New Manhattan location will be the 27th for Online Trading Academy

IRVINE, CA (June 24, 2008) - Online Trading Academy is proud to announce an agreement with a new franchise location in the heart of New York: Manhattan.

This will mark the second location for John Bang who is also the President of Online Trading Academy New Jersey located in Secaucus. The Manhattan campus is set to open in September of this year.

“We are extremely excited to award a new location in Manhattan to John Bang. John has been an exceptional leader in the Online Trading Academy Franchise network and we are excited about his new location in the center of the financial world,” said Eyal Shachar, President of Online Trading Academy. “For anyone who lives in the state of New York and is currently a trader or wants to become one, this is the perfect opportunity to learn the skills necessary to become a successful trader.”

The Manhattan 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 provided “live trading accounts” to practice trading and Online Trading Academy covers all their commissions and losses. Innovations like this along with fully reimbursed student tuitions in the form of discounted commissions from affiliated brokers have made Online Trading Academy the pioneering institution in the field of financial education.