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Prophet Financial continues to supply data to AOL |
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New suite of real-time, professional-level trading software is unvieled: Elite and Revolution |
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Prophet Financial homepage |
 FYI -- Prophet Financial Systems announced a five-year agreement with America Online to provide the market data powering the daily stock charts and historical quotes featured in AOL's Personal Finance Channel. Prophet has been America Online's chosen provider of market data since 1994, and under this new agreement, AOL will continue to use Prophet's stock, index, and mutual fund data through 2004. Prophet Financial Systems, Inc. 430 Cambridge Ave. |
TradeCast homepage |
UPGRADE -- Elite is an upgraded version of TradeCast software, previously available only to professional traders and used to execute up to 35,000 trades a day. Elite gives traders instant access to vital market information such as Nasdaq Level II quotes, market-maker data, and news from Dow Jones -- all in real-time. It allows executions of complex trades, such as selling short, issuing basket and stop orders, and reviewing option pricing. Elite is software-based, whereas most online brokers use Web browsers to execute trades.
The cost is about $180 per month plus exchange fees. Order fees are additional and decline in price as trade volume increases. For those making more than 50 trades per month, the $180 fee is waived. For the at-home trader, TradeCast has unveiled Revolution, powerful yet easier-to-use software. Revolution gives traders a direct connection to buyers and sellers of stocks, allowing transactions to be made right away. Orders are routed directly through TradeCast to the exchanges, which bypasses the traffic jams that can occur on many Internet servers when using Web browsers to trade. Orders and conformations can take place in fractions of a second. Streaming data is sent to the user's desktop. There is a ticker at the top that constantly updates up to 50 stocks. The rest of the screen is divided into quadrants that display an order entry area, a personal portfolio area, an alert, and Top Ten Tickers, and the S&P MarketScope Headline News and stocks to watch in real time. To address concerns about reliability, TradeCast has built a state-of-the-art server room with multiple backups for every function, including generators in case of power outages. Revolution has no monthly usage fee. Opening an account requires at least $1,000 and per-trade fees. That fee drops as the number of trades increases. Enhancements such as Nasdaq Level II can be added for a monthly fee. 5555 San Felipe, Suite 575 |
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Refco Group announced they will acquire Lind-Waldock & Company, pending regulatory approval. Lind-Waldock will continue as a clearing member of major exchanges and will operate as a separate entity. Lind-Waldock's Barry Lind will continue as chairman of the separate entity. Joe Murphy, president of other Refco Group companies, will assume an active role at Lind-Waldock. The union creates the world's largest nonbanking futures commission merchant. Worldwide customer equity in the combined operation will approach $3 billion. Lind-Waldock & Company 1030 West Van Buren Street 111 West Jackson Blvd., Suite 1800 |
Equitytrader.com |
John Bollinger's EquityTrader investor service, launched in 1998, has been revamped. The charts have been revised to be cleaner and easier to use. A bar has been added that displays the historical ratings on each chart for how accurate the model has been for the security, and a personal portfolio section has been added. In addition, the help area makes it clearer to the user how to best utilize the site.
This free service, www.equitytrader.com, now rates 3,300 stocks in two dimensions: how they have done in the past, and how they are expected to perform in the future. Bollinger developed this site to employ a "fuzzy logic" engine to evaluate 54 rules that determine a stock's potential return rating using both fundamental and technical factors. A priority in the siteÕs development was ease of use. The site is on one page and the graphics have been kept simple to minimize download time, yet still can be customized to meet user preferences. PO Box 3235 |
Traderware.com |
Traderware Corp. announced today the release of TraderWareX, a trading and research application for stock and commodities traders and technical analysts. The integrated VBScript-compatible language provides users with new opportunities for developing mechanical trading models. A fully functional trial version is available at https://www.traderware.com.
