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MetaQuotes Launches Automated Trading Championship 2011

- Now, Win Prize Money Worth $80,000 Through Trading Robots!

MetaQuotes Software Corp., a world leader in the retails Forex software market, today launched the Automated Trading Championship 2011 (http://championship.mql5.com/2011/en), an annual competition of trading robots under which, anyone can register as a participant and compete for the prize money of $80,000.

Registration for participation is open from June 1 to September 23, 2011, and is free of charge. The Championship will start on the 3rd of October and will end on the 23rd of December.

Sponsored by MIG Bank (http://www.migbank.com/), Go Markets Pty Ltd (http://www.gomarketsaus.com/), Vantage FX (http://www.vantagefx.com/) and Forex-TSD (http://www.forex-tsd.com/), the Automated Trading Championship 2011 is developed in the MQL5 language for programming trading strategies (http://www.mql5.com/). The main goal of the Championship is to popularize automated trading. The competition allows solving another important task - accumulation of unique information about the most significant achievements in the field of trading robots creation, because the Automated Trading Championship provides an unprecedented opportunity for the best professionals to test their theories in practice.

From year to year, struggling for the prize of $80,000, hundreds of users from all over the world submit their MQL-developments for the Championship. However, this year's Championship will be special. This will be the world's first competition of trading robots able to trade not only on the Forex, but also in the stock market. Moreover, the extended functionality of the MetaTrader 5 (http://www.metatrader5.com/) client terminal and the release of the MQL5 Wizard (http://www.metatrader5.com/en/automated-trading/mql5wizard) will entail a significant increase of the number of Participants.

"Over 300 Expert Advisors participated in the previous Championship," Stanislav Starikov, the Championship Jury member, said.

"This year the number will increase substantially - we expect to receive several thousands of applications for participation. The reason for this surge lies in the recently released MQL5 Wizard, using which any trader without programming skills can easily create a trading robot. Though, this would not guarantee a victory in the Championship, of course," Starikov said.

About MetaQuotes Software Corp.

MetaQuotes Software Corp. (http://www.metaquotes.net/) is the leader of the retail forex software market with over 400 clients, including brokerage firms and banks. This is the fifth Automated Trading Championships organized by the company. This year the MetaTrader 5 trading platform has been certified for the Russian Stock Exchange (http://www.metatrader5.com/en/news/129) and now provides access to stock markets. This means that the competition will be even more interesting and will attract not only forex traders, but also stock market participants.

    Media Contacts
    Lenar Fatkhullin, Marketing Director of MetaQuotes Software Corp.
    Email: lenar@metaquotes.net
    Tel: +7(843)200-10-10 ext. 132

SOURCE MetaQuotes Software Corp.