FXCM (www.fxcm.com), the official currency-trading sponsor of the CNBC.com Million Dollar Portfolio Challenge, announced today that it is providing all contestants of the virtual trading competition with free forex education and trading signals to optimize their currency-trading experience.

Free Education: Contestants can sign up for FREE education lessons on trading in the currency market. Written by DailyFX.com analysts, the lessons will help traders gain an edge in trading their currency portfolio. The lessons come in an e-mail cycle, and registrants will receive 12 e-mails in total (1 lesson per day).

Sign up here: http://www.fxcm.com/cnbc-signup.jsp

Free Trading Signals: Contestants of the CNBC.com Million Dollar Portfolio Challenge contestants can also take advantage of full access to proprietary forex trading signals from DailyFX + for the duration of the contest. These proprietary trading signals will help new currency traders to construct trading ideas.

To login to DailyFX + http://plus.dailyfx.com

To learn more about DailyFX + http://www.fxcm.com/dailyfx-plus.jsp

To view the video of DailyFX + https://admin.acrobat.com/_a205571165/p67648316/

General Discussion: FXCM is happy to welcome all traders to the DailyFX.com forum, which is designed to open lines of communication between traders and to answer any questions they may have about trading foreign currencies. Contestants can discuss their currency trades and strategies with other traders participating in the challenge.

Start a discussion here: http://www.learncurrencytrading.com/fxforum/forumdisplay.php?f=171

FXCM would like to wish all traders, Good luck!