Friday, September 4, 2009

GAIN Capital's FOREX.com Adds Spot Gold and Silver Contracts to MetaTrader 4 Platform...


NEW YORK and LONDON, Sept. 4 /PRNewswire/ -- GAIN Capital Holdings, Inc., a
global provider of online trading services, today announced that its FOREX.com
UK subsidiary had added spot metals to its MetaTrader 4 platform. Clients are
able to trade gold (XAU/USD) and silver (XAG/USD) on a margined basis, with
spreads currently as low as four cents. The two metals products are in
addition to the currency pairs currently available on FOREX.com's MetaTrader
platform.

FOREX.com added metals to FOREXTrader, its own proprietary platform, earlier
this year.

"For many of our clients, the trading of spot gold and silver will be a
natural extension to their foreign exchange trading, as the precious metals
market is driven by several factors that currency traders typically follow,
including the strength of the U.S. dollar and the price of oil," said Matthew
Wright, regional director EMEA.

FOREX.com has a unique MetaTrader offering that provides:

    --  an EA optimized environment, including micro lot trading and hedging
    --  free EA hosting services for qualified accounts
    --  proprietary daily market commentary and analysis from FOREX.com's
        global research team
    --  personalized customer service, 24-hours a day during market hours
    --  the ability to fund and hold  account balances in Sterling, Euro, or
USD

    --  the additional benefit of segregated funds protection with a Financial
        Services Authority (FSA) regulated firm


Jane Foley, director of research at FOREX.com, added, "Aggressive policy
reactions by central banks around the world to the current global economic
downturn have flavoured the outlook for inflation into the medium-term and
heightened interest in the prospects of gold and silver prices which are
traditional inflation hedges. Consequently, movements in the prices of these
metals are again at the fore of market awareness, making them an interesting
trading prospect at the current time."

For more information and to register for a free practice account, visit
http://www.forex.com/MetaTraderUK.

About GAIN Capital 
GAIN Capital Holdings, Inc. is a global provider of online trading services,
specializing in foreign exchange (forex or FX) and contracts for difference
(CFDs). Customers and trading partners in more than 140 countries have
utilized the company's award-winning trading platform which transacts nearly
$200 billion per month.

A pioneer in online forex trading, GAIN Capital operates FOREX.com
(www.forex.com), one of the largest and best-known brands in the retail forex
industry.  It also provides execution, clearing, custody and technology
products and services to an institutional client base including asset
managers, broker/dealers and other financial services firms.

With offices in New York City; Bedminster, New Jersey; London; Seoul; and
Tokyo, GAIN Capital and its affiliates are regulated by the Commodity Futures
Trading Commission (CFTC) in the United States, the Financial Services
Authority (FSA) in the United Kingdom and the Financial Services Authority
(FSA) in Japan.

GAIN's investor group includes private equity firms 3i, VantagePoint Venture
Partners, Tudor Ventures, Edison Venture Fund and Cross Atlantic Capital
Partners.  For company information, visit www.gaincapital.com or
www.forex.com.

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