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PCQuote.com Expands Website to Add Options Market Data

    CHICAGO, May 10 /PRNewswire/ -- PC Quote, Inc. (Amex: PQT), a premier
provider of real-time and delayed stock and market quotes and engineer of
HyperFeed(TM)2000, the fastest datafeed available, today announced that its
Internet subsidiary, PCQuote.com is now offering free access to dynamic
options data on its financial content website http://www.pcquote.com.  The options
data is only the latest in PCQuote.com's recent content additions which
include award-winning original financial news from CNNfn and full-service
broker research reports from Multex.com.
    Previously only available to registered users of PCQuote.com's MarketSmart
service, the new options feature provides visitors with access to in-depth
delayed options data including the ability to drill down to underlying
fundamental equity data.  The user-friendly feature displays calls and puts
side-by-side and allows users to view entire options strings.  Preferred
Capital Markets' DeltaTrader service, an online broker accepting options
orders, is the sponsor for the launch.

    About Preferred Capital Markets, Inc.
    Preferred Capital Markets, Inc. is a full service brokerage firm providing
premier financial assistance by meeting the investment needs of today's active
investor.  In addition to online trading with DeltaTrader, Preferred offers
traditional financial services through investment representatives.  Preferred
is unique within the industry because it is the only firm to offer customers
the choice of both full service with a broker to those that need advice and
direction as well as discount online trading for self-directed investors,
including trades for a low as $7.75.  Founded in 1982, Preferred is
headquartered in San Francisco with offices in New York, Chicago, Boston,
Philadelphia, and Miami.  During the years 1995 to 1998, Preferred was named
as one of Inc. Magazine's 500 Fastest Growing Private Companies.  Preferred
has also been included on San Francisco Business Times' list of the Top 100
Fastest Growing Privately Held Companies from 1992 to 1997.

    About PC Quote
    PC Quote is a premier provider of real-time financial market data to
professional and consumer markets worldwide via broadcast and Internet.  The
company's proprietary datafeed, HyperFeed(TM)2000, is known as the fastest,
most complete datafeed available and is the only datafeed able to consistently
deliver full options chains in true real-time.
    Incorporating IP Multicast technology and proprietary advanced compression
techniques, HyperFeed(TM)2000 offers recipients the speed and the capacity to
handle rapidly growing volumes of market data.
    Professional and individual investors use the firm's software applications
to view, analyze and manipulate HyperFeed(TM)2000's market data.  PC Quote
also offers web-based authoring and software development tools for easy
integration of HyperFeed(TM)2000 data into a variety of web and software
applications.

    About PCQuote.com
    PCQuote.com is a leading Internet -- based provider of premium real-time
financial data and analytical tools aimed at empowering the online investor.
In addition to the company's http://www.pcquote.com and marketsmart-real.pcquote.com
websites, the company offers a variety of free and subscription based
financial services.

    For more information, please visit PC Quote's website at http://www.pcquote.com.


SOURCE PC Quote, Inc.




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    CONTACT:
    Jim R. Porter, Chairman and CEO,
    312-913-2800, or Lorelei M. Lenzen, Manager, Marketing
    Communications, 312-913-3517, both of PC Quote, or General
    Inquiries, William Murphy, 312-266-6764, or John Kroen,
    312-640-6763, both of The Financial Relations Board