniques, as well as instruments for which the determination of fair value requires significant judgment or estimation. The Company did not hold any Level 3 assets during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2010.

The following table summarizes the basis used to measure the fair value of securities on a recurring basis in the Company’s consolidated balance sheet as of September 30, 2010 (in thousands):

The Company purchased available-for-sale marketable securities of approximately $30.2 million and had proceeds from maturities of available-for-sale marketable securities of approximately $33.5 million during the nine months ended September 30, 2010. As of September 30, 2010, the Company had approximately $27.9 million of available-for-sale marketable securities.

Broker-dealers are required to account for investments in marketable securities as trading investments. The Company’s broker-dealer, TradeStation Securities, had net trading investment transactions (purchases, net of proceeds and interest accreted) of $404.0 million during the nine months ended September 30, 2010. The Company capitalized its recently formed subsidiary, TradeStation Forex,

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with $23.0 million of which TradeStation Forex invested $21.0 million in U.S. Treasury securities that had maturities longer than 90 days. As of September 30, 2010, TradeStation Securities and TradeStation Forex had trading investments of approximately $1.29 billion. Unrealized net losses from these trading investments were approximately $888,000 during the three months ended September 30, 2010 and unrealized net gains from these trading investments were approximately $4.0 million during the nine months ended September 30, 2010. Such unrealized net losses and net gains are reflected in the accompanying consolidated statements of income.

The following methods and assumptions were used to estimate the fair value of each class of financial instruments for which it is practicable to estimate that value:

Cash and cash equivalents, brokerage receivables and brokerage payables

For these financial instruments, the carrying amount is a reasonable estimate of fair value.

Marketable securities

For investments in U.S. Treasuries, the fair value equals the quoted market price of each U.S. Treasury Bill or U.S. Treasury Note. Investments in VRDN’s are carried at cost or par value, which approximates the fair market value. The fair value of equity securities equals the quoted market prices for such securities.

The estimated fair values of the Company’s financial instruments are as follows (in thousands):

(11) COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES

Restricted Cash

As of September 30, 2010 and December 31, 2009, the Company had $478,000 and $717,000 of restricted cash, respectively, supporting a ten-year lease agreement for its corporate headquarters.

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Operating Leases

The Company has a ten-year lease expiring in August 2012 (with two 5-year renewal options) that commenced in the summer of 2002 for an approximately 70,000-square-foot corporate headquarters in Plantation, Florida. Rent escalations, free rent, and leasehold and other incentives are recognized on a straight-line basis over the initial ten-year term of this lease. In addition to its corporate headquarters, the Company has seven non-cancelable operating leases for facilities (including three data centers) with expirations ranging from January 2011 to May 2015. Future minimum lease payments as of September 30, 2010 under all operating leases are as follows (in thousands):

During the three months ended September 30, 2010 and 2009, total rent expense (which is included in occupancy and equipment and data centers and communications expenses in the accompanying consolidated statements of income) was approximately $1.6 million and $1.3 million, respectively. During the nine months ended September 30, 2010 and 2009, total rent expense was approximately $5.0 million and $4.1 million, respectively.

Purchase Obligations

As of September 30, 2010, the Company had various purchase obligations through December 2014 totaling approximately $4.3 million as follows: approximately $1.0 million, $2.4 million, $767,000, $69,000 and $46,000 during the remainder of 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013 and 2014, respectively, related primarily to back-office systems and telecommunications services.

Litigation and Claims

On or about December 20, 2007, TradeStation Technologies was named as one of several defendants in a complaint filed in the United States District Court, Southern District of Texas, styled Amacker, et. al. v. Renaissance Asset Management (RAM), et. al. Other named defendants include Anthony Michael Ramunno, Man Financial Inc., MF Global, Inc., Lind-Waldock & Company, LLC, Vision, LP, Vision Financial Markets, LLC, R.J. O’Brien & Associates, Inc., and FXCM Holdings, LLC. The initial complaint alleged that over forty plaintiffs are entitled to damages because the plaintiffs were investors in a fraudulent commodity pool operated by Mr. Ramunno and RAM. The initial complaint alleged that TradeStation Technologies conducted trades on behalf of and at the request of Mr. Ramunno and RAM. The initial complaint attempted to allege the following claims: (i) violations of the Commodity Exchange Act and accompanying regulations; (ii) common law fraud under Texas law; (iii) statutory fraud under the Texas Business and Commerce Code; (iv) breach of fiduciary duties under Texas law; (v) negligent and intentional misrepresentations under Texas law; and (vi) negligence under Texas law. Plaintiffs filed a Second Amended Complaint that contained similar factual allegations and attempted to allege a single claim for aiding and abetting liability under the Commodity Exchange Act. The Second Amended Complaint asserted actual damages of at least $32.0 million. On October 10, 2008, the court dismissed the case for failure to state a claim upon which relief may be granted. On December 2, 2008, plaintiffs filed a notice of appeal with the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, and, on February 2, 2009, plaintiffs filed their Appellants’ Brief with that court. On March 6, 2009, TradeStation Technologies filed its Opposition Brief. Oral arguments on the appeal were held on September 2, 2009. No decision has yet been issued by the appeals court.

