optionsXpress and The Motley Fool Partner to Reinforce Benefits of Options Trading Within Your Portfolio

optionsXpress Holdings, Inc. (Nasdaq: OXPS) today announced that it will partner with The Motley Fool, the well-known multimedia financial services company, as it offers Motley Fool Options service on October 13. The partnership is designed to reinforce the benefits of including options within a well balanced trading portfolio by combining optionsXpress’ award-winning platform experience with respected, actionable financial advice for traders through the Motley Fool Options service.

"This partnership provides people with two of the components they need to successfully build value using options: tremendous insight from one of the leading options analysts in the field, and the most feature-rich and user-friendly platform available,” said Aaron Cooper, Senior Vice President at optionsXpress. "Moreover, our partnership with Motley Fool continues optionsXpress’ ongoing association with the leading brands and exchanges in options and futures trading.”

Motley Fool Options is a unique, innovative service designed to provide traders with tips on how to sensibly use options in their investing, with minimum risk and maximum profit opportunity. The service is led by Motley Fool senior analyst Jeff Fischer, who, throughout the past decade has developed a risk-moderating process of trading options that can provide good ballast for responsible investors in any market condition. The service is designed to provide novice traders with easy-to-comprehend insights for options trading and sophisticated trades, such as protective collars, strangles, straddles and spreads, for the more seasoned traders.

About optionsXpress Holdings, Inc.

optionsXpress Holdings, Inc., a pioneer in equity options and futures trading, offers an innovative suite of online brokerage services for investor education, strategy evaluation and trade execution. optionsXpress Holdings subsidiaries include optionsXpress, Inc., a retail online brokerage specializing in options and futures, brokersXpress, LLC, an online trading and reporting platform for independent investment professionals, Open E Cry, LLC, an innovative futures broker offering direct access futures trading for high volume commodities and futures traders through its proprietary software platform, and Optionetics, Inc, a leading provider of investment education services, including live seminars, proprietary software analytics, online and offline educational products and individual coaching.

More information can be found in the Investor Relations section of optionsXpress' website at www.optionsxpress.com/investor.

Barron's named optionsXpress the number one online broker for four years in a row (2003 to 2006) and among the best for options, long-term investing and usability in 2009. Kiplinger's Personal Finance named it the top discount broker in 2006.

"Best Online Broker" 3/6/06, 3/7/05, 3/8/04, 3/10/03, and one of Barron's Best Online Brokers 3/3/07 and 3/16/09 based on: Trade Experience; Trade Tech; Usability; Offerings; Research; Portfolio Analysis; Customer Service/Access; Costs. Barron's is a registered trademark of Dow Jones & Company (C) 2009.

"Best Online Broker" by Kiplinger's 7/06, based on: Commissions/Fees; Executions; Margin Rates; Interest on Cash; Maximum Fund Transaction Fee; Responsiveness/Broker Knowledge; Research; Web Site; Cost-Basis Data; Conduct. Kiplinger's is a trademark of The Kiplinger Washington Editors, Inc. (C) 2009.

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