Vancouver, British Columbia - January 27, 2005 - AlphaTrade.com (OTCBB:APTD) has been chosen as a preferred provider of financial market data, news and analytics by WhiteTrust Inc., one of South Korea's fastest-growing proprietary trading firms. This is one of many companies affiliated with the worldwide SwiftTrade organization.

Steven Oh, Director of WhiteTrust, states: "After two weeks of testing, we chose AlphaTrade as our financial information provider because of their superior quality of tools and technology. In addition, we are expecting to open a new branch in six months, and without question, we will continue our business with AlphaTrade."

Commented Penny Perfect, CEO of AlphaTrade.com: "We are proud to be chosen as the premier vendor of real-time streaming stock quotes to WhiteTrust's Proprietary Traders. South Korea represents a huge market for AlphaTrade since, according to industry estimates, one out of every three adults in Korea is an avid online stock trader."

"Working with another trading firm powered by SwiftTrade is a gratifying opportunity for AlphaTrade, given SwiftTrade's truly worldwide reputation. Our partnership is expanding rapidly, which allows AlphaTrade to fast track their growth in the foreign market places. We anticipate further foreign expansion very soon with our SwiftTrade alliance."

AlphaTrade is the financial market provider of choice for numerous web-based financial services, including one of Canada's largest direct access electronic trading centers -- the Elite Network (powered by SwiftTrade, see above) -- and also Financial News USA (OTC:FNWU).

About WhiteTrust Inc., Powered by SwiftTrade

Headquartered in Seoul, Korea, WhiteTrust Inc., founded in 1997, is one of the fastest-growing Direct Access Electronic Trading Centres in Asia. The firm's Proprietary Traders currently trade Nasdaq, NYSE & CME and will soon be trading European and Asian markets. As a firm, traders execute, on average, hundreds of thousands of shares in a single day.

About AlphaTrade

AlphaTrade provides a high-performance stock market data system (E-Gate) to professionals, investors and day traders at a cost-effective price. Subscribers can rely on our data integrity, our intraday data and the ease of using the E-Gate system. To register for a FREE 7-day trial, please go to www.alphatrade.com. AlphaTraders take control of their money

Contact:

AlphaTrade.com Mike Ser Sales & Marketing Manager 604-681-7503 mike@alphatrade.com

WhiteTrust Inc, Powered by Swift Trade Steven Oh Director 02-6675-7770 oh_jw@hotmail.com

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