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Global Forex Trading Delivers Real-Time Currency Prices to CBS Marketwatch

July 21, 2004 - ADA, Michigan - 2004—Global Forex Trading announced it’s delivering real-time currency prices for 16 currency pairs via its proprietary currency quoteboard on MarketWatch.com’s (NASDAQ:MKTW) flagship business news Web site, CBS Market-Watch, according to Gary L. Tilkin, president and chief executive officer, GFT.

"As one of the world’s leading financial portals, CBS MarketWatch complements our business of online currency trading, said Tilkin. This partnership is a perfect example of how we continue to leverage our advanced proprietary technology while earning a reputation as leading industry resource for reliable, real–time currency data."

For active traders, the currency quoteboard offers an at–a–glance view of the real-time currency prices as well as when pricing swings ensue over time. The proprietary currency ticker, which was designed using Flash 7 software, displays features unseen by similar Java–based applications such as:

• A real–time, intermittent timestamp when a new price is quoted from GFT’s dealing desk

• A price direction arrow displaying the direction a currency price is moving in the market

• A number that displays how many ticks a currency price moves in a direction, in a row

• The ability to be customized to complement a financial Web site or portal.

"CBS MarketWatch has always been a destination for active traders,” said Kathy Yates, president and chief operating officer, MarketWatch.com. “Our users have come to expect among the best market and trading resources available on the Web, and offering real–time currency prices is a terrific fit."

GFT’s quoteboard is part of the wide range of editorial–support services from GFT and available to financial Web sites throughout the world. It has earned the status of becoming Macromedia’s ”Site of the Day” for its first–rate use of new technology.

As a primary market–maker, GFT offers individual and institutional traders tradable prices via its 24–hour dealing desk and award–winning software, DealBook® FX 2, for more than 60 currency pairs.

About MarketWatch.com

MarketWatch.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:MKTW) is a leading provider of business news, financial information and analytical tools. Founded in 1997, the Company operates two award–winning Web sites, CBS.MarketWatch.com and BigCharts.com. The Company produces the syndicated CBS MarketWatch Weekend program, airs financial reports over The CBS TELEVISION NETWORK and provides updates every 30 minutes on the MarketWatch.com Radio Network. MarketWatch.com also offers subscription products for individual investors, including The Hulbert Financial Digest, Retirement Weekly, The Technical Indicator and Herb Greenberg’s RealityCheck. The Company's MarketWatch Information Services group is a leading licensor of market news, data, investment analysis tools and other online applications to financial services firms, media companies, wireless carriers and Internet service providers.

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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