Chicago, - January 29, 2007 --

4th Story Integrates with TT's exchange gateways

Trading Technologies International, Inc. (TT) and 4th Story today announced that 4th Story has been named a TT Connected Partner. As a TT Partner Program member, 4th Story has connected its automated trading products to TT's high-speed exchange gateways through TT's FIX Adapter. Since 2005, TT's Partner Program has ensured third-party applications integrate seamlessly with TT's technology and products. This has led to more high-quality trade execution choices for traders.

"We are pleased to recognize 4th Story as our fifteenth TT Connected Partner," said Jerry O'Connor, VP API Connectivity at TT. "4th Story's software suite augments our automated trading tools such as Autospreader®, Autotrader™, the X_TRADER® API and the FIX Adapter."

"We are very pleased to be a TT Connected Partner. We know our clients will benefit from the combination of TT's fast and stable market-leading exchange gateways and 4th Story's powerful platform in bringing their automated trading strategies to market quickly and effectively," said Steve Smith, CEO of 4th Story.

The TT Partner Program provides member firms with experience based recommendations, development support, certification testing, sales and marketing assistance and other resources to help them create and market their products. Partner firms fall into several categories including Algorithmic Trading Solutions, Automated Trading Solutions, Consulting Services, Direct Market Access (DMA) Platforms, Integrated Front Ends, Order and Execution Management Systems, Risk Management Systems, Trading Development Frameworks and Trading Front Ends.

About Trading Technologies (www.tradingtechnologies.com)

Trading Technologies (www.tradingtechnologies.com) develops high-performance trading software for derivatives professionals, including the world's premier exchanges, money-center banks, proprietary traders, securities brokers, Futures Commission Merchants (FCMs), hedge funds and other trading institutions. The company's X_TRADER® software and related services provide direct access to the world's major derivatives exchanges. TTNET™, TT's Application Service Provider (ASP)/hosting solution, delivers maximum system stability and fast trade execution via hubs located close to the major exchanges in Chicago, New Jersey, London and Frankfurt. Additional data centers are planned for Tokyo and Singapore. Headquartered in Chicago, Trading Technologies maintains a worldwide presence with offices in New York, Houston, London, Geneva, Frankfurt, Singapore, Hong Kong, Tokyo and Sydney. In 2004, Trading Technologies was named the best technology company to work for in Chicago by Chicago magazine and ranked third among all Chicago area employers. In 2006, TT received the prestigious Lighthouse Award from the Illinois Information Technology Association (ITA) as the leading technology company in Illinois.

Contact
Drew Mauck, Strategics +1 (312) 346 2005
dmauck@strategicsinc.com

About 4th Story (www.4thstory.com)

4th Story, LLC is a software firm focused on enabling trading opportunities. The company's products give the user the power of rapid testing and implementation of arbitrarily complex automated and algorithmic trading strategies. The company develops its products on the Microsoft .Net platform.

Contact
Steven Smith +1 415 672 4716
ssmith@4thstory.com