CHICAGO, Oct. 5 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- optionsXpress Holdings, Inc. announced an update to the timing of its earnings conference call. The company will report results for the third quarter on Thursday, October 19, 2006, and broadcast a conference call to discuss these results at 8:00 am Central Time.

This call will be webcast by CCBN and can be accessed on the optionsXpress website at http://www.optionsxpress.com/investor . The Webcast will be archived on this site for one year. Institutional Investors can also access the call via CCBN's event management site, StreetEvents at http://www.streetevents.com/ .

About optionsXpress Holdings, Inc.

optionsXpress Holdings, Inc. provides innovative securities brokerage products and services for investor education, strategy evaluation and trade execution. Through its subsidiaries optionsXpress, an online brokerage, and brokersXpress, an online trading and reporting platform for independent investment professionals, the company offers a wide range of investor tools, outstanding customer service and competitive commissions. optionsXpress has been named the top online securities brokerage by Barron's in its last four annual surveys (2003-2006).

More information can be found in the Investor Relations section of optionsXpress' website at http://www.optionsxpress.com/investor .

CONTACT: Investor Inquiries, Janelle Woodward of Ashton Partners,
+1-312-553-6722, or Media Inquiries, Josh Inglis of Strategics, Inc.,
+1-312-346-2007

Web site: http://www.optionsxpress.com/investor