Vancouver, BC – August 21, 2002 - AlphaTrade.com (OTC BB: APTD and FSE: TDR WKN 529988), is announcing that Brookstreet Securities Corporation has selected AlphaTrade's market data services for its online offering site www.brooksdirect.com.

"Brookstreet Securities Corporation is pleased to announce an affiliation with AlphaTrade's quote service for its online offering site, www.brooksdirect.com," states Rick Cabezas of Brookstreet Securities Corporation. Brooksdirect offers new issues of stocks, mutual funds and bonds as well as private offerings to individual and institutional investors. In addition to AlphaTrade's market data, Brooksdirect.com is offering all registered users a 7-day Free-Trial of the web-based financial service, E-Gate. Available for a limited time, this trial includes streaming, real-time stock quotes, portfolio management, ticker, news, intraday & historical charts, most actives and more. "We believe the E-gate system has the best value and ease of use, compared to more expensive systems for the average investor. Brooksdirect.com's members are from a variety of different countries speaking different languages. E-gate is offered in English, Spanish, German, Italian, Portuguese, France and Chinese. We believe that offering a product in a client's native language will help maintain a client's loyalty," states Scott Brooks, Vice-President Member Services of Brookstreet Securities Corporation.

About Brookstreet

Brookstreet Securities Corporation is a full-service, national network of independent investment professionals headquartered in Irvine, California. Brookstreet Securities has approximately 450 members with 200 branch offices nationwide.

About AlphaTrade.com

AlphaTrade is an Internet based company providing market data and trade execution services for customers around the world in over 20 languages. AlphaTrade is forging itself a unique position in the market place with "E-Gate", its flagship browser-based software. E-Gate is becoming a leader in transforming the financial services industry with software that requires no downloads, has no complex hardware requirements and is a fraction of the cost of the competition but with the same professionalism and high quality. Subscribe online at www.alphatrade.com.

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