2008-09-16 10:08:04 -
secure.ibfx.com/ - In a strategic move that significantly bolsters its customer offering, Interbank FX (IBFX.com), a worldwide provider of online off-exchange retail foreign currency (Forex/FX) trading, today announced it has hired renowned currency trader and Forex educator Rob Booker as the company's Chief Market Strategist. In this newly created role, Mr. Booker's responsibilities will include educating prospects and customers about
IBFX's myriad of online trading products as well as representing IBFX in key media appearances and events.
"Rob has spent years in the trenches of the currency market and has trained hundreds of FX traders throughout the world," said Todd Crosland, Chairman and President of Interbank FX. "He is as exciting and dynamic as he is knowledgeable, and the FX commentary he will deliver to our customers will most certainly prove enormously beneficial."
Mr. Booker, known for his charismatic style and sound technical trading strategies, has assisted countless numbers of fellow traders develop their own trading systems and deal with the mental, psychological and discipline issues related to trading in the Forex market. Prior to joining IBFX, he was the founder and host of TraderRadio.net, a daily radio program for traders heard by home-based investors around the world. He is also the author of Adventures of a Currency Trader, Currency Trader's Handbook and Strategy:10, a highly popular currency e-book that has been downloaded more than 100,000 times.
Mr. Booker's appointment is effective immediately and comes just weeks after IBFX was named the 46th fastest growing company in the U.S. overall and the fifth fastest growing company in the financial services sector in Inc. magazine's Inc. 500--an annual ranking of the fastest growing privately held companies in the United States.
"2008 is proving to be a banner year for IBFX and Rob's addition to our company is an event that we strongly believe will take us to the next level as a Forex broker," commented Crosland.
To learn more about Interbank FX or to open a free Forex practice account, visit www.IBFX.com.
About IBFX
Headquartered in Salt Lake City, UT, Interbank FX, LLC (IBFX.com) is a leading provider of online foreign exchange trading services, offering individual traders, fund managers and institutional customers proprietary technology and tools to trade spot foreign currency online.
Unlike other retail FX brokers, IBFX has distinguished itself as an industry leader with its unique "no dealing desk" agency model, proprietary tools and services, and focus on customer care. This has led to numerous awards and industry accolades that IBFX has compiled. The recognition includes Best Online FX Provider, Best Foreign Exchange Broker, Best Chairman, Ernst and Young Entrepreneur of the Year, and Inc. 500.
Interbank FX serves over 27,000 clients from more than 140 countries and supports trading volume in excess of US$70 billion per month. The company is regulated as a Forex Dealer Member by the National Futures Association and is also registered with the Commodity Futures Trading Commission as a Futures Commission Merchant. Trading in the off-exchange retail foreign currency market is one of the riskiest forms of investment available in the financial markets and suitable for sophisticated individuals and institutions. The possibility exists that you could sustain a substantial loss of funds and therefore you should not invest money that you cannot afford to lose.
Interbank FX, Salt Lake City
Public Relations Specialist
Corbin Layton, 801-930-6936
Corbin.Layton@ibfx.com 
