Announcement of Subsidiary’s Release

TOKYO, March 9, 2018 – TradeStation Group, Inc., a fully owned subsidiary of Monex Group, Inc.,
issued the following press release yesterday.
Attachment: TradeStation Group, Inc. press release
TradeStation Teams with GDAX Exchange to Provide Clients with Free Real-Time Spot Data for
World’s Leading Cryptocurrencies

Contact: Akiko Kato, Toshiaki Koike
Corporate Communications OfficeMonex Group, Inc.
+81-3-4323-8698
Atsushi Demoto, Yuki Nakano
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 Teams with GDAX Exchange to Provide Clients with Free Real-Time Spot Data for World’s
Leading Cryptocurrencies
Plantation, Florida
Thursday, March 8, 2018
New Alliance Bolsters TradeStation Clients’ Ability to Assess and Trade Cryptocurrency Futures in RealTime
TradeStation, a Monex Group company and award-winning* online broker-dealer and futurescommission merchant, now provides its clients with real-time market data for four of the world’s mostpopular cryptocurrencies. The four virtual assets are Bitcoin, Ethereum, Bitcoin Cash and Litecoin.**
Providing clients with real-time market data for some of the world’s most popular cryptocurrencies isanother important step in broadening TradeStation’s appeal beyond traditional assets. In 2017,
TradeStation added support for real-time market data for Bitcoin indices sourced by Cboe Global
Markets and CME Group, and later added support for market data and order execution when theexchanges launched their respective Bitcoin futures contracts.
John Bartleman, President of TradeStation Group, Inc., noted that, “This data can be used to help guidetrading decisions related to Bitcoin futures, as well to assess companies and market sectors – such asbanks, credit card lenders and computer chip makers – that may be impacted by news related to
cryptocurrencies or fluctuations in their prices.”“We’re pleased to pair GDAX’s powerful digital asset exchange data with TradeStation’s impressive
analytics platform,” said Adam White, Vice President and General Manager of GDAX, which provides
retail and institutional traders with the ability to trade a variety of digital currencies like Bitcoin,
Ethereum, and more on an exchange operating with a New York state BitLicense. “The ability to access
GDAX’s spot market data alongside Cboe and CME futures data will provide users with an enhanced
ability to evaluate and trade the crypto derivatives market in real time.”* Visit TradeStation.com/Awards for more information.
**TradeStation is not offering execution or any other brokerage services for virtual currencies on GDAX.

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, andhosts the TradingApp® Store.

About Global Digital Asset Exchange (GDAX)
Launched in 2015, Global Digital Asset Exchange (GDAX) is a fully owned subsidiary of Coinbase, tailoredto the needs of institutional investors. Coinbase, founded in 2012, is a digital currency platform serving
over 13 million users transacting in a range of digital assets including Bitcoin, Bitcoin Cash, Ethereum,and Litecoin. Coinbase is based in San Francisco, California, with offices in New York and London.