STAMFORD, CT--(Marketwire - January 21, 2009) - Online Trading Academy will celebrate the opening of their first Connecticut campus this month in Stamford. Grand Opening events include Free Power Trading Workshops on January 29, 30, 31st hosted by John O'Donnell, Online Trading Academy's Chief Knowledge Officer. The new campus is located at 78 Harvard Avenue, Suite 350, Stamford, CT 06902.

Stamford campus owners, Ken Dolan, Frank Covino and Sal Giamarese, are excited to bring Online Trading Academy, the premier financial education facility, to the state of Connecticut. "This is a great opportunity to learn and develop your trading education from one of the best," said Eyal Shachar, President of Online Trading Academy. "For anyone who lives in the Connecticut area and is currently a trader or wants to become one, this is the perfect time to check out our new campus and gain some valuable knowledge at the same time."

The Stamford 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 "hands-on" 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 and a supportive trading community have made Online Trading Academy the pioneering institution in the field of financial education.

To find out how to sign up for Stamford's Power Trading Workshops or learn more about Online Trading Academy please visit www.tradingacademy.com or call 877-682-4796.

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 (E-Minis & Commodities) and Currencies. Online Trading Academy has franchise locations throughout the world: Phoenix, Irvine, Los Angeles, San Jose, Denver, Orlando, Tampa, Atlanta, Chicago, Boston, Baltimore, Detroit, Minneapolis, New York City, Secaucus, Charlotte, Austin, Dallas, Houston, San Antonio, Seattle, Washington DC, Milwaukee, Dubai, London, Singapore, and Toronto. For more information, visit www.tradingacademy.com.