Vancouver, BC and Frankfurt, Germany – April 9, 2002- AlphaTrade.com, (OTC BB: APTD and FSE: TDR WKN 529988) announced today that UBOC Investment Services, Inc. has selected AlphaTrade.com to provide its clients with streaming real-time and delayed market data for its Invest@Home web site. We invite you to visit UBOC Investment Services' site at www.investathome.com.

UBOC Investment Services, Inc. is a registered broker-dealer, member NASD/SIPC, and wholly owned subsidiary of Union Bank of California, N.A., which is a wholly owned subsidiary of UnionBanCal Corporation (NYSE:UB). Based in Los Angeles California, UBOC Investment Services, Inc. has 70 registered sales representatives who serve clients from Investment Centers located in 245 Union Bank of California offices in California, and 6 offices in Oregon and Washington. At the end of 2001, UBOC Investment Services, Inc. had over $7 billion in total assets under management. UBOC Investment Services has offered online brokerage account access and trading since late 1997.

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