OptionsHouse Launches Refer-a-Friend Plan to Reward Customers

  • Current customers receive $50 or 10 free trades when friend opens trading account

CHICAGO, August 22, 2008 - OptionsHouse, LLC (“OptionsHouse”), an online retail and institutional brokerage firm, today announced a Refer-a-Friend Plan that will compensate existing OptionsHouse customers with either 10 free trades or $50 when a referred friend funds a new trading account.

The program is designed to “reward” current customers who successfully introduce friends to OptionsHouse. Included among the reasons to recommend OptionsHouse are its streamlined trading tools, fast trading platform, and low flat-fee pricing structure.

“OptionsHouse’s online trading platform was ranked #1 by Barron’s in the ‘Usability’ category this year-based on overall site design, ease of use, and navigation. Our customers recognize and value these features and are recommending OptionsHouse to their friends,” said OptionsHouse CEO John Hass. “They will now be rewarded for these referrals.”

For more details about OptionsHouse’s Refer-A-Friend Plan, visit http://www.OptionsHouse.com/home/refer.

Press Contact

OptionsHouse, LLC
Beth Gaston Moon
312-676-8800
bmoon@peak6.com

About OptionsHouse:
OptionsHouse, LLC, is an online stock and option broker delivering a fast, streamlined trading experience on its professional-grade trading platform, accessible at OptionsHouse.com. OptionsHouse's flat-rate commission structure offers online trading of $9.95 per option trade and $4.95 per stock trade, with no escalating fees, regardless of size.*

In Barron's 2008 survey of Online Brokers, OptionsHouse earned a four-star rating and its innovative platform was ranked number-one for "usability."** A licensed FINRA broker-dealer, OptionsHouse, LLC was founded in 2005 and is a subsidiary of proprietary option-trading firm, PEAK6 Investments, L.P.

About PEAK6:
Established in 1997, PEAK6 Investments, L.P. ("PEAK6") is a leading financial institution in Chicago with an established track record of success in proprietary trading. PEAK6 is also rapidly expanding its commercial focus to include innovative initiatives in asset management and online media.