IRVINE, CA (December 31, 2007) - Online Trading Academy is proud to announce an agreement with a new franchisee to open a new franchise location in the state of Michigan. The Grand Opening is scheduled for May of 2008 and the first Michigan center will be in the Detroit area.

“We are extremely excited to have Mike Siewruk, the owner of Online Trading Academy Michigan, join our global network of financial education learning centers,” said Eyal Shahar, President of Online Trading Academy. “For anyone who lives in the state of Michigan and is currently a trader or wants to become one, this is the perfect opportunity to learn the skills necessary to be a successful trader.”

The Michigan franchise joins a rapidly growing list of locations worldwide for the leader in financial education. Since 1997 Online Trading Academy has been teaching traders by using the same tools, techniques and analysis that pros use in the modern marketplace. Students work in state-of-the-art classrooms using the same unique “hands-on” approach to learning that has made Online Trading Academy famous.

Online Trading Academy believes that the best way for students to learn is by actually working in a real trading environment. Students are given “live accounts” on which to work and Online Trading Academy covers all their commissions and losses. Innovations like this and fully reimbursed student tuitions in the form of discounted tickets from affiliated brokers have made Online Trading Academy the pioneering institution in the field of financial education.

To sign up for a Power Trading Workshops or learn more about Online Trading Academy please visit: www.tradingacademy.com

About Online Trading Academy
Irvine, California-based Online Trading Academy is a financial education academy focused on educating students in the art of trading since June 1997. With over 8,000 graduates, Online Trading Academy offers professional instruction from credible Wall Street professionals, as well as a wide array of beneficial home study materials to supplement classroom study. Online Trading Academy offers instruction across a spectrum of trading styles and instruments, from Day Trading, Swing Trading, Position Trading, and Investment Theory for Stocks, Options, Futures (Eminis & Commodities) and Currencies. Current Online Trading Academy locations include New York, Los Angeles, Irvine, Houston, Dallas, Austin, Boston, Chicago, Orlando, Phoenix, Washington, D.C., Minneapolis, San Jose, UK, Toronto, Singapore, Asia and Dubai. For more information about Online Trading Academy visit www.tradingacademy.com.