TradeStation Securities was contacted by Canadian regulatory authorities regarding its acceptance of Canadian residents as clients and trading in securities on behalf of Canadian residents without being registered in Canada. (TradeStation Securities does not accept equities accounts from Canadian residents but has, historically, accepted unsolicited futures and forex accounts from certain provinces based on what it believed to be certain relevant exemptions or other applicable legal theories.) Since receiving that notification, TradeStation Securities has closed all British Columbian accounts and agreed to not open any new accounts for residents of British Columbia without applying for registration or qualifying under

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an exemption. No money is being paid to British Columbia by virtue of this resolution. TradeStation Securities has also closed all accounts of residents of New Brunswick and has agreed to a non-public undertaking for the province of New Brunswick to not open any new accounts for residents of New Brunswick without applying for registration or qualifying under an exemption. No money is being paid to New Brunswick in connection with this undertaking. TradeStation Securities also closed all accounts of residents in Nova Scotia and on October 26, 2010, the Nova Scotia Securities Commission approved a settlement agreement between TradeStation Securities and the Nova Scotia Securities Commission enforcement staff under which TradeStation Securities agreed to pay a C$7,500 administrative penalty and C$2,500 in costs for having maintained, between January 1, 2006 and December 31, 2008 four self-directed futures accounts for investors resident in Nova Scotia without being licensed under applicable law. TradeStation Securities has not heard from, nor has it undertaken any negotiations with, any of the other Canadian provinces and territories. The loss of all Canadian resident accounts would not have a material adverse impact on TradeStation Securities’ consolidated net revenues or net income.

On or about February 9, 2010, TradeStation Securities and TradeStation Group were named as the only defendants in a complaint filed in the United States District Court, Northern District of Illinois, Eastern Division, styled Trading Technologies International, Inc. v. TradeStation Securities, Inc. and TradeStation Group, Inc. The complaint, as amended, alleges that TradeStation Securities and TradeStation Group have infringed and continue to infringe five patents held by Trading Technologies International, Inc. The plaintiff seeks a judgment enjoining the alleged infringement and awarding unspecified damages and costs. The plaintiff filed similar complaints against at least nine other companies in 2010. Discovery in this matter has commenced and a trial is scheduled for July 16, 2012. While it is too early to predict the outcome of this matter, management believes the case to be without merit and the Company intends to defend it vigorously.

In May 2010, TradeStation Securities was served with a CFTC reparations complaint in the case styled ATS Capital Management Corp. v. TradeStation Securities and John Sendlosky, CFTC Docket No. 10-R015. The complaint alleges the wrongful liquidation of two E-Mini futures positions, one in 2007 and the other in 2008, and seeks damages of $529,950. On September 2, 2010, the Administrative Law Judge dismissed the complaint with prejudice on the grounds that the identical case was decided in TradeStation Securities’ favor in a National Futures Association arbitration conducted in May 2009. On September 17, 2010, the complainant filed its Notice of Appeal to the Commodity Futures Trading Commission. While it is too early to predict the outcome of this matter, management believes the appeal to be without merit and the Company intends to oppose it vigorously.

TradeStation Securities is also engaged in routine regulatory matters and civil litigation or other dispute resolution proceedings. The pending regulatory and other matters could ultimately result in censures, sanctions, fines, damage awards, settlement payments and/or other negative consequences.

While no assurances can be given, the Company does not believe that the ultimate outcome of any of the above legal matters or claims will result in a material adverse effect on its consolidated financial position, results of operations or cash flows.

