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New Forex Trading Platform Shows Traders Market Depth

New York, January 27, 2009—FXCM, (http://www.fxcm.com) launched its one-of-a-kind forex trading platform, Active Trader.



Active Trader displays an ECN type view of total liquidity available through the platform, providing two major advantages:

• Transparency in Execution - Before trading, you should know the exact price at which a market order can be filled based on available liquidity
• Short-Term Market Direction Indicator - If the amount of liquidity is heavily tilted towards either the bid or ask side, this indicates that short-term prices may be moving towards the side with less liquidity

Key Features:

• 5 Level Display Of Market Depth
• View of the Liquidity Available at Each Price Level
• Low Spreads - EUR/JPY typically less than 1 pip†
• Web Based Trading. No Downloading.

To test Active Trader in real-time, click here for a two-week trial: http://www.fxcm.com/open-free-active-trader.jsp?CMP=PR-Active

FXCM Active Trader is an agency / external execution platform,* with commissions determined by trading volume. Opening an account on the FXCM Active Trader Platform requires a minimum deposit of $25,000, or a history of executing at least $10M in notional trading volume per month. There is a small commission charge that starts at $5 per side for each 100,000 unit traded and decreases based on volume. Spreads are typically 1 pip less than with an FXCM Standard Account, resulting in much lower transaction costs. To see a cost comparison, click here: http://www.fxcm.com/active-trader.jsp?CMP=PR-ActiveTrader

Contact our Active Trader group at 1-646-432-2970, or contact them by e-mail at activetrader@fxcm.com for more information

†NOTE: FXCM Active Trader strives to provide traders with tight, competitive spreads; however, there may be instances when market conditions cause spreads to widen beyond the advertised spreads here.

*References to “agency execution” in this press release refer solely to the FXCM Active Trader platform. FXCM Micro uses a different platform from FXCM Active Trader that is not an “agency execution” platform. FXCM Micro in its discretion may or may not offset individual transactions.

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