March 2008 – Top students from all over the world are trading the live financial markets with gnuTrade in a fierce battle to win £20,000 (~$40,000) – in cash.

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Thousands have registered since the start of the Top Trader competition, which invites university students across the globe to trade real, live market prices with play money and compete for large cash prizes. The UK, India, Switzerland, Singapore, USA and Canada are among the many countries where students are trading well. The competition is divided into three stages, with the Top 10 traders at each stage receiving a share of the big prize fund.

Nicolas Martin, from the University of Geneva, a £2,000 winner at the first stage, said: “It was very exciting as the deadline approached, watching my trades unfold live and change my position in the Top 10 Table. It's fantastic to win, and with my new trading skills I think I might invest my winnings!”

gnuTrade, with its unique game-like trading screen, is the only financial gaming company that offers play money trading and competitions on live markets, to give a real measure of trading success.

Anirudha Majumder, another Top 10 player and first stage prize winner, from the London School of Economics, commented: “Trading on the platform was exciting as the quotes were being updated continuously and this was something which wasn't available on the other platforms on which I have traded before.“

gnuTrade also offers real money trading for people with any level of financial experience, including new ways to bet on markets.

Lieven Van Marcke, managing director and founder of gnuTrade, says: “gnuTrade is designed to appeal to novice traders as well as experts. It is especially popular among students and people who are learning to trade because it offers live, practice trading with play money and a user-friendly, colourful trading screen which makes trading easy and more fun.”

gnuTrade regularly runs trading competitions and would like to hear from organisations and universities which are interested in running a trading competition of their own. Students who are keen to learn more about the competition should visit the Top Trader website uuni.gnutrade.com.

Anyone who is interested in experiencing the gnuTrade trading platform can sign up for a free play money account at www.gnutrade.com.

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Notes to Editors:

The Top Trader student trading competition is run by gnuTrade (www.gnutrade.com) in association with uuni (www.uuni.com) – the first online community exclusively for students at the world’s leading universities and business schools. Owned and managed by City&Law, the uuni site connects high-flying students from around the world for academic, career and social networking.

gnuTrade (pronounced ‘noo trade’) is the first financial gaming site to use striking graphics to represent the live global markets. This means that price movements are easy to follow and players gain a better, more enjoyable trading experience. The site offers novel, simple ways to bet on the markets or other players and clear trading guides for those who are new to trading or want to improve their skills.

If you would like more information on gnuTrade, or would like to discuss news and feature angles and future competition ideas, please contact:

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