The Company decided, as of June 1, 2002, to no longer carry errors or omissions insurance that covers third-party claims made by brokerage customers or software subscribers as a result of alleged human or system errors, failures, acts or omissions. This decision was made based upon the Company’s assessment of the potential risks and benefits, including significant increases in premium rates, deductibles and coinsurance amounts, reductions in available per occurrence and aggregate coverage amounts, and the unavailability of policies that sufficiently cover the types of risks that relate to the Company’s business. The Company recently reviewed this insurance with insurance agents and the Company’s view remains unchanged.

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Management Continuity Agreements

In December 2005, the Company entered into a management continuity agreement with three of its executive officers, one of whom is no longer with the Company. Each management continuity agreement provides for potential severance payments during the 100-day period following a change in control, as that term is defined in the agreement, of an amount equal to up to two years of the executive’s annual compensation. The management continuity agreements do not commit the Company to retain any executive’s services for any fixed period of time, do not provide for severance payments unless the Company undergoes a change in control, and did not represent new hires or appointments. As of September 30, 2010, the aggregate potential severance payments under the management continuity agreements were approximately $1.1 million.

General Contingencies and Guarantees

In the ordinary course of business, there are various contingencies which are not reflected in the consolidated financial statements. These include customer activities involving the execution, settlement and financing or provision of leverage for various customer securities, futures and forex transactions. These activities may expose the Company to off-balance sheet credit risk in the event the customers are unable to fulfill their contractual obligations.

In margin transactions, TradeStation Securities may be obligated for credit or leverage extended to its customers by TradeStation Securities or its clearing agents that is collateralized by cash and securities in the customers’ accounts. In connection with securities activities, TradeStation Securities also executes customer transactions involving the sale of securities not yet purchased (“short sales”), all of which are transacted on a margin basis subject to federal, self-regulatory organization and individual exchange regulations and TradeStation Securities’ and its clearing agents’ internal policies. New short sales rules have been imposed by regulatory authorities and more may be imposed in the near future. Additionally, TradeStation Securities may be obligated for credit extended to its customers for futures transactions that are collateralized by cash and futures positions in the customers’ accounts. In all cases, such transactions may expose TradeStation Securities to significant off-balance sheet credit risk in the event customer collateral is not sufficient to fully cover losses that customers may incur. In the event customers fail to satisfy their obligations, TradeStation Securities may be required to purchase or sell financial instruments at prevailing market prices to fulfill the customers’ obligations.

TradeStation Securities seeks to manage the risks associated with its customers’ activities by requiring customers to maintain collateral in their margined and leveraged accounts in compliance with various regulatory requirements, internal requirements and the requirements of clearing agents. TradeStation Securities and its clearing agents monitor required margin and leverage levels on an intra-day basis and, pursuant to such guidelines, require the customers to deposit additional collateral or to reduce positions when necessary. For further discussion, see Note 6 – RECEIVABLES FROM BROKERAGE CUSTOMERS, NET.

TradeStation Securities borrows securities temporarily from other broker-dealers in connection with its broker-dealer business. TradeStation Securities deposits cash as collateral for the securities borrowed. Decreases in securities prices may cause the market value of the securities borrowed to fall below the level of required collateral. In the event the counterparty to these transactions does not return the cash deposited, TradeStation Securities may be exposed to the risk of selling the securities at prevailing market prices. TradeStation Securities seeks to manage this risk by requiring credit approvals for counterparties, by monitoring the collateral values on a daily basis, and by requiring additional collateral as needed.

Customers’ financing and securities settlement activities may require TradeStation Securities and its clearing agents to pledge customer securities as collateral in support of various secured financing sources, which may include bank loans. In the event the counterparty is unable to meet its contractual obligation to return customer securities pledged as collateral, TradeStation Securities may be exposed to the risk of needing to acquire the securities at prevailing market prices in order to satisfy its obligations. TradeStation Securities seeks to manage this risk by monitoring the market value of securities pledged on a daily basis.

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TradeStation Securities provides guarantees to its clearing organizations and exchanges under their standard membership agreements, which require members to guarantee the performance of other members. Under the agreements, if another member becomes unable to satisfy its obligations to the clearing organization or exchange, other members would be required to meet shortfalls. TradeStation Securities’ liability under these arrangements is not quantifiable. However, management believes that the possibility of TradeStation Securities being required to make payments of any material amount under these arrangements is relatively remote. Accordingly, no liability has been recorded for these potential events.

