March 2002 TRADE NEWS
News Releases & Products
Streaming Real-Time European Market Data from eSignal
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TRADE NEWS & PRODUCTS
Streaming Real-Time European Market Data from eSignal
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 eSignal
announced that it has expanded into a new market by adding streaming, real-time
European financial market data to the latest version of its online quote
system.
eSignal delivers real-time European financial market data from all major European exchanges. eSignal has developed a ticker plant infrastructure capable of handling the European stock markets' most challenging demands. The new service is supported by eSignal's software and is also compatible with popular third-party software. eSignal software supporting the new European data is available immediately free of charge to all registered users of eSignal Pro and eSignal, and can be downloaded from www.esignal.com. For new users, pricing starts at $79 for active traders and $192.50 for professionals. www.esignal.com |
A.B. Watley Unveils Ultimate Trader II
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UT II is a new offering that incorporates the best of the A.B. Watley
data services into a flexible page layout with multiple screens. The program's
features will run simultaneously on your screen, in real time, updating
dynamically with price information piped straight from the exchanges. All
windows are fully customizable to best suit your trading style. Also offered
is free Internet-based research through the Narrow Cast search engine.
www.abwatley.com/e-products/ut2/ut_levels.htm |
Trading Program and Equity Screener
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MMoney2000 stock and mutual fund trading program comes in a premier
and standard version. Both have the ability to screen and select equities
from very large groups.
The program gives buy and sell signals based on the closing price of the stock to be executed at the opening the next day. The premier version has 25 long trading systems and five short trading systems, with more under development. Subscribers are always entitled to the latest software updates. TC2000 data is used by both versions. Alternatively, data in the form of MetaStock binary files or Ascii text files can be used instead. www.mmoney2000.com |
TradingSolutions Service Updated
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Since
the release of TradingSolutions 2.0 last November, NeuroDimension has
been providing Solution Service, a collection of free neural network models
and data that generate daily trading signals. It is available both to TradingSolutions
customers as well as to people using the free evaluation software available
from www.tradingsolutions.com.
The company has recently added three new models to the group of stocks being monitored. Users can press the "Update Solution Service" button on the toolbar to obtain the new models. Once downloaded, users can analyze the performance of the models, create new models, and read updated commentary. www.nd.com, www.tradingsolutions.com |
2002 World Cup Trading Championships
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World
Cup Trading Championships offer a competitive arena for futures and
equity traders. Each World Cup event takes place in real time. Prizes include
the World Cup bull and bear trophies and a possible spot on the advisory
team at WorldCupAdvisor.com. Entrants can also compete in a voluntary cash
prize pool featuring a 100% payout. The highest percentage increases win
the cash and top prizes, but every participant qualifies for free trading
tools and discounts.
World Cup competition offers online platforms for both futures and equities traders. Robbins Online is used for futures trading and is available integrated with InterQuote Real-Time for trade-from-your-quote-screen convenience. Equities traders can choose from the RealTick or Robbins Direct platforms for direct-access order routing. There are two divisions: stocks or stock options, and futures or futures options. www.RobbinsTrading.com |
SortWizard Works Without Symbol Lists of Limits
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SortWizard from Neo is a stock-screening tool designed to be used
in conjunction with the RealTick datafeed. The software's design
pays special attention to resource utilization of the datafeed servers,
the user's system, and bandwidth. Thus, without a predefined symbol
list or list size limitation, the entire market can be searched in seconds
to generate real-time stock trading lists.
Built-in features help make analysis and use with RealTick easy for active trading. With the Plus version, an unlimited number of formulas and variables can be used in a search. Using spreadsheet-based functions and formatting to create formulas provides a short learning curve in addition to flexibility and capability. Then, with access to all the available fields in RealTick and a historical and technical analysis database, traders can develop their own trading searches. Samples and templates are included, and a tutorial is available at the website. A free two-week trial is available. SortWizard.com |
Wealth-Lab Developer 2.0
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Wealth-Lab
has released a major upgrade of its platform for the development and backtesting
of trading systems.
