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ALPARI (US) ANNOUNCES EXPANSION OF ONLINE TRADING INSTRUMENTS
TO INCLUDE PRECIOUS METALS

Spot Trading of Gold and Silver Pairs to Begin in the New Year


January 5, 2009 - New York, NY – Alpari (US), LLC, a regulated Foreign Exchange company and global provider of online Forex trading, announced today that the company has introduced spot trading of Precious Metals, gold and silver. These instruments are available to Alpari (US) Retail account holders.

Both the gold and silver trading instruments can be located in the Market Watch window at the top left of the Alpari (US) MetaTrader 4 platform. Gold will be represented by the symbol pair XAUUSD, while silver will be represented by the symbol pair XAGUSD. Those interested in trading with Alpari (US) are encouraged to test out the spot trading of gold and silver through a Demo account available on the company’s website, Forex Trading with Alpari (US) - Forex Currency Trading & Forex Trading Online..

Olga Rybalkina, CEO of Alpari (US), LLC, commented: “Spot trading of gold and silver has worldwide appeal because of gold's value in today's market. At Alpari (US) our goal is to continually upgrade our client services and offerings to reflect the ever-changing global markets. Because many investors are unaware that they can trade gold and silver over-the-counter, Alpari (US) is pleased to offer this opportunity to customers worldwide. The addition of these online trading instruments to our trading platform reflects our commitment to offering a continually expanding product base.”


About Alpari (US)

Alpari (US), LLC is one of a group of Alpari companies with operations in New York, London, Shanghai, Dubai, Mumbai, Moscow and Kiev. Launched in Russia in 1998, where it is now one of the current market leaders, the companies collectively have a presence in 7 countries with more than 160,000 Live Accounts and monthly Forex trading volumes in excess of $100 billion*.

Alpari (US) was established in 2006. The company is based on Wall Street, in the Financial District of New York City, where it is registered with the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) as a Futures Commission Merchant (FCM) and is a member of the National Futures Association (NFA), Member ID: 0379678. With the growing success of its Forex business, Alpari (US) has now expanded its product base to offer U.S. exchange-traded futures and options to domestic and international investors, speculators, and institutions.

Please note that trading foreign exchange on margin carries a high level of risk and may not be suitable for all investors. For more information about the Forex industry and the regulatory protections offered to those who trade within it, please visit the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) and the National Futures Association (NFA) websites at U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission and NFA - National Futures Association.


For more information about this article, please contact:

Caroline Andoscia
AndosciaCommunications
212.475.2122 o
917.207.4060 c
caroline@andosciacommunications.com


Jaclyn Cole, Marketing Coordinator
Alpari (US), LLC
(646) 825-5760
jaclyn.cole@alpari-us.com



*October 2009 data

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