(12) INCOME TAXES

During the three and nine months ended September 30, 2010, the Company recorded an income tax benefit of $2.7 million and a provision of $2.5 million, respectively, based upon its current estimated annual effective income tax rate of approximately 41% and a $2.9 million non-recurring benefit in the third quarter primarily resulting from changes to our allocations of taxable income within various states. During the three and nine months ended September 30, 2009, the Company recorded an income tax provision of $2.4 million and $8.4 million, respectively, based upon its then-estimated annual effective income tax rate of approximately 39%.

As of September 30, 2010, for financial reporting purposes, the Company estimates that it had available for federal income tax purposes total net operating loss carryforwards of approximately $316,000. These net operating loss carryforwards expire in 2019.

The Company had a liability for unrecognized tax benefits of $111,000 and $301,000 as of September 30, 2010 and December 31, 2009, respectively. If these tax benefits had been recognized in the consolidated financial statements, they would not have had a material impact on the Company’s annual effective tax rate because the difference is temporary in nature. The Company does not anticipate any significant changes in uncertain tax positions over the next twelve months.

As of September 30, 2010, the Company was subject to federal income taxes in the U.S. and income taxes in four states, and in the United Kingdom. Tax regulations within each jurisdiction are subject to the interpretation of the related tax laws and regulations and require significant judgment to be applied. In July 2009, the Company was notified by the Internal Revenue Service that it would undergo a routine U.S. federal tax examination for the 2007 fiscal year. In March 2010, the Company was notified that it will also undergo a routine U.S. federal tax examination for the 2008 fiscal year and that it will undergo routine tax examinations by a state tax authority for the 2007 and 2008 fiscal years. As of the date these financial statements were filed with the SEC, the Internal Revenue Service examinations were still open. The examinations by the state tax authority for the 2007 and 2008 fiscal years were completed with no adjustments. The Company is no longer subject to U.S. federal tax examinations or state and local tax examinations for periods prior to 2006.

Any interest and penalties, if incurred in connection with an income tax examination, would be recognized as components of income tax expense.

(13) SEGMENT AND RELATED INFORMATION

The Company operates in two principal business segments: (i) brokerage services; and (ii) software products and services. After elimination of intercompany charges, 93% and 94%, respectively, of the Company’s consolidated net revenues in the three and nine month periods ended September 30, 2010, and 93% of the Company’s consolidated net revenues in the three and nine month periods ended September 30, 2009, were generated by the brokerage services segment. The Company evaluates the performance of its segments based on revenue and income before income taxes. The brokerage services segment represents the operations of TradeStation Securities and TradeStation Europe Limited and the software products and services segment represents the operations of TradeStation Technologies. Intercompany transactions between segments are based upon intercompany licensing and support and expense-sharing agreements, which reflect current business relationships and are designed to comply with applicable regulatory requirements. All significant intercompany transactions and balances have been eliminated in consolidation.

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(14) STOCK BUY-BACK PLAN

In October 2006, the Company’s Board of Directors authorized, and the Company announced, the use of up to $60 million of the Company’s available and unrestricted cash, over a four-year period, to repurchase shares of its common stock in the open market or through privately-negotiated transactions. The stock repurchases are authorized to be made pursuant to a Rule 10b5-1 plan. The four-year period commenced on November 13, 2006 and ends on November 12, 2010. Pursuant to the buy-back plan, up to $1.25 million of Company cash during each full calendar month (and a prorated amount during the first and last months) of the four-year period (i.e., up to $15 million per 12-month period and up to $60 million for the four-year period) has been authorized to be used to purchase Company shares at prevailing prices, subject to compliance with applicable securities laws, rules and regulations, including Rules 10b5-1 and 10b-18. The buy-back plan does not obligate the Company to acquire any specific number of shares in any period, and may be modified, suspended, extended or discontinued at any time without prior notice.

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During the three months ended September 30, 2010, the Company used approximately $3.75 million to purchase 583,079 shares of its common stock at an average price of $6.43 per share. During the nine months ended September 30, 2010, the Company used approximately $11.2 million to purchase 1,601,231 shares of its common stock at an average price of $7.01 per share. Since commencement of this buy-back plan on November 13, 2006, through September 30, 2010, the Company has used approximately $58.1 million to purchase 6,751,486 shares of its common stock at an average price of $8.60 per share. All shares purchased have been retired. See ITEM 2. UNREGISTERED SALES OF EQUITY SECURITIES AND USE OF PROCEEDS – (c) Share Repurchases in PART II – OTHER INFORMATION of this report.

