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1 Do you see what we see? We are an award winning analytical company Providing research & strategy to exploit market sentiment Trader/Analysts with almost 50 years combined market Knowledge & Experience Our research is actively used by Major financial institutions We are the industry s most live service research updated in real time intraday Comprehensive coverage of daily and medium term time frames

2 Performance backed research PIA-first (the institutional arm of First4Trading) was originally an ex-investment bank research team specializing in proprietary research and strategy to the financial industry. Since 2000 the analysis of the PIA-first team has been entrusted by 1,300 institutional clients and won 8 Industry awards. First4Trading offers a unique web based research platform. The inputs are derived from a proprietary approach that combines elements of Technical and Statistical Analysis with accomplished trading techniques. This already has an established track record of success. The wins and losses of all recommendations are published at the end of each calendar month on the website. operated by Central Markets Investment Management. Live trading backed daily research First4Trading s published daily strategies are utilised live each day by proprietary trading programs For more details, please contact us directly or go to:

3 Daily & Medium term calls First4Trading analytics are regarded as an essential trading tool utilised by Proprietary & Institutional clients in today s financial markets. The daily calls to trade have become an even more valuable asset to traders as day-trading becomes a greater focus for an ever increasing risk averse world. We provide a daily call & bias based around a sound risk/reward strategy to offer traders a technically analysed view of the markets. The commentary is posted before 7:00am London time to allow traders to digest our views and thoughts before European trade commences in earnest. The website is available for an in-depth view with charts and various other tools, which allows clients to access our research from anywhere. Our medium term calls are issued and updated at the start of the trading week and can track ideas from 1 day to a few weeks.

4 Awards Since 2000, PIA-first (institutional arm of First4Trading) has won eight industry awards. We are winners of the Technical Analyst 2009 Best FX Technical strategy service as voted by a panel of industry professionals and chosen from a shortlist of more than 20 research houses and departments. In addition, PIA-first has won 4 Euromoney awards and 3 top ranking positions in the Thomson Financial survey. Credibility Ian Coleman - Ian has 24 years institutional experience in FX broking, sales, education and analysis in London. He started his life in the financial markets in 1988 working for Godsell Astley and Pearce as a Foreign Exchange broker, then Tullett Prebon, to eventually head his own desk at R P Martins. He has held senior positions in the FX broking market, hosted many educational seminars both in the UK and overseas, as well as being the Director of Trading in a live trading room. Steve O Hare - Steve has 25 years trading experience in Commodities and Fixed Income markets, in both research and trading. He started with Cargill Investor Services in 1987 on the Baltic Exchange trading Commodities to then work in a number of senior trading roles in high profile trading firms on LIFFE. From 1995, he traded his own account, specializing in European Fixed Income products. He joins us from Gelber Group LLP, an FX proprietary trading company, where he traded a managed account and also provided Fixed Income, Commodity and FX trade ideas for the group.

5 Coverage The research and strategies are provided for Forex Majors, Forex crosses, Equity Indices, Bond and Commodity markets. Licenses for research can be for one asset class or a combination of any asset classes shown in the table below. FX Majors FX Crosses Bonds/Commodities Equity Indices EURUSD EURGBP BUNDS DAX GBPUSD EURSEK BOBLS ESTOX USDCHF GBPCHF SCHATZ FTSE USDJPY GBPJPY T NOTES DOW USDCAD EURJPY GOLD NASDAQ AUDUSD AUDJPY OIL S&P EURGBP CAC EURJPY

6 Evaluation Trial We offer a 1 month discounted evaluation trial of our service to all retail clients. A trial can be requested for any or all of the 11 packages covered by First4Trdaing and will include the live update service. If you would like an opportunity to assess our analysis for yourself, then we invite you to take a trial of our service or look to our home page for our Daily Free Call (it should be noted that intraday updates are not included). During this time, you will have access to all our trading recommendations, analysis, and research platform. Our methodology offers you an immediate perspective not only on intraday fluctuations and opportunities but also on the strategies we recommend to trade on a medium term outlook (from 2 days onwards). All our published calls are monitored and updated in real time with direct website bulletins to update targets, change risk levels and identify new opportunities. Your trial of our service will include these real time updates. In return, all we ask is that you dedicate the time needed to measure the quality of our analysis and prove the value of our recommendations. At the end of your trial, we will be pleased to provide you with all the necessary information to become a First 4 Trading client. Technology The research is web based and requires no additional IT infrastructure. Individual users receive a unique password and login to our web based research platform. In addition, live bulletins are sent directly to the website. Our systems are robust and in the 9 years since launch, there have been minimal instances of downtime.

7 Contact: Steve O Hare steve.ohare@pia-first.com Tel: +44 (0) Sales: Ian Coleman Ian.coleman@pia-first.com +44 (0)