Wealth-Lab Developer 2.0 offers a scripting language capable of developing and optimizing complex trading strategies and incorporating extensive position management. The language includes native technical indicator functions; support for arrays; user-defined function and procedure libraries; custom indicators; object-oriented programming features; and an interface to external program modules. The new SimuScript feature allows users to code their own custom position sizing rules. Other features include real-time live charts and alerts (through a supported data vendor), integration with the Wealth-Lab.com website, end-of-day trading system signal scanner, trading system ranking tool, and an indicator evaluator. A free 30-day trial version is available for download from the website. www.wealth-lab.com
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Russell 2000 Index Options To Begin Trading On CBOEdirect
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Chicago
Board Options Exchange (CBOE) announced that options on the Russell
2000 Index (RUT) will begin trading on CBOEdirect, the exchange's
new screen-based trading platform.
The Russell 2000 Index options are the second product available for extended trading hours on CBOEdirect. Upcoming will be options on the S&P 100 Index (OEX and XEO) as well. CBOEdirect replicates CBOE's trading floor on a screen, with liquidity providers making two-sided, continuous markets, and provides access to the entire options universe on a screen-based system. SLK-Hull Derivatives,LLC, is the Designated Primary Market Maker (DPM) for the platform's extended trading hours session in the Russell 2000 Index options. CBOE www.cboe.com |
MB Trading Offers New Platform
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MB
Trading has launched MBT Navigator, a real-time direct-access trading
software platform, offering the ability to trade from within a participating
data provider's application.
MBT Navigator allows customers to trade from within their existing quote platforms without the need for an external browser or separate software system, which is typical in other quote system/brokerage partnerships. Traders and investors will be able to utilize a fully integrated order management platform by trading directly to an exchange, market maker, or ECN through MB Trading's MBTX order route. This intelligent execution system directs the order to both the ECN and market maker, offering the best price and liquidity for as little as $9.95 per trade under the required conditions. MB Trading was formed by institutional brokers and offers Internet-based stock market order entry on the NASDAQ, NYSE, and AMEX. MB Trading offers a direct-access order and execution system to ECN's and liquidity partners, with extended trading hours available on most venues. www.mbtrading.com |
AbleSys Announces eASCTREND 6.0
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AbleSys
has released version 6.0 of its eAscTrend software. The software is totally
mechanical and automatic.
Blue dots are buy signals and red dots are sell signals that produce sound alerts. eAscTrend is universal; it works with any market and with any time interval, whether the market be stocks, bonds, commodities, currencies, or any other freely traded market. All real-time AutoScan charts are updated with real-time tick data. Several electronic direct order entry systems are integrated in the professional version of eAscTrend. Automatic order entry can help minimize slippage caused by human emotions and order execution delays. Trading signals and order entries are simultaneously sent out. Orders can be filled out instantaneously. Money management and a cash reserve calculator are part of the program. eAscTrend software uses online eSignal data. No other platform is required; virtually any market in the world, anywhere, anytime can be traded through the Internet today. www.ablesys.com, 888-ASC-1688 |
NFA To Provide Regulatory Services For Island Futures
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National
Futures Association announced today that it will provide regulatory
services to Island Futures Exchange, a new electronic exchange planning
to begin trading security futures in the second quarter of 2002.
Island Futures is an affiliate of Island ECN. It's an electronic marketplace that now serves more than 700 subscribing broker-dealers and executes approximately one out of every five trades on Nasdaq. Island Futures is awaiting approval by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) as a designated contract market. NFA will perform trade practice and market surveillance activities for Island Futures as well as other regulatory services, which include conducting background checks; investigating and litigating any disciplinary matters that may arise; and performing auditing functions as the CFTC requires. |
Kansas City Board of Trade 2001 Volume
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year 2001 was the second-largest ever in the history of the Kansas City
Board of Trade in terms of the volume of contracts traded. Total exchange
volume at the Kansas City Board of Trade fell just short of last year's
record of 2,664,669 contracts by only 46,180 contracts, which was a decrease
of 1.7 percent. Prior to September 11, exchange volume was ahead for the
year.
www.kcbt.com |