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This discussion should be read and evaluated in conjunction with the Consolidated Financial Statements and the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements of TradeStation Group and its subsidiaries contained in this report and with the issues, uncertainties and risk factors related to our business and industry described in “ITEM 1A. RISK FACTORS” of PART I of the Annual Report on Form 10-K of TradeStation Group for the year ended December 31, 2009. The results of operations for an interim period are not necessarily indicative of results for the year, or for any subsequent period.

Overview and Recent Developments

TradeStation Securities (Member NYSE, FINRA, SIPC, DTCC, OCC & NFA) is a licensed securities broker-dealer and a registered futures commission merchant, and also a member (or shareholder with rights equivalent to membership) of the Boston Options Exchange, Chicago Board Options Exchange, Chicago Stock Exchange, International Securities Exchange and NASDAQ OMX. TradeStation Securities’ business is also subject to the rules and requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) and state regulatory authorities (the firm is registered to conduct its brokerage business in all 50 states and the District of Columbia). TradeStation Securities self-clears most of its equities and equity and index options business, uses an established futures clearing firm to clear its futures business on an omnibus clearance basis (in January 2010, TradeStation Securities completed a transition of its futures clearance arrangement from a fully-disclosed relationship to an omnibus clearance relationship basis with a facilities management agreement), and uses an established forex dealer firm to clear its forex business, although we are in the process of establishing ourselves as a principal forex dealer that will act as counterparty to customers’ trades through the use of an established electronic market matching service and a prime brokerage relationship with a large U.S. financial firm. As part of this restructuring of our forex business model, we recently formed a wholly-owned subsidiary, TradeStation Forex, Inc., a Florida corporation, with the intent that TradeStation Forex, by the end of the 2010 year, will assume, own and conduct all TradeStation forex brokerage business as a Retail Foreign Exchange Dealer (RFED) with the National Futures Association (NFA), and registered under such classification with the CFTC. TradeStation Forex’s application for such CFTC registration and NFA membership was made with the NFA in June 2010.

TradeStation Securities’ revenues consist primarily of transactional commissions and fees (including monthly platform fees), and interest income derived from customer cash balances and margin lending to customers.

As of September 30, 2010, TradeStation Securities had 47,434 equities, futures and forex accounts (the vast majority of which are equities and futures accounts), a net increase of 121 accounts, or 0.3%, when compared to 47,313 accounts as of June 30, 2010, and a net increase of 1,865 accounts, or 4%, when compared to 45,569 accounts as of September 30, 2009. We define a brokerage account as one that either has a positive asset balance of at least $200 or has had activity within the past 180 days. In other words, an account is deemed inactive and is not included in counting total brokerage accounts if it has had less than a $200 balance and has had no activity within the past 180 days.

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During the three and nine months ended September 30, 2010, TradeStation Securities’ brokerage customer accounts had 75,746 and 82,929 daily average revenue trades (often called “DARTs”), respectively, a decrease of 5% and 12%, respectively, when compared to 79,577 and 94,064 DARTs during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2009. The following table presents certain brokerage metrics and account information:

We compute DARTs as follows: For equities and equity and index options, a revenue trade included to calculate DARTs is a commissionable trade order placed by the customer and executed, regardless of the number of shares or contracts included in the trade order. For futures and forex, a revenue trade included to calculate DARTs is one round-turn commissionable futures contract traded, or one round-turn lot (or forex deal) traded, regardless of the number of individual orders made and executed (i.e., one futures or forex order may contain numerous contracts or deals, but each round-turn contract and deal is counted as a separate revenue trade). When viewing our DARTs, it should be taken into account that, for equities and equity and index options, we charge commissions based on share volume (except for equities customers who opt for our per-trade basis commission structure commonly referred to as “flat-ticket” or “flat-commission”), and number of contracts traded. For futures, we charge commissions on a per contract basis. It should be noted that all DARTs are not equal. The revenue we derive from each revenue trade depends on the asset in question (equities, equity and index options, futures, forex – each has a different per unit revenue structure and cost structure), and, within each asset class, revenue per equity, contract or deal varies to the extent higher volume traders receive more favorable pricing, which they often do.

