ONLINE OPTIONS TRADING COURSE
MURPHYMORRIS.COM SEMINAR
e-LEARNING COURSES ON FUTURES MARKET
DATEK REORGANIZES BROKERAGE OPERATIONS
WEBSITE USES BACKTESTING
COMMISSION-FREE ONLINE TRADING
STOCK SCREENING
DIRECT-TO-DEALER CURRENCY TRADING
DATA DIRECT FROM THE EXCHANGES
WEBSITE SUPPORT FOR TRADERS
FUTURES ONLINE TRADING PLATFORM
CRUDE AND OIL CONTRACTS
REAL-TIME SOFTWARE
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Options Trading Course
21st Century Investor Publishing has launched a free options trading course on the Internet. The 12-week course covers everything from basic options pricing and profit-and-loss diagrams to advanced options strategies, including synthetic shorts and winged spreads. A complete course outline can be found on the 21st Century Education website at www.21stcenturyinvestor.com/page/education/tco/courses. 21st Century Investor Publishing, Inc, 1900 Glades Road, Suite 441,
Boca Raton, FL 33431
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MurphyMorris.com
will present a two-day seminar in Tampa, FL, on October 13-14, 2001. Well-known
analysts John Murphy, Martin Pring, and Larry McMillan will offer two intense
days of analysis and education.
The Market Legends Seminar will consist of four events: The Basics, Legend Specialties, Current Market Perspectives, and Legend Favorites/Panel Discussion. Early registration discounts are available and seating is limited. 800 298-4995 (or 972 404-4529), https://www.murphymorris.com/seminar_tampa.html |
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Zoologic has introduced three online courses designed to equip financial
professionals with a thorough understanding of the futures marketplace.
The offerings include "Introduction To Derivatives" for entry-level
traders and analysts, "Introduction To Forwards And Futures"
for intermediate users, and "Futures Instruments" for traders
and investment managers who require in-depth training in pricing futures
contracts.
These courses enable futures exchanges, banks, corporations, investment firms and other organizations to provide around-the-clock access to educational resources for users at all experience levels. The courses provide animation and interactivity, letting users jump between related topics, input values, alter graphs, and watch displays change. All courses incorporate pre- and post-learning tests for assessing learner
performance, and all content has been developed by finance professionals
with specific expertise in the areas covered.
Zoologic, Inc., 104 Fifth Avenue, 18th Floor,
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Datek Online Holdings has reorganized its brokerage operations into three
subsidiaries: Datek Online Financial Services, iCapital Markets, and iClearing,
creating an organizational structure that is designed to support the company's
growth well into the future. The reorganization will separate Datek's
introducing broker from its executing broker. Customers now will interact
through the new subsidiary, Datek Online Financial Services.
Datek Online Brokerage Services has begun executing certain customer transactions in increments of one-tenth of a cent, providing a trading advantage over investors who are limited to conducting transactions in one-cent increments. These new lower increments apply only to transactions routed to The Island through the Datek Direct direct-access trading platform. The Nasdaq Stock Market recently reported that trading costs for retail investors dropped sharply as a result of its shift from trading in fractions to decimals. As a result of this move, Nasdaq reported that the average spread, or difference between what a buyer and seller are asking for a stock, dropped by an average of more than 50%, from 7.8 cents to 3.8 cents, following the transition. Datek, Attn: New Accounts Dept., PO Box 2300, Jersey City, NJ 07303, 800 823-2835, 201 761-7500, fax 201 558-4365, support@datek.com, www.datek.com |
| StockSpotter.com
is a new technical analysis website that uses backtesting to select a stock's
optimal trading system and to generate end-of-day buy/sell trading signals
based on the selected system. StockSpotter.com analyzes more than 1,500
stocks daily while maintaining each stock's trade position history
and trading system performance. Premium features include The Daily Top
Forty, a listing of the day's top-rated new positions, and The Screen
Machine, a dozen daily stock-screening reports including "Playing
The Breakouts" and "The Trend Trader."
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ElephantX Online Securities has formed a strategic marketing alliance with
Compaq Computer Corporation that will enable customers coming through select
Compaq websites to "trade for peanuts" when they open an
ElephantX Online brokerage account.
Backed by Bear Stearns, Emc2, Prospect Street Ventures, and Mitsubishi Capital Corporation, ElephantX started offering online stock trading with no commission on market or limit orders for both Nasdaq- and NYSE-listed securities executed by customers online. In addition, ElephantX plans to provide customers with a whole host of account tools and services through one low, monthly fee. The Smart Fee starts at $9.95 per account per month and declines to zero for investors with larger account balances. ElephantX Dot Com |
| StockDynamo
offers services and tools for investors. StockDynamo screens stocks based
on technical and fundamental criteria and can analyze stocks using more
than 40 technical indicators. It can also set custom alerts based on more
than 100 fundamental and technical signals, and receive alerts by e-mail,
cell phone or Pda.
StockDynamo is available on a subscription basis ($29.95 a month), with no software to purchase. Users gain access to a customized account available from anywhere over the Internet. The software is updated automatically so investors always have the latest version. StockDynamo can filter through thousands of stocks in seconds to find the best candidates. Users can access their custom profile from any computer with an Internet connection. Stock Dynamo Solutions has received approval to provide real-time Nasdaq market data. This was the last of the North American exchanges that have approved StockDynamo as a provider of real-time data; including NYSE, AMEX, TSE and CDNX. Stock Dynamo Solutions Inc., #100-3581 Shelbourne Ave., Victoria, BC
Canada, V8P 4G8
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GFT
is a division of Global Futures and Forex, Ltd. GFT has been making available
24-hour commission-free forex Interbank spreads to individuals, fund managers,
and corporate accounts since 1997. In January 2001, GFT introduced DealBook
FX, a new and proprietary online trading software program designed by forex
traders for forex traders. With DealBook FX you can stay organized, find
high-probability trading opportunities in highly liquid currency markets,
execute almost instantly, and thus spend more time on trade planning.
