Advantage Futures Clears 1.5 Billion Contracts

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Fri Jun 26, 2009 8:59am EDT

CHICAGO, June 26 /PRNewswire/ -- Advantage Futures, the premier futures
brokerage firm, today announced it reached another landmark achievement,
surpassing 1.5 billion futures contracts cleared. The news comes as Advantage
completes its sixth year of business. Joseph Guinan, Founder, Chairman and
CEO, Advantage Futures, made the announcement.

"This milestone in the history of Advantage Futures is a testament to our
focus on client service and superior technology infrastructure," said Guinan.
"Despite the recent economic turmoil, Advantage Futures continues to add new
accounts at a record pace. Our clients recognize the importance of being with
a futures brokerage firm dedicated to providing the best possible futures
clearing and execution services. As the needs of our clients continue to
evolve, we remain committed to evolving with them and meeting their needs." 

As a technology based Futures Commission Merchant (FCM), Advantage Futures is
constantly improving its state-of-the-art technology infrastructure to ensure
clients' orders are executed with unsurpassed speed and reliability.
High-capacity fiber optic pipelines and multiple redundant exchange
connections maximize the speed of trades. Server hosting data centers have
been established worldwide, including Chicago, Houston, and Frankfurt,
Germany, for redundancy and high-performance connectivity to futures
exchanges. This emphasis on technology enables traders to achieve the lowest
possible latency when executing orders.

Advantage Futures is a clearing member of CME Group (CBOT, CME, NYMEX &
COMEX), Liffe, London Clearing House, ICE U.S., ICE Europe, The Clearing
Corporation, Options Clearing Corp., CBOE, CBOE Futures Exchange, a technical
clearing member of Eurex, and a foreign approved participant of Montreal
Exchange.  

About Advantage Futures
Advantage Futures is a premier futures brokerage firm for institutions, hedge
funds, CTAs, proprietary trading groups and professional traders, with
best-in-class clearing and execution services, provided with high-quality
client service and technologically efficient solutions. We provide clients
with a superior technology infrastructure, redundant exchange connectivity and
24-hour technology support. Our multimillion dollar investment in state-of-the
art equipment provides our clients with extremely fast trading delta times
while ensuring reliability and security. Advantage Futures technology
investment also includes server hosting facilities, robust exchange
connectivity, and fully redundant back office and accounting systems. We
support trading on almost all domestic and foreign exchanges either through
our direct clearing memberships or through various correspondent broker
relationships. Our management team has extraordinary industry experience and a
strong reputation for integrity. For more information, call Advantage Futures
at 312-756-6300 or visit www.advantagefutures.com.


SOURCE  Advantage Futures

Iqbal Brainch of Advantage Futures, +1-312-347-4954
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