TraderWareX runs in Microsoft Internet Explorer over the Internet and as a standalone Windows NT application. TraderWareX features include:
214 221-5201 |
FibonacciTrader.com |
New Market Wizard Robert Krausz with special guests Thom Hartle of Wizard On Wall Street and Mark Douglas, author of the best-selling book Trading in the Zone, will hold a two-day workshop on May 6-7 in Orlando, FL, for traders interested in learning trading techniques based on multiple time frame analysis. Some of the topics to be covered include: multiple time frames with a clearly illustrated explanation of why and how; how to define the tradable trend for any futures contract or stock; creating a trading plan; stories from the warfront that did not get into Jack Schwager's New Market Wizards book; timing tools for the NASDAQ 100 cash index for the past: Will it work in the future?; and 10-year notes: Are they better to trade than the 30-year T-bonds?
Hartle will present intraday swing charting techniques, detailing strategies using the Gann Swing charting techniques; Mark Douglas will present a two-hour lecture to help traders recognize and overcome the psychological pitfalls of trading in order to become a more profitable, disciplined trader. The cost is $495 per person, or $395 per person for registered owners of the Fibonacci Trader software. Attendees who do not own the software will receive a $100 discount coupon applicable toward purchase of the program. A maximum of 60 people will be enrolled for this workshop. Call 512 443-5751 or visit www.fibonaccitrader.com for reservations or more information |
The-wow.com |
A one-day workshop limited to 60 people on May 8, 2000, in Orlando, FL, will also feature Robert Krausz and Thom Hartle. The price is $395. If you attend the Multiple Time Frame Workshop, the price is $350. If you own the Wizard On Wall Street Multiple Time Frame Study Course, the price is $295. Anyone who signs up for the study course by June 30 will receive a $100 discount on the price of the study course.
Visit www.the-wow.com for more details or call 512 443-5751 for reservations |
Galacticinvestor.com |
The Thomas and Jeanne Long seminar will teach their methods for trading and analysis, focusing on their stock-trading methodology and the precise use of planetary tools for price analysis. The seminar will take place May 4-5, 2000, in Orlando, FL. The cost is $895, space is limited, discounts available. Call 512 443-5751 for details, or visit www.galacticinvestor.com or www.marketdetective.com to view a complete schedule and price list. |
Investechlab.com |
Investment Technology Labs has released Conceptual Charts, version 3.1. With the new version, what was previously a technical analysis toolkit is now a full-blown trading and investing software development system. Simple to complex trading systems can be created, including backtesting of trading strategies, simulations, and advanced real-time trading systems. The software speeds the development of trading systems. Conceptual Charts contains a large set of technical analysis indicators ranging from the popular moving averages and MACD all the way to VMA and cycle analysis. A full set of line studies (Gann, Fibonacci) and annotation tools are included.
Simple to complex charts can be created with several x and y axes and stacked graphs. Different sampling periods are supported from tick-by-tick real-time, or n-minute bars, to end-of-day, weekly, monthly, quarterly, and yearly data. Data access and data conversion are also included. Version 3.1 now includes real-time alerts, crossover detection, order types such as stops, limits, and OCO. The software is compatible with Win 9x, 2000, NT4, VB, VC++, Delphi, Borland, PowerBuilder, Access, and Excel. The price is $599. A downloadable demo is available. Investment Technology LabsPO Box 7000-744 |
| TheStreet.com Professional Markets Group extends further into the marketplace of investment professionals by entering into an agreement with ILX Systems, a market data company, to expand the financial news options available to more than 130,000 financial professionals, who can now subscribe to TheStreet.com through the ILX Workstation and ILXplorer platform. Under the terms of the two-year agreement, ILX Systems will offer full premium access to financial content from TheStreet.com. Beginning in the first quarter of 2000, ILX users will be able to subscribe to real-time financial news and commentary provided by TheStreet.com on the ILX platform. TheStreet.com will be available on a subscription basis on the ILX Workstation, as well as through the new ILXplorer platform, which provides access to intranet and Internet sites. TheStreet.com will receive a subscription fee for each ILX user who selects TheStreet.com from ILX's select list of Premier Providers. TheStreet.com Professional Markets Group A division of TheStreet.com, Inc. 111 Fulton St Fl 6 |
MyTrack.com |
Track Data Corporation has released a Java-based beta version of its fully integrated Internet-based myTrack online trading and market data system that is compatible with the Macintosh operating system. The new version is available to download at www.mytrack.com. Track Data Corporation 800-myTrack |
| Financial Markets Solutions, a Bellevue/Seattle-based financial software company, announced the rollout of its new Internet-based FX dealing platform. The online dealing system is aimed at providing real-time foreign exchange trading capability via the Internet.