DealBook FX software allows simultaneous display of multiple charts, up-to-the-minute forex market news and commentary, real-time quotes, and trade entry and exit with a single click. "Market Mentor" forex market analysis and commentary is also available. Real-time account activity with detailed transaction reports covering any time period can be displayed, downloaded, and printed at any time. Global Forex Trading, 4760 East Fulton Road, Suite 201, Ada, MI 49301, 800 465-4373, 616 956-9273, fax 616 974-3682, sales@gftforex.com, www.gftforex.com |
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DTN
Financial Services released DTN IQ 2.0, the latest version of its popular
Internet real-time stock quote product. DTN IQ 2.0 is a software platform
used by professional stockbrokers and active investors that integrates
real-time stock and options quotes with trading platforms, analytical tools,
charts, news, time and sales, and market scans. With the release of version
2.0, DTN's own ticker plant will fuel DTN IQ with market data direct
from the exchanges. The Dtn ticker plant consolidates data directly from
the major North American exchanges on hundreds of thousands of stocks,
futures, options and indices, each of which may trade thousands of times
a day. These price updates and related data are delivered to DTN's
customers in real time.
DTN's ticker plant has been serving real-time quotes to other DTN products for more than a year. Another improvement to DTN IQ 2.0 is enhanced processing speeds. Customers will also be able to receive real-time and delayed quotes within the same program. Delayed quotes on the futures, options and equity exchanges are available. Anyone who has completed the exchange agreements and is paying real-time exchange fees will continue to receive real-time quotes. DTN Corporate Headquarters, 9110 West Dodge Road, Suite 200, Omaha, NE 68114, 800 485-4000, 402 390-2328, dtnhelp@dtn.com, www.dtn.com |
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WaveTrack.com
is a trading support website that emerged by combining the expertise of
Bandit University with the interactive audio/video broadcast services of
StockCamLive. WaveTrack brings a selection of trader training, private
coaching services, and streaming audio/video support to help master the
art of trading. Through a virtual trading floor, all levels of investors
can participate in our interactive forum to discuss existing and future
positions as well as receive market analysis and real-time coaching from
experienced traders.
WaveTrack guides you through a disciplined approach to analyzing market movements, while highlighting the psychology beneath the market's surface, information necessary to help you prosper in all market conditions. WaveTrack, 12503 Bel-Red Road, Suite 101, Bellevue, WA 98005, 425 456.0186,
fax 425 452-0312, info@wavetrack.com,
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Trans@ct provides the trader's favorite screen and can trade multiple
products on multiple markets from the same Trans@ct window. Trans@ct has
one-screen, full-futures functionality, and market depth to exchange limits.
The Quick Click feature gives the fastest order entry available. "Get
Flat" can quickly zero out a position. Get current bid, offer, and
market size, review the last trade and the volume traded, view the high
and low of the market, and monitor your recent trades, current P&L,
and positions. In an emergency, the Cancel All Orders button does just
that, quickly. Exchange availability includes EUREX (Frankfurt), LIFFE
(London), CBOT (Chicago), and the ACE (Alliance-CBOT-EUREX).
Online Trading Select Corp., 111 W. Jackson Blvd., 17th Floor, Chicago, IL 60604, 866 244-1850, 312 930-3950, fax 413 375-2795, jbressert@refco.com, www.onlinetradingselect.com |
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Xpresstrade, LLC, announced it will now offer access to Brent crude and
gas oil futures at the International Petroleum Exchange (IPE) in London.
The Ipe is Europe's leading energy futures and options exchange,
where contracts representing over $2 billion in underlying value trade
on a daily basis. Xpresstrade gives its clients the opportunity to trade
futures and options listed at all US futures markets and at eight major
international exchanges and now the Ipe.
XPRESSTRADE, LLC, Chicago Mercantile Exchange Center, 10 S. Wacker Drive, Suite 2935, Chicago, IL 60606, 800 947-6228, 312 715-6228, fax 312 715-6177, info@xpresstrade.com, www.xpresstrade.com |
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Anyware RealTime WebSheet from VistaSource.com is the thin-client version
of Anyware RealTime Spreadsheets, which is optimized specifically for the
rigors of a real-time data environment. Anyware RealTime WebSheet delivers
the same performance and capabilities to users with Java-enabled browsers,
helping them make better-informed buying and selling decisions from any
desktop.
Anyware RealTime WebSheet recognizes and differentiates simple tasks from those that are computationally intensive. Heavy-duty computations are performed on the server to maximize speed and efficiency. Display and user interface-related tasks are reserved for the client, which in turn optimizes client-side communications with the server. WebSheet utilizes Ssl to secure an entire user session. Connectivity to real-time data distribution systems (DDS) is accomplished through the use of Anyware RealTime Engines, each handling the interface to a single, specific Dds. Users proficient with Excel can transfer that proficiency to Anyware RealTime Spreadsheets or WebSheet with a minimal learning curve and the Anyware RealTime for Excel plug-in. Pricing is on a per-user basis through either a perpetual license or monthly subscription model. https://www.anywarerealtime.com,
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