Investools' Brokerage and Education Metrics for December 2007

NEW YORK, Jan. 15 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Investools Inc. (Nasdaq: SWIM)
a leading provider of online brokerage technology and investor education
services, announced performance metrics for December 2007.
"Investools is excited to begin 2008 with over 124,000 brokerage accounts
opened and over 102,000 active subscribers to our investor education online
properties," said Lee K. Barba, Investools' Chairman and CEO. "Despite
December's industry-wide slow down in overall trading activity, our brokerage
clients traded at near record levels and we continued to deliver strong growth
in new accounts."
thinkorswim, Inc.

-- Total accounts opened* of 124,150 at month-end; 157% higher than
December 31, 2006
-- New accounts opened* of 6,700; 55% higher than December 2006
-- New accounts funded of 3,200; 47% higher than December 2006
-- Funded accounts of 57,775 at month-end; 159% higher than December 31,
2006
-- Retail DARTs of 39,100; 280% higher than December 2006
-- Active Trader DARTs of 18,300; 71% higher than December 2006
-- Client assets of $2.58 billion at month-end; 134% higher than December
31, 2006

Investor Education Group

-- Total paid graduates of 3,580, compared to 3,120 in December 2006
-- Active subscribers at month-end of 102,800, compared to 85,400 at
December 31, 2006

*accounts opened represents accounts that have initiated the application
process with the intent to fund.
About Investools (Nasdaq: SWIM)
Investools Inc. offers market-leading investor education and brokerage and
related financial products and services for self-directed investors.
Investools Education Group offers a full range of investor education products
and services that provide lifelong learning in a variety of interactive
delivery formats, including instructor-led synchronous and asynchronous online
courses, in-person workshops, one-on-one and one-to-many online coaching
programs and telephone, live-chat and email support. thinkorswim Inc.,
Investools' financial technology pioneer and industry-leading online brokerage
firm, is focused on providing services to self-directed options traders and
active traders. thinkorswim offers customers a broad range of products
including equity securities, fixed income, index products, options, futures,
other derivatives and foreign exchange. thinkorswim provides unique front end
trading platforms that allow its customers to trade electronically and
provides sophisticated trading tools and analytics, including tools for
implementing complex, multi-leg options strategies. The products and services
offered by Investools Inc. have received numerous accolades from third parties
including thinkorswim's ranking by Barron's as its top rated software-based
online broker and best for options traders (2006 & 2007), and Prophet's top
Barron's ranking for best technical analysis tools (2006).
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Investor Contact:

Ida Kane, SVP and CFO
801.816.6918
ida.kane@investools.com

Media Contact:

Fran Del Valle
212.717.5499
frances.delvalle@influencecentral.com

SOURCE Investools

Investors: Ida Kane, SVP and CFO of Investools, +1-801-816-6918,
ida.kane@investools.com; Media: Fran Del Valle, 1-212-717-5499,
frances.delvalle@influencecentral.com, for Investools