Win $25,000 in FXCM King of the Micro Contest For Immediate Relase: Media Contact: Jaclyn Sales, jsales@fxcm.com New York, ― January 22, 2009―FXCM Micro, (www.fxcmmicro.com) the discount brokerage division of FXCM, is upping the ante in its King of the Micro contest. Awarding $40,000 in cash prizes, FXCM Micro wants you to be the King of the Micro. FXCM’s popular live-trading monthly competition, which has been running for over four years, will award cash prizes to the top three Micro-account holders with the highest percentage gain. Cash Prizes Awarded First Place: $25,000 Second Place: $10,000 Third Place: $5,000 All participants of the King of the Micro contest will receive the FXCM Power Course – free – to improve their chances to be King. There is no registration needed, and the requirements are simple: all live Micro clients with $500 in their Micro account at the beginning of the month are automatically entered. And traders must make at least ten trades during the month. Clients of FXCM Micro will trade forex with super-low spreads, automated execution, and 1K lot sizes. FXCM Micro is offered for individual, self-traded accounts. For more information on the King of the Micro contest, to read the full contest rules, and to deposit money into your FXCM Micro account, click here: http://www.forexmicrolot.com/king-micro-trading-contest.html?CMP=PR-King # # # FXCM Facts • Forex Capital Markets LLC is one of the Largest Forex Dealer Members • More than 125,000 live accounts are traded on FXCM trading platforms • As of January 2009, an average of $500 billion in notional volume is traded each month on FXCM trading platforms • As of January 2009, in excess of $600 million in customer funds trading on platforms offered by FXCM Leveraged foreign exchange trading carries a high level of risk, and may not be suitable for all investors. The possibility exists that you could sustain a loss of some or all of your initial investment and therefore you should not invest money that you cannot afford to lose. Please note FXCM Micro in its discretion may or may not offset individual transactions unlike transactions in most FXCM Standard accounts. For additional information, click here.