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Order Routing Detail

SEC-Required Rule 606 – Report on Routing of Customer Orders
for Quarter Ending March, 2012

1st Discount Brokerage, Inc. (“1DB”) has prepared this report pursuant to a U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission rule requiring certain brokerage firms to make publicly available quarterly reports on their order routing practices. The report provides information on the routing of “non-directed orders” – any order that the customer has not specifically instructed to be routed to a particular venue for execution. For these non-directed orders, 1DB has selected the execution venue on behalf of its customers.

The report is divided into four sections below: one for securities listed on the New York Stock Exchange, one for securities listed on The NASDAQ Stock Market, one for securities listed on the American Stock Exchange or the regional exchanges, and one for exchange-listed options. For each section, this report identifies the venues most often selected by 1DB, sets forth the percentage of various types of orders routed to the venues, and discusses the material aspects of 1DBs relationship with the venues.

A written copy of this report will be furnished upon request. In addition, information regarding the specific routing or any orders executed for your account for the previous six months will be furnished upon request. Please contact the representative handling your account.

Order Flow Payment Information: Penson Financial Services, Inc. receives payment for order flow on certain transactions in the form of monetary and/or non-monetary compensation or an inter-company transfer of funds. Payment for order flow is considered to be compensation to Penson Financial Services, Inc. 1DB, an introducing firm that clears its trades through Penson Financial Services, Inc., shares in such payments or directly receives payment for order flow for certain transactions, in addition to commission or markup/markdowns paid by its customers. The source and nature of any compensation received in connection with a specific transaction will be furnished upon written request from the customer. Further information also is available on the Penson Financial Services, Inc. website at www.penson.com.

Order Flow for Securities Listed on New York Stock Exchange

Summary Statistics
Description	Percent
Non-directed orders as percentage of total customer orders	100.0%
Market orders as percentage of total non-directed orders	54.3%
Limit orders as percentage of total non-directed orders	43.6%
Other orders as percentage of total non-directed orders	2.2%

Venues receiving significant percentage of total non-directed orders
Venue	Percent
Penson Financial Services, Inc.	99.0%

Information Concerning significant Venues
Venue	Order Type	Percent
Penson Financial Services, Inc.	Limit	99.4%
Penson Financial Services, Inc.	Market	98.7%
Penson Financial Services, Inc.	Other	100.0%

Order Flow for Securities Listed on NASDAQ Stock Market

Summary Statistics
Description	Percent
Non-directed orders as percentage of total customer orders	100.0%
Market orders as percentage of total non-directed orders	49.9%
Limit orders as percentage of total non-directed orders	48.7%
Other orders as percentage of total non-directed orders	1.3%

Venues receiving significant percentage of total non-directed orders
Venue	Percent
Penson Financial Services, Inc.	98.8%

Information Concerning significant Venues
Venue	Order Type	Percent
Penson Financial Services, Inc.	Limit	99.4%
Penson Financial Services, Inc.	Market	98.2%
Penson Financial Services, Inc.	Other	100.0%

Order Flow for Securities Listed on Amex or a Regional Exchange

Summary Statistics
Description	Percent
Non-directed orders as percentage of total customer orders	100.0%
Market orders as percentage of total non-directed orders	50.4%
Limit orders as percentage of total non-directed orders	49.2
Other orders as percentage of total non-directed orders	0.4%

Venues receiving significant percentage of total non-directed orders
Penson Financial Services, Inc.	98.1%

Information Concerning significant Venues
Venue	Order Type	Percent
Penson Financial Services, Inc.	Limit	98.4%
Penson Financial Services, Inc.	Market	97.7%
Penson Financial Services, Inc.	Other	100.0%

Order Flow for Exchange Listed Options

Summary Statistics
Description	Percent
Non-directed orders as percentage of total customer orders	100.0%
Market orders as percentage of total non-directed orders	24.3%
Limit orders as percentage of total non-directed orders	75.6%
Other orders as percentage of total non-directed orders	0.1%

Venues receiving significant percentage of total non-directed orders
Venue	Percent
Penson Financial Services, Inc.	99.9%

Information Concerning significant Venues
Venue	Order Type	Percent
Penson Financial Services, Inc.	Limit	100.0%
Penson Financial Services, Inc.	Market	99.8%
Penson Financial Services, Inc.	Other	100.0%

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Order Routing Detail

SEC-Required Rule 606 – Report on Routing of Customer Orders for Quarter Ending March, 2012

SEC-Required Rule 606 – Report on Routing of Customer Orders
for Quarter Ending March, 2012