Announcement of Subsidiary’s Release

TOKYO, August 2, 2017 – TradeStation Group, Inc., a fully owned subsidiary of Monex Group, Inc., issued the following press release yesterday.

Attachment: TradeStation Group, Inc. press release

TradeStation Introduces Simplified Commission Pricing for Futures Trades: $1.50 per Contract, per Side, with No Software Fees, Free Advanced Trading Tools and Real-Time Data

Contact: Yumi Matsuzaki Public Relations, CEO Office Monex Group, Inc. +81-3-4323-8698 Atsushi Demoto Investor Relations, Financial Control Dept. Monex Group, Inc. +81-3-4323-8698 This material was made as a matter of record only and does not constitute an offer to sell or to solicit an offer to buy securities in the U.S. TradeStation Introduces Simplified Commission Pricing for Futures Trades: $1.50 per Contract, per Side, with No Software Fees, Free Advanced Trading Tools and Real-Time Data*

Plantation, Florida Tuesday, August 1, 2017 TradeStation, a Monex Group company and award-winning** online broker-dealer and futures commission merchant, announced today new pricing for futures for all new customers and all existing customers who notify TradeStation they would like to switch to the new pricing.

All customers on this new, simplified futures pricing plan of just $1.50 per contract, per side will pay no monthly service fees for the TradeStation desktop, mobile and web trading apps, and non-professional subscribers will pay no fee for real-time market data from the CME, CBOT, NYMEX and COMEX exchanges. Customers will also receive free of charge TradeStation’s RadarScreen® market-monitoring tool and Portfolio Maestro portfolio-level back-testing tool.

To ensure that each customer can choose the commission plan that best suits his or her trading volume and style, TradeStation will continue to offer its tiered futures pricing plan, which offers commissions as low as $.25 per contract, per side, for customers who trade frequently in small-contract lots and wish to avoid higher per-ticket charges.

TradeStation will also continue to offer the ability to trade futures options and futures contracts through its Futures+ Platform, at $1.50 per contract, per side.

"Like our recently introduced per-trade equities and options pricing plans, this new futures pricing plan is all about simplicity and value,” said John Bartleman, President of TradeStation Group, Inc. "With one flat rate, it offers an attractive alternative for traders who typically trade less frequently and in smaller blocks of contracts. It also includes – at no additional cost – the award-winning** TradeStation platform, advanced trading tools like RadarScreen® and real-time data from the major exchanges*. We consider it a great combination for futures traders who crave simplicity and value."

About TradeStation Group, Inc. TradeStation Group, Inc., through its principal operating subsidiary, TradeStation Securities, Inc., offers the TradeStation analysis and trading platform to the active trader and certain institutional trader markets. The TradeStation platform offers electronic order execution and enables clients to design, test, optimize, monitor and automate their own custom equities, options and futures trading strategies. TradeStation Group is a wholly owned subsidiary of Monex Group, Inc., one of the largest online financial services providers in Japan.

TradeStation Securities, Inc. (Member NYSE, FINRA, SIPC, NSCC, DTC, OCC & CME) is a licensed securities broker- dealer and a registered futures commission merchant (FCM), and a member of major stock, options and futures exchanges in the United States. The company's technology subsidiary, TradeStation Technologies, Inc., develops and offers strategy trading software tools and subscription services, and hosts the TradingApp® Store.

*Prices available to non-professional single tier futures accounts on the published $1.50 per contract, per side plan. Other non-professional commission plans are subject to the following monthly real-time market data fees: Globex Value Bundle $20.00/month, CBOT Data Package #1 $5.00/month, CBOT Data Package #2 $6.00/month, CME Data Package #1 $5.00/month, COMEX Data Package #1 $5.00/month, COMEX Data Package #2 $6.00/month, NYMEX Data Package #1 $5.00/month, NYMEX Data Package #2 $6.00/month.

Visit www.TradeStation.com/pricing for full details.

** Visit TradeStation.com/Awards for more information.

Media Contact: TradeStation Securities, Inc. Jodi Fronczke +1-954-652-7000 jfronczke@tradestation.com