OTC:BB Microcap market no longer a "dark" place. World-class website devoted to full daily coverage of this stock market segment.

The Over-the-Counter Bulletin Board (OTC:BB) has long been a venue of misinformation and "lack of" information. Finally, there is a high quality financial website which covers all the imporatnt daily happenings of this neglected segment of the U.S stock market.

Montreal, (PRWEB) November 3, 2003 - In an unprecedented move to bring top-tier, professional market coverage to the OTC:BB equity marketplace (Over-the-Counter Bulletin Board), OTC Charts Inc. has launched OTCBBTrader.com -- the premier single-source destination for access to Institutional-grade OTC:BB equity market data and analytic tools. OTCBBTrader.com provides in depth, intra-day market coverage of the micro-cap OTC:BB equity market.

"After 13 years of operating history and complete neglect in terms of technology, transparency and market structure - it was finally time to bring the OTC:BB market out of the doldrums and up to par with its sibling senior markets" explains Stephane Touizer, founder & CEO of OTC Charts Incorporated (www.otccharts.com). OTC Charts has been providing leading-edge OTC:BB decision support systems to Institutional Market Makers, professional traders and high-frequency individual traders since 2001.

Our clients continue to demand more efficient dissemination of OTC:BB equities information and enhanced transparency for this important market -- and we have responded." states Mr. Touizer. OTCBBTrader.com provides institutional investors with the deep, value-added content they need and ease of use that they have come to expect from OTC Charts."    

This new financial portal marks a major milestone for the micro-cap OTC:BB in that it is the first time that a rich, structured, continuously updated (each minute) website will cover the OTC:BB and its daily events with the same depth & quality as sites such as Bloomberg.com and Nasdaq.com. The OTC:BB market for years has been plagued with stock touting, compensated promotional websites, pump & dump newsletters", even sites that try to look like legitimate news networks to pass their bias & bogus opinions to investors" states Hugh Valiant, a well-respected micro-cap stock trader. Its so refreshing to finally see a site like OTCBBTrader.com bring something real to the table, something with economical value that is contributing in a major way to the positive progress of the OTC:BB market and everyone involved."

No fluff and no fizzle is something OTC Charts is well accustomed to. Mr. Touizer points out Weve been providing our world-class OTC:BB market data platform & real-time applications to the most demanding 'hardcore OTC:BB market traders. These traders are Institutional pros and individual semi-pros" who make a living trading these types of stocks. Our goal in launching OTCBBTrader.com was to create a more 'mainstream destination catering not only to the daily trader but also the market watcher and other market participants looking to get a glimpse of what is happening in this vibrant marketplace." He continues this financial portal takes full advantage of our existing robust, web-based technology platform to deliver highly-actionable information about the OTC:BB market, its companies, deals, and meaningful events filtered the way sophisticated investors want to see it."

Filling those shoes to the tee, OTCBBTrader.com is the only major destination website to bring together the institutions, professionals and individuals who collectively make up the OTC:BB investment community. As the OTC:BB communitys one-stop source for complete intraday trading data, deal coverage, real-time News & SEC filings, OTCcharts.com links together the entire spectrum of OTC:BB Market Participants.

This Spectrum consists of:

1. Market Makers, Broker-Dealers (regional & national), Order Entry firms.

2. Highly active, self-directed traders who add to daily liquidity of active OTC:BB issues.

3. Investment Banks & Merchant Bankers focused on daily Microcap financing, PIPEs and M&A
     activity.

4.   Institutional investors researching professional-level information on undervalued,
fundamentally solid gems.

5.   Educated individual investors who can identify undervalued companies for mid to long-term
growth potential.

6. OTC:BB Company executives: CEOs, CFOs, COOs, Directors and Advisors.

A Major Benefit to Institutional Investors

For institutional fund managers looking to achieve greater returns through more aggressive-oriented portfolios, the Over-The-Counter Bulletin Board (OTC:BB), currently run by the NASD, represents an attractive diversification opportunity. Thorough due diligence and proper top-down research uncover countless gems which are proven, fundamentally sound public companies that are properly managed and offer significant ROI potential relative to their under-valuations. Fund managers & high net-worth self-directed investors who take the time to research fundamentals & trading activity behind emerging companies can identify those most likely to succeed and even possibly graduate to a senior market (NASDAQ, NYSE, AMEX). By recognizing OTC:BB companies as an alternative to the limited growth potential of fully valued companies, fund managers can invest in them, ahead of competitors, while they are still off of the streets radar-screen".

The major brokerages recognize that better access to meaningful OTC:BB market data and events is now mandatory. The fact is that they have aggressive clients looking to allocate a small percentage of their portfolios towards more speculative, higher risk-reward investments. These clients demand creative investment suggestions from their brokers. We believe that OTCcharts.com is the complete source which lets brokers and analysts use their skills to sniff out promising short or long-term emerging growth equity opportunities for their interested clients" adds Mr. Touizer.

In the month of February 2003, the top 5 market making firms who provide liquidity to the OTC:BB marketplace have a combined total of over 7 billion shares traded.

CEO Touizer notes, We expect OTCBBTrader.com to significantly change the OTC:BB landscape by eliminating the 'obscurity and attracting more of the smart money to this segment of the securities industry. This represents another significant achievement for our company and further cements our position as the premier source of top-tier, Institutional-grade OTC:BB Market Information."

All information can be accessed at http://www.otcbbtrader.com
http://www.otccharts.com

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OTC Charts, Inc.
Shirley Dayan
514-448-2950
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