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Mr. Nikolson was appointed Chief Operating Officer of TradeStation Securities, Inc. in December 2000. Prior to that, commencing January 1999, he served as Chief Compliance Officer and Chief Operating Officer of OnlineTrading.com, a securities brokerage.
From November 1996 to January 1999, Mr. Nikolson served as a principal with Olde Discount Corporation, where his role entailed the direct sales supervision and management of registered representatives in a six-state region. Prior to that time, from 1994 to 1996, Mr. Nikolson was a derivatives analyst with National City Bank and was responsible for overall valuation and risk management of the bank's interest rate swap portfolio and related holdings.
Mr. Nikolson received his bachelor's degree in Finance and master's degree in Finance from Cleveland State University. In addition, Mr. Nikolson completed post-graduate research in International Finance at Kent State University where he also served as a Teaching Fellow in the graduate school of business. | 