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Global Forex Trading Delivers Its Real-Time Currency Prices to Bloomberg Terminal

Ada, Michigan, June 25, 2004 - Global Forex Trading, a world–leading primary market–maker in foreign exchange, now delivers its real-time currency pricing for traders, fund managers and institutions worldwide via the BLOOMBERG PROFESSIONAL® service.

The real-time price feed offers 22 of the 60 currency pairs available on GFT’s trading platform DealBook® FX 2. The 22 currencies highlight GFT’s competitive pricing for exotic and emerging market currencies, such as the U.S. Dollar/Korean Won or the Euro/Hungarian Forint.

“The new pricing arrangement not only unites two leaders in their respective industries, but also illustrates our ability to offer competitive forex pricing beyond just major currencies,” said Gary L. Tilkin, president and CEO, Global Forex Trading.

Pricing for the following additional spot forex crosses are also offered:

"Bloomberg offers another viable venue to tout our competitive forex pricing that already attracts fund managers, hedgers and banks throughout the world," said Tilkin. The price feed displays tradable prices made directly by GFT’s 24–hour dealing desk allowing terminal users to access GFT’s real–time and historical pricing data.

GFT plans to add additional currency prices as well as daily and weekly forex commentary. Bloomberg users can access GFT’s price feed by typing GFTFX.

About Bloomberg

Bloomberg is a global media company that provides economic and financial news and information with an unparalleled range of features in a single package, the BLOOMBERG PROFESSIONAL(R) service. In addition, the company has global news, television, radio, Internet and magazine and book publishing operations which includes BLOOMBERG NEWS(R), a financial news wire service that includes more than 1,600 reporters and editors in 97 bureaus worldwide; BLOOMBERG TELEVISION(R), a 24–hour business and financial news network produced and distributed globally on ten separate channels in seven differentlanguages; BLOOMBERG RADIO(SM) which gives listeners up–to–the minute business, national and international news on WBBR 1130AM in New York and is syndicated to more than 750 affiliates worldwide; Bloomberg Magazine Group and Bloomberg Press publish magazines and books.

About GFT

Founded in 1997, Global Forex Trading (GFT) is a world–leading provider of real–time currency dealing, pricing and comprehensive services for retail and institutional foreign exchange traders. Serving a global customer base in more than 100 countries through its DealBook® 360 trading software and 24–hour dealing desk operation, GFT's world headquarters is based in Ada, Mich., with global offices located in Chicago, New York, Tokyo, Sydney, Australia and London (London office operated through GFT Global Markets UK Ltd.).

Global Forex Trading, Division of Global Futures and Forex, Ltd., is a registered futures commission merchant with the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), a registered broker–dealer with the U.S. Securities Exchange Commission, holds a license with Japan's Financial Services Agency (FSA) and holds a license with the Australian Securities & Investments Commission (ASIC). GFT Global Markets is authorized and regulated by the Financial Services Authority. More information about GFT can be found at www.gftforex.com.

CONTACT:
Tim Gort
Manager of Marketing & Communications
Global Forex Trading
(616)942-3757 (tgort@gftforex.com)

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