DH Financial, formerly Bressert Investment Group, releases new CycleTrader software
DH Financial, formerly Bressert Investment Group, releases new CycleTrader software
UPDATE -- DH Financial has released CycleTrader 5.0 software. In addition, BOLT, its electronic trading software, will be upgraded as well, allowing for higher-speed trading by clients.
DH Financial, LLC, formerly Bressert Investment Group, was recently approved as a nonclearing Futures Commission Merchant (FCM). This new status will allow DH Financial to provide additional services.
Among the services offered by DH Financial, DH Assist, a trading service, is available to clients to trade any system owned or licensed by DH clients. DH Financial also now provides its clients the ability to trade equities as well as futures.
UPDATE -- Market Technologies has released a new version of its intermarket analysis software, VantagePoint for Windows. The program, developed by president and CEO Louis B. Mendelsohn and first released in 1991, predicts next-day prices and short-term market trends for 21 actively traded futures markets, including interest rates, currencies, energies, and stock indices.
Founded in 1979, Market Technologies Corporation is a developer of software for financial market analysis. The company licenses futures trading software, consults, and develops proprietary models that utilize neural networks and intermarket analysis. The company's Website offers extensive information on technical analysis.
Robbins Trading Company, a Chicago-based futures brokerage firm, has unveiled a new look for its long-running trading competition.
In the 1999 competition, for the first time, Robbins will offer competitors discount commission rates, direct floor access (for qualified traders), a 24-hour order desk, electronic order entry, exchange minimum margins, free dial-up quotes, and E-mail statements.
At year-end, the top three finishers in each of the two contest divisions, professional and nonprofessional, divide a prize pool of $10,000 and receive a bull and bear trophy.
The 1999 competition kicked off January 2, 1999. Official entry agreements are available from Robbins.
RINA Systems has recently completed work on an engine/model that creates synthetic price data. With synthetic data, traders can test systems on price files that have been simulated from an underlying market they wish to test. Trading systems can fail with insufficient testing and refining, so synthetic price data can help traders improve systems.
Basing trading system performance on only one price series may be insufficient and not statistically significant, but with synthetic price data, traders can create an unlimited number of files or hypothetical outcomes. This is important because the exact behavior of price in a particular market is not likely to reproduce itself identically in the future.
Several simulated files can be downloaded for free from RINA's Website.
The Chicago Board of Trade will sponsor several upcoming courses.
On February 8-11, Ken Shaleen will conduct a four-session course on technical analysis. The course will detail the art and science of classic bar charting, constructing trendlines, identifying price patterns, and more, with emphasis on volume and open interest. Additional topics include point and figure charting; mathematical models; and Elliott wave theory. The fee is $150 per person.
A three-day minicourse on March 3-5 covers the basics of futures and options trading, then discusses the structure and principles of international cash grain markets, and applies futures and options tools to cash grain risk management. The fee is $750 per person.