- Global forex broker enhances its technical analysis offering, including professional tools for Elliott Wave Theory

LONDON, Sept. 2, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- OANDA, a global provider of innovative forex trading services, is pleased to announce its partnership with Toronto-based MotiveWave Software, a developer of easy-to-use high-performance charting and trading software for the individual trader. MotiveWave is a full feature trading platform that provides advanced charting and market analysis.

The MotiveWave platform supports a wide variety of analysis techniques, including Elliott Wave Theory, Fibonacci, Gann and Linear Regressions, as well as general analysis (channels, trend lines, ranges). The platform offers more than 250 built-in studies/indicators and 30 built-in trading strategies, with native support for multiple monitors and compact charts designed to maximize screen real-estate.

"Technical analysis is a key component to any forex trading strategy and our partnership with MotiveWave Software provides our clients with added professional analysis tools," said Trevor Young, Vice President of Product Management, OANDA Corporation. "In addition to providing support for complete Elliott Wave Theory, the MotiveWave toolset also offers innovative features such as pattern recognition, advanced scanning, strategy backtesting/optimization and highly advanced alerts."

MotiveWave is currently available in four different editions, designed to meet individual trading needs, experience and budget.

"As a broker with a strong focus on trading education, an industry-leading platform, and transparent business practices, OANDA and MotiveWave share similar company values to the benefit of all of our clients," said Tony Lindsay, Founder, MotiveWave Software. "We are proud to be a part of OANDA's partner program and to offer advanced technical traders the power to analyze and interpret massive amounts of market data."

An overview of the console can be seen here.

For more information, please visit www.oanda.co.uk. You can follow OANDA on Twitter, Facebook, or YouTube. For more information about MotiveWave or for a free trial, please visit: www.motivewave.com

About MotiveWave Software

Founded in 2010, MotiveWave Software is quickly emerging as a leading developer of easy-to-use high-performance charting and trading software for the individual active trader. Built with the individual trader in mind, the company's trading platform, MotiveWave, provides advanced charting and market analysis that enables traders to easily execute their trading decisions accurately and efficiently through its intuitive charts and trading screens and order management capabilities. Based in Toronto, ON, MotiveWave Software is continually invested in product development to make MotiveWave the best trading software available.

About OANDA

OANDA Corporation transformed the business of foreign exchange through an innovative approach to FX trading. The company's industry leading online trading platform, fxTrade, introduced a number of firsts to the marketplace, including immediate execution; instant settlement on trades; trades of any size between one unit and 10 million units; and interest calculated by the second. The company's many awards attest to the power and flexibility of its trading platform. In 2013, OANDA was honored with nearly a dozen awards, including Best Trade Execution Provider, Best Retail Trading Platform and Best Mobile Trading Platform by International Finance Magazine; as well as Best Value for Money by Investment Trends in each the U.S., UK, and Asia Pacific markets.

OANDA was the first online provider of comprehensive currency exchange information, and today the company's OANDA Rate® data provides benchmark rates for corporations, auditing firms, and global banks.

OANDA has eight offices worldwide, in Toronto, Chicago, New York, Boston, London, Singapore, Tokyo, and Sydney. OANDA is fully regulated by the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), the U.S. National Futures Association (NFA), the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS), the Investment Industry Regulatory Organization of Canada (IIROC), the UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), the Japanese Financial Services Agency (FSA), and the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC).

OANDA Europe Limited is a company registered in England number 7110087 limited by shares with its registered office at 25 Watling Street, London, EC4M 9BR and is authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority, No: 542574.

Leveraged trading in Foreign Currency Contracts, precious metals, and CFDs may not be suitable for everybody as they are high-risk products. We advise you to consider whether trading is appropriate for you in light of your experience, objectives, financial resources, risk tolerance and other relevant circumstances. Since you could lose some or all of your deposited funds, you should ensure you fully understand all of the risks. More details can be found at: http://fxtrade.oanda.co.uk/legal/risk-warning.

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