February 2002 TRADE NEWS
News Releases & Products 



 

TRADE NEWS & PRODUCTS

e-Mini Trading Systems

e-Mini Trading Systems

Zap Futures and Explorer have teamed up to offer a service providing real-time trading signals for the e-mini S&P and Nasdaq based on live 30-minute bars. It also provides sound alerts with profit objectives, stop-losses, and other specific instructions, and comes with historical analysis for the last nine months. A seven-day free trial is available with full access to the system. The system includes intraday and end-of-day market commentary; real-time charts; quotes for the S&P and Nasdaq e-mini contracts; and delayed intraday and end-of-day charts for all US futures contracts.

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Advanced Historical Charts and OPTIONS Data

iVolatility.com announced a new service that provides historical data and interactive charts since 1999. It's organized into four areas: implied volatility index; historical volatility; iVindex versus price, correlation, and beta; and skew and kurtosis.

iVolatility.com and the Chicago Board Options Exchange introduced a premium source of options information data. Options can provide a powerful antidote for market volatility. The CBOE has the tools and strategies needed to gain an investing edge, such as myCBOE, which can be customized to meet specific information needs.

www.iVolatility.com, www.CBOE.com
 

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Interactive Brokers Links To All US Options Exchanges

Interactive Brokers has extended its linkage services to include the American Stock Exchange, making it the first brokerage firm to have linkage capabilities at all five US options exchanges.

In the fall of 1999, the US Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC) directed the options exchanges to electronically link their markets. All five US options exchanges Ñ the AMEX, the Chicago Board Options Exchange, the International Securities Exchange, the Pacific Exchange, and the Philadelphia Stock Exchange Ñ are participants in the interim linkage program.

The number of issues traded in the interim linkage program has grown to more than 50. The program is designed to help ensure that options orders are executed at the best possible price, regardless of whether that price is quoted on the exchange to which the order was originally routed.

www.interactivebrokers.com

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XpressTrade Introduces Dynamic Quotes

Xpresstrade has launched Dynamic Quotes for self-directed retail futures traders. The application is a Java-based, real-time, streaming quotewatch product. It allows futures traders to create multiple quote portfolios and to select the column headings to display (symbol, last, open, high, low, % change, etc.).

Symbol search functionality assists traders who aren't familiar with specific trading symbols. Price alerts notify customers by e-mail when predefined upper or lower price targets have been triggered in the futures markets they're tracking. And full integration with the rest of the Xpresstrade system allows traders to move quickly from Dynamic Quotes to precompleted order entry screens.

Dynamic Quotes is a proprietary Xpresstrade feature and is offered free of charge to all Xpresstrade clients (exchange market data fees apply).

www.xpresstrade.com

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Derivatives And Equities Trading From A Single Screen

   patsystems and Direct Access Financial launched patsystems J-Stox, a single platform providing dedicated global derivatives and US equity trading functionality. To be able to trade derivative and equity markets simultaneously marks a significant step in patsystems' evolution.

With the growth in electronic trading, particularly in the US and with the introduction of universal stock futures (USFs) globally, patsystems has been developing its connectivity to the major global equity exchanges since late last year. The new product born of the partnership provides instant access to all the major US equity exchanges and ECNs.

Direct Access Financial has dedicated six years of continuous development, testing, and refinement to its US equities platform, which incorporates direct access to all the major US exchanges (Nasdaq, NYSE, AMEX) and the ECNs (Island, Instinet, Redi, and Archipelago). patsystems J-Stox provides a full depth of market interface to all active market makers and ECNs. Additional features allow for options analysis, basket trades, and comprehensive risk management. The user capability is supported by advanced server technology and data connections that enable power, speed, and reliability over the Internet.

patsystems plc, London, www.patsystems.com
Direct Access Financial Corporation, www.dafsoft.com

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TickQuest Releases NeoTicker 2.3

TickQuest, developer of advanced analytical software for investors, has released NeoTicker 2.3. The new version of the software has improved scanning speed and quality and a programmable, unlimited, multiple plot per indicator. This feature allows users to plot an unlimited number of lines per indicator.

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TradeStation Service Packs Discountinued

TradeStation Technologies announced that Service Pack 5 will be the final Service Pack for the 2000i product line. Historybank.com will continue to be available to users at no charge until at least June 30, 2002. In addition, TradeStation Group expects to post a patch at its website for the 2000i product line whenever a third-party data vendor makes a change to its datafeed that breaks compatibility with the 2000i product line. Users will be notified when patches are available by a message posted at the TradeStation website.

www.TradeStation.com

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Live BRIDGE Data On HSBC

eBridge, the Internet subsidiary of Bridge Information Systems, now provides live market data on HSBC's online market service at Markets.hsbc.com. Developed in cooperation with eBridge, HSBC's online market service provides foreign exchange and bond prices, interest rates, regional news, and economic indicators. This is in addition to the research and analysis already available at www.markets.hsbc.com.

The market data section was built using eBridge's Bridge Internet Toolkit to optimize the delivery and display of eBridge's financial information, analysis and tools through the web.

www.markets.hsbc.com

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