April 2004 TRADE NEWS
News Releases & Products

eSignal Launