Scottrade Brings Customer Education Conference to Silicon Valley

User Summit is part of online investment firm's extensive customer
education initiative that includes social networking, Web casts and
branch office support
SANTA CLARA, Calif.--(Business Wire)--
Scottrade, a leading branch-supported online investment firm, is
hosting a customer education User Summit for Silicon Valley-area
Scottrade customers. The regional conference to help Scottrade
investors and traders make better informed investment decisions will
be held on Saturday, Aug. 16 at the Hyatt Regency in Santa Clara,
Calif.

During the free workshop, attendees will learn how to effectively
use the online functions and features of Scottrade's trading platforms
and learn how to easily manage their accounts. Featured speakers
include Kevin Dodson, Scottrade Director of Online Financial Services,
and Al Brinkman, Director of Equity Derivatives Marketing at the
Philadelphia Stock Exchange.

"The User Summit workshop is designed to make sure investors and
traders are familiar with Scottrade's platforms so they can
effectively and efficiently find and react to opportunities in the
market," Dodson said. "Regardless of an individual's trading strategy,
our goal during this nationwide series is for every attendee to learn
something they can apply to their next trade."

Topics covered during the workshop include finding opportunities
with stock and ETF screeners, placing pre-market and after-hours
trades, setting up alerts for account specific updates and learning
the basics of trading options.

The Santa Clara User Summit is one of a series of free workshops
Scottrade is holding throughout the country as part of its customer
education efforts. Other customer education resources offers include
nine branch offices in the San Jose area, an online social networking
community, Web casts and market and research information.

"Scottrade is focused on providing our customers with information
that will help them make better investment decisions," said Kristin
McDougall, Scottrade Customer Education Manager. "While our customers
are self-directed, knowing how to use the online trading features and
tools offered through our platforms can help our customers make better
decisions more quickly when they are trading on their own."

For more about educational resources available locally, call (800)
619-SAVE to be directed to your nearest Scottrade branch office.

About Scottrade

Scottrade is a leader in online investing, serving individual
investors who are comfortable making their own investment decisions.
Scottrade is unique in the industry because it boasts low commission
rates while offering the largest branch network among online
brokerages, with 364 local branch offices nationwide. In October,
Scottrade was named Highest in Investor Satisfaction by J.D. Power and
Associates for the seventh time. Scottrade.com is the online trading
site of Scottrade, Inc. and offers customers the convenience of
placing many orders online for just $7 per trade. In addition to its
online capabilities, Scottrade staffs each easily accessible branch
location with a branch manager plus additional brokers and assistants.
In January 2008, Scottrade was named one of FORTUNE magazine's "100
Best Companies to Work For" in America. In June 2008, Scottrade was
No. 16 on Computerworld magazine's list of the Best Places to Work in
IT. For more, visit www.scottrade.com.

Scottrade
Patricia Lee, 314-965-1555 x3581
pllee@scottrade.com

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