Online demo accounts educate students in foreign exchange trading Online CTA offers personalized 24-hour service Historical stock data and volatilities now imported directly from Web New charting software for the Macintosh is released Online systems supplier introduces intraday charting Neural network predictions export to TradeStation 2000i Online bookseller offers competitive prices Unfair Advantage corrects data
 FYI -- MG Financial Group offers practice trading accounts online, called Demo-Accounts, allowing clients to prepare for trading. MG Financial Group developed the practice trading accounts to help potential clients become familiar with its trading platform and test trading strategies. The accounts include access to real-time rate quotations, foreign exchange charts, and a newswire dedicated to covering the four major currency pairs.
At the request of a college instructor, MG Financial Group later developed a program to educate university-level management and economic students in trading. Through the program, students can form a more comprehensive picture of the factors involved in forex trading. Educators interested in this program can contact MG Financial Group. MG Financial Group, a privately held company based in New York, has been offering Internet forex market-making services since April 1997. The focus of MG's business is individual traders. |
| NEW -- A new online commodity trading advisor has a service that guides investors unsure about their most difficult trades. CyberCTA.com caters to investors who seek personalized attention, in which an assigned advisor tracks the portfolios of individual investors and offers assistance in each move made in the market. Unlimited, one-on-one, consultations with an experienced CTA highlight the services offered. Sessions are held via E-mail, fax, phone, or live in a private chat room at the CyberCTA.com memberÕs leisure. Membership benefits include a full range of advisory services, including commission-free paper trading, continuous portfolio monitoring, evaluation of specific risk-to-reward ratios, market alerts, and entry to the Traders' Lounge, a live discussion forum for commodity traders.
Monthly membership fees begin at $149.95 a month.
E-mail info@CyberCTA.com |
| UPDATE -- Backtest Wizard 3.0 from Sarkett & Associates now imports historical stock data and volatilities directly from the Web for quicker, easier analysis. This integrated worksheet in Option Wizard Online takes the last 200 days of high-low-close and volume, analyzes for volume, trend, and momentum, and returns buy and sell signals. All indicators and signals may be customized. Data source is Microsoft Investor Network; Option Wizard is a member of Microsoft's Software Developer Network. Option Wizard Online imports implied volatility, and 20-, 50- and 100-day historical volatilities for all stocks and indices to determine the fair value option price; data source is McMillan Analysis Corp. There is no charge at this time for either service.
Option Wizard 7.3 -- offline -- clients may upgrade to the streamlined online (delayed data) version for $59.95. Upgrade clients will also receive notes from the Blue Page Publishing Options Seminar, held in April 1999. The Backtest Wizard 3.0 is $199.95, $49.95 when purchased with any Option Wizard product (using offline, delayed, or real-time data). Option Wizard Online, which is powered by PC Quote, is $299.95 for the delayed data version and $499.95 for the real-time version. Delayed data is free, while real-time data is $9.95 a month plus exchange fees. A trial version of Option Wizard Online is available for $59.95. Option Wizard won an honorable mention in the 1998 Readers' Choice Awards in STOCKS & COMMODITIES. Winnetka, IL 60093 847-446-2222 Website https://option-wizard.com E-mail jas@option-wizard.com PC Quote 300 S. Wacker, Suite 300 Chicago, IL 60606-6688 800-772-2945 Website https://www.pcquote.com. |
| NEW -- Trendsetter Software has introduced MacChart 3.0, the first release in a top-down, total rewrite of its entire product line, replacing Analyst Lite. An end-of-day product, MacChart downloads stock, options, index, and futures prices from Dial Data using TrendsetterÕs Internet utility, Net Access. MacChart requires System 7.0 or later (Net Access requires 7.5 or later), and will work with virtually any Mac. Product improvements over Analyst Lite include unlimited charting, with assigned memory the only limiting factor; unlimited layouts; one-click chart controls; one-click sort and rank; computer-generated and user-drawn trendlines; improved block delete; and improved speed, memory management, and compatibility.