This platform has a multi-tiered access for all levels of customer sophistication and utilizes today's leading technology. The design of the system makes it adaptable to any bank or broker that wishes to provide its clients with an online FX product. The speed, adaptability, and scalability of the software make it an online customer solution for any FX provider. The FX platform has been translated into Japanese; other languages also available. 2840 Northup Way, Suite B-104 |
| GlobalView Software announced it will expand its focus to offer software solutions to users seeking broader commodities market information. In addition, GlobalView announced the release of CommodityView, a new Internet service designed to enhance a user's ability to receive real-time and historical commodities market information in a cost-effective, efficient manner.
While the company has focused on providing software products to the energy markets, it will now expand its coverage to include grain, livestock, metals, softs, and financials. GlobalView will work closely with DTN, Dow Jones Newswires, and Standard & Poor's Platt's to provide a more diverse group of users their premier market information. CommodityView features a sophisticated and flexible Windows real-time client/server application for market data distribution, and supplies worldwide users access to providers of commodities quotes, news, and weather information integrated into an easy graphical interface. CommodityView can also be used as a backup. And because it's Internet-based, CommodityView allows users to access the information wherever and whenever they need it. https://www.commodityview.com |
www.forextrading.com |
Midas has announced a free trading competition, where participants can win the right to invest US$50,000 in the foreign exchange market. The competition runs daily and the aim is to predict very short-term developments in the forex market. The best daily prediction during the year 2000 will win the top prize of a US$50,000 trading account. The more days you participate, the more chances you will have to win. Small daily prizes are also offered, as well as a US$10,000 account for the best prediction in each quarter of 2000.
For further information, contact Lars Seier Christensen at +45 33 69 47 00 in Copenhagen, Denmark, E-mail lc@midas.dk, https://www.forextrading.com |
| EASDAQ, the pan-European stock market, announced new dual listing and dual trading facilities. By broadening the range of stocks traded on the market, these facilities will position EASDAQ as a leading trading platform in Europe for international securities. With immediate effect, companies already listed on a regulated market in Europe, Israel, or the US can apply for a dual listing on EASDAQ without having to prepare a new prospectus, providing they are not raising additional capital. A new dual trading facility will open its pan-European platform to trade any stock already listed on any regulated market in Europe, Israel, or the US. EASDAQ LONDON One Bartholomew Lane |
| The Kansas City Board of Trade filed with the Commodity Futures Trading Commission to convert the western natural gas futures contract from a "flat price" contract to a "basis" futures contract. Anticipating CFTC approval, all contract months from February 2000 forward have been delisted from trading flat price gas futures contracts. Board of Trade of Kansas City, Missouri, Inc. 4800 Main St., Suite 303 |
| INO.com announced that it will present the 22nd Annual TAG Conference for futures, options, and stock traders in Dallas, TX. The dates are set for October 12-15, 2000. The Adam's Mark Hotel in downtown Dallas will be the venue. TAG22 will feature four days of tutorials and workshops given by top market experts specializing in technical analysis, money management strategy, trading psychology, and many other facets of trading for all experience levels. An exhibitor hall will showcase brokerage firms, online trading systems, news and data services, as well as a large variety of educational materials. Inquiries should be addressed to Maria Gutierrez of INO at maria@ino.com. INO.com 4716 Chesapeake Ave. |
marketwarrior.com |
Austin Financial Group has begun offering a free end-of-day data service to the public. Their goal is free daily updated futures contract data in standard ASCII data format, which can be downloaded and used with every major software package. The site will eventually cover all major futures that have a daily volume of at least 10,000. The data service will be updated each day after the last market closes. Updates can be expected between 4 and 5 pm CST. Austin Financial Group PO Box 152672 |
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