The Power of X

• Our platform is built on the same technology that powers optionsXpress, the top-rated broker dealer in Barron’s 2003, 2004, 2005 and 2006 online broker dealer survey.
• Our web-based application eliminates the need for special software, hardware or bandwidth and allows you to manage all of your business in one place.
• Trade screens are easy to use and understand and allow you the ability to enter complex orders online including trailing stops™, multi-leg combinations and a variety of customizable contingent orders™.
• When you open an account through bX MidAmerica you have the opportunity to work with an experienced account representative who gets to know you and your needs. At bX MidAmerica you do not deal with a call center.

Using the Award-Winning optionsXpress Platform

Best Online Broker
4 out of 5 years ¹

2006 Best
Online Broker ²

Best of Web
Favorite Site 2005 ³

Services offered by bX MidAmerica are available only in the state of Illinois. Residents of any other state can receive these services only after such time that a representative of bX MidAmerica becomes registered in that state and then through that representative only. This website is not an advertisement of services available in any state other than those listed above.

1 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, refers to the optionsXpress website and is 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 © 2009.

2 "The Best Online Broker" by Kiplinger's 7/06, refers to the optionsXpress website and is 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. © 2009.

3 "Best of the Web" & "Favorite Site" 9/15/06, refers to the optionsXpress website and is based on investor tools and educational services. FORBES, and other names of FORBES products referenced herein are trademarks or registered trademarks of FORBES Management Co., Inc. © 2009.

System response and access times may vary due to market conditions, system performance, and other factors. Options involve risk and are not suitable for all investors. Please read Characteristics and Risks of Standardized Options (PDF). All rights reserved 2008 brokersXpress LLC. Member FINRA-SIPC.