The Net Access utility downloads daily data (open, high, low, close, volume, open interest) for all stock, options, futures, and indices from data provider Dial Data. The Net Access client chooses a list or lists of securities to update. Net Access determines how many days to download for each security, so if the client misses a day, week, or month, the utility fills in the data gaps. Net Access works via AOL and CompuServe as well as direct Internet connections. It also supports ISDN, DSL, and cable modems. Programs are backed by a 30-day money-back guarantee. MacChart, which comes with Net Access, has the introductory price of $129; full list price will be $159. Upgrade price for Analyst Lite users is $49; Net Access, $30. A demo version of MacChart can be downloaded from the Trendsetter Website. 2024 N. Broadway, Suite 310 Santa Ana, CA 92706 Phone 800-825-1852, 714-547-5005 fax (24 hours a day) 714-547-5063 E-mail sales@trendsoft.com Website, https://www.trendsoft.com/ |
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NEW -- Tradesignals.com, an online supplier of technical trading systems and analysis to futures traders, has introduced new intraday services on its Website. The supplier has been publishing end-of-day trading systems, portfolio analysis, and in-depth futures analysis seasonal studies on the Web for more than a year.
The Website's interactive charting software allows traders to view up to 20 years of historical trading analysis. Performance trading data includes spreadsheets, equity curves, and detailed financial summaries. The new services include quotes and intraday charting for all major US futures markets. An innovative S&P Mini daytrading system featuring live interactive charting and real-time signals and analysis is scheduled to be launched in the near future. Visitors to the site can sign up for a free trial of all the trading systems and analysis and also get access to free quotes and intraday charting. E-mail subscribe@tradesignals.com Website https://www.tradesignals.com |
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FYI -- Users of the new TradeStation 2000i from Omega Research who want to incorporate neural network predictions in their trading systems can export network predictions from the NeuroShell Trader, NeuroShell Predictor, or NeuroShell Classifier.
The NeuroShell Trader can either import data or indicators from TradeStation 2000i or export neural net predictions or trading strategies using prebuilt EasyLanguage functions. The export capability means that TradeStation users can take advantage of the genetic algorithm optimization capabilities of the NeuroShell Trader. The NeuroShell Trader can also directly read files from Omega ResearchÕs HistoryBank.com Financial Database. The NeuroShell Predictor is general-purpose neural network software capable of forecasting numeric amounts, such as percent change in price. The NeuroShell Classifier is general-purpose classification software useful for examining data and grouping similar patterns into categories such as buy, sell, and hold. The NeuroShell Run-Time Server that works with both of these programs allows TradeStation 2000i users to call trained neural networks using EasyLanguage function calls. These import/export capabilities are now possible because NeuroShell and TradeStation 2000i are both 32-bit programs.
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| FYI -- Financial Website INO.com sells trading and investment books and guarantees they'll be priced lower than those offered by Amazon.com. INO.com is expanding its number of financial titles from 400 to 500. MarketDepot, the area of the INO.com Website where books are sold, displays its own book price alongside the regular retail price plus Amazon.com's price for shopper convenience. INO.com offers customers assistance with selecting titles that may be right for them, whether their interest is foreign exchange, futures, options, or other financials.
In addition to books, INO's MarketDepot carries a comprehensive range of educational and trading tools used by traders, including chart services, analytical software, newsletters, audio and video cassettes, and training courses. Also featured are INO.com's proprietary line of tools consisting of GlobalCharts, PowerCharts, PowerAnalyzer, Power Strategies, and the Mom, Pop and Turtles modules of INO's Intelligent Investment Tools. |
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FYI -- CSI, developer of Unfair Advantage (UA), remotely corrects all errors in past data deliveries on every user's computer on the very next day's download. CSI phases data release from 9:45 am for the Pacific Rim, 4:30 pm for European markets, 5:30 to 8:00 pm for US futures, stock indices, stocks, mutual funds, and options.
All 50+ world exchanges are covered in CSI's datafeed, which offers futures, cash, stock, and mutual fund prices, inclusive of dividends and capital gains, on some 30,000-plus time series daily. Unfair Advantage contains studies such as the newly developed Davis Stretch Index for finding intermarket-derived spread opportunities, among other studies. UA also offers portfolio management, charting, an online manual, an API interface, and more. Updates are available at CSI's Website. CSI's regular monthly service rates for Unfair Advantage are $29 per month for North American markets and $49 per month for all world markets plus a one-time license fee of $150 for North American market users and $250 for world market users. Daily coverage includes futures, world indices and currencies, and when available, stocks and mutual funds. E-mail marketing@csidata.com https://www.csidata.com |