TradeStation Technologies owns all of our intellectual property. TradeStation Technologies also provides subscription services for TradeStation. The subscription version of TradeStation is an institutional-quality service that offers strategy trading software tools that generate real-time buy and sell alerts based upon the subscriber’s programmed strategies, but does not include order execution. Subscribers are charged a monthly subscription fee.

TradeStation Europe Limited is our subsidiary in the United Kingdom. In February 2006, TradeStation Europe became authorized by the United Kingdom’s FSA to act as a Securities and Futures Firm in the United Kingdom to introduce accounts to TradeStation Securities. The FSA category of authorization is “ISD Category D Arranger,” meaning that TradeStation Europe may solicit and introduce UK clients who are active, experienced traders to its U.S. affiliate for equities, options, futures and forex

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account services. In February 2007, TradeStation Europe obtained its “Passport” pursuant to which the company may use its FSA authorization to qualify to conduct similar business throughout the European Economic Area. As of September 30, 2010, and through the date of the filing of this report, TradeStation Europe’s operations and net assets are not considered to be material to our consolidated financial statements.

We recently launched our new TradeStation Prime Services division. TradeStation Prime Services seeks to fill the growing need of start-up to mid-sized hedge funds, registered investment advisers, professional traders and asset managers for quality prime brokerage services which are no longer being provided by the larger firms that traditionally served this market segment, as well as to help serve the requirement of many hedge funds (and their investors) that multiple prime brokerage relationships be maintained (to spread the risk of failure of the prime brokerage firm or relationship). TradeStation Prime Services intends to provide execution platforms, including TradeStation, clearance and settlement of trades, and a variety of services, including start-up assistance, outsourced/direct access trading, real-time risk management, portfolio reporting, securities lending, commission sharing agreements and capital introductions for its clients. TradeStation Securities’ “Rule 1017” application for TradeStation Prime Services to clear trades executed “away” at other brokerage firms and to engage in securities lending was approved in September 2010.

We recently formed a wholly-owned subsidiary, TradeStation Forex, Inc., a Florida corporation (TradeStation Forex), with the intent that TradeStation Forex, by the end of the 2010 year, will assume, own and conduct all TradeStation forex brokerage business (such business is currently owned and conducted by TradeStation Securities) as a forex dealer member (FDM) of the NFA, and registered under such classification with the CFTC. TradeStation Forex’s application for such CFTC registration and NFA membership was made with the NFA in June 2010.

In the 2010 third quarter, the Company recognized $2.9 million of non-recurring net income tax benefits primarily resulting from changes to our allocations of taxable income within various states. Additionally, the Company capitalized approximately $4.7 million in assets (predominantly software technology) that it acquired from a third party.

Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates

The preparation of financial statements requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements, as well as the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ materially from those estimates. Our significant accounting policies are described in Note 2 of Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2009 – SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES. The following areas are particularly subject to management’s judgments and estimates or are key components of our results of operations and financial position: Brokerage Commissions and Fees, Net Interest Income, Income Taxes, and Uninsured Loss Reserves. Actual results could differ materially from our estimates. These areas are discussed in further detail under the heading “Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates” in ITEM 7 of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2009.

Results of Operations

For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2010 and 2009, we operated in two principal business segments: (i) brokerage services; and (ii) software products and services. The brokerage services segment represents the operations of TradeStation Securities and TradeStation Europe Limited (and will include TradeStation Forex once it assumes our forex brokerage business) and the software products and services segment represents the operations of TradeStation Technologies. We ceased marketing our legacy software products and subscription software services in the U.S. market in 2000.

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Our primary sources of consolidated revenue are generated from the brokerage services segment, and the brokerage services segment should continue to produce most of our revenues for the foreseeable future. After elimination of intercompany charges, 93% and 94% of our consolidated net revenues in the three and nine month periods ended September 30, 2010, respectively, and 93% of our consolidated net revenues in the three and nine month periods ended September 30, 2009, were generated by the brokerage services segment. Given the size of that percentage, other than our discussion and the table in Note 13 – SEGMENT AND RELATED INFORMATION in ITEM 1. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS of PART I of this report, we will discuss our results of operations for the overall company instead of on a segmented basis. The following table presents, for the periods indicated, our consolidated statements of income data and presentation of that data as a percentage of change from period to period (unaudited):