AlphaTrade.com Expands to Hong Kong

Vancouver, BC - May 13, 2004 - AlphaTrade.com (OTC BB: APTD) is extremely excited to announce that Boom Securities located in Hong Kong has chosen AlphaTrade's product for their clients. Boom Securities plans to bundle our product with their current services. It is management's belief that our multi-lingual capabilities will generate substantial business for AlphaTrade.

"We're honored that our peers in business have given us this recognition by choosing our product," said Penny Perfect, President and CEO of AlphaTrade. "The quality of our products and the service we provide to our customers is of paramount importance to us, and capturing business such as Boom Securities shows that our commitment to excellence is paying off."

"We are excited to offer AlphaTrade to our trading customers and we believe they will welcome this wonderful move. Adding one of the best streaming quotes application to our real-time quotes inventory, we provide greater support for clients' investment decision. This synergy facilitates us to further strengthen our online multi-market stock trading services," said Grace Chow, Manager of Strategic Projects for Boom Securities (H.K.) Limited.

About Boom Securities

Founded in 1997, BOOM Securities (H.K.) Limited, is a fully licensed Brokerage firm headquartered in Hong Kong. "B.O.O.M" is an acronym for Beyond Other Ordinary Markets.

Being the first company to launch Internet stock trading in Asia-Pacific, BOOM introduced a new pattern of self-directed cross-border investment by applying new technology to traditional equities trading and financial services. With BOOM's secured multi-market and multi-currency online trading services, investors can trade equities in all major exchanges via one single account. Currently, it offers access to securities listed in 15 exchanges among 11 markets.

BOOM is sponsored by some of the leading investment bankers and venture capitalists in the United States including Mr. William R. Hambrecht, the CEO of WR Hambrecht + Co and the founder of Hambrecht & Quist, which is now owned by J.P. Morgan Chase.

About AlphaTrade

AlphaTrade (OTCBB:APTD and FSE:TDR WKN 529988) supplies real-time, streaming stock quotes via a suite of user-friendly applications aptly named E-Gate. Subscribers to the E-Gate service can access comprehensive financial data on stocks, options, and indices for all North American exchanges. Sign up now for a free, 7-day Trial account - www.alphatrade.com.


Contact:

AlphaTrade.com

James Chan
Corporate Development
604-681-7503
james@alphatrade.com
IR - Current Capital

Robert Kennedy
877-859-5200
robert@currentcapital.com
BOOM Securities (H.K.) Limited

Grace Chow
Manager, Strategic Projects
Direct Line: (852) 2255 8815
grace.chow@boomhq.com

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