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 February 26, 2008 - 11:41 AM PST
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Zecco Trading Launches Streaming Market Data Platform for Active Traders

BURLINGAME, Calif., Feb. 26 /PRNewswire/ -- Zecco Trading, Inc. (www.zeccotrading.com), an online brokerage widely known for providing its customers free stock trading, announced today that it has added one of the most advanced web-based market data and technical analysis solutions available to its trading platform.

Powered by QuoteMedia, Inc., the new platform offers traders a completely customizable trading cockpit, which includes:

    -- Streaming real time quotes
    -- Streaming Level 2 quotes for market depth
    -- Streaming options chains
    -- Streaming news including portfolio-based, sector-based and topic-based
    -- Streaming charts with advanced technical studies
    -- Integrated stock screener
    -- Streaming US and global indices
    -- Streaming real time market movers
    -- Historical data
    -- Comprehensive research, including company financial data and filings
    -- Sector heat maps
    -- Completely customizable interface and portfolios
    -- Ability to track up to 10 portfolios

The new streaming data platform will be available to all Zecco Trading customers on a subscription basis.

'Zecco Trading has a very significant number of active traders on our platform, where they already enjoy lightning fast executions and 10 free stock trades every month', said Jeroen Veth, CEO of Zecco Holdings, Inc. 'Now we are proud to offer them this world-class market data platform. Coming on the heels of our advanced options analytics launch, this further illustrates that we take the needs of the active trader very seriously and are building a sophisticated platform for them.'

Zecco Trading has aggressively expanded its trading tools over the past year, including:

    -- 3 and 4 legged options trading capabilities
    -- Advanced options analytics platform
    -- Enhanced stock screener
    -- Tax planning and optimization tools powered by Gainskeeper(R)

'With equity market volatility as high as it is right now, investors need a powerful arsenal of tools at their fingertips,' added Veth. 'And Zecco Trading is the place to get these tools.'

About Zecco Trading, Inc.

Headquartered in Ontario, California, Zecco Trading, Inc, is an online brokerage offering customers free stock trading, providing a refreshing alternative to traditional brokers like E*TRADE, Charles Schwab, and TDAmeritrade.

Zecco Trading is a wholly owned subsidiary of Zecco Holdings, Inc. which provides www.zecco.com users to a revolutionary financial community where great investing ideas can be freely shared, debated and tested. Notable backers of Zecco Holdings include Velocity Capital, LundKenner (an early investor in Skype), and Boekhoorn M&A. Zecco/Zecco.com is not a securities broker/dealer. All securities and investments -- including the 10 free trades per month, $4.50 thereafter offer -- are offered through Zecco Trading, Inc., member FINRA / SIPC.

About QuoteMedia, Inc.

QuoteMedia is a leading software developer and syndicator of financial market information and streaming financial data solutions to media, corporations, online brokerages and financial services companies. The Company licenses interactive stock research tools such as streaming real-time quotes, market research, news, charting, option chains, NASDAQ level 2, TSX/TSXV market depth, LSE level 2, SEC filings, corporate financials, insider reports, market indices, portfolio management systems, and data feeds. QuoteMedia provides data and services for companies such as the NASDAQ, the OTCBB, Forbes.com, Scotia Capital, Dow Jones & Company, Southwest Securities, General Electric, Motorola, Automated Financial Systems, FBRDirect, AIM Trimark, Zacks Investment Research, Business Wire, Regal Securities, Broadridge Financial Systems, ChoiceTrade, QTrade, Schaeffer's Investment Research, WallStreet*E and others. For more information, please visit: www.quotemedia.com.

SOURCE Zecco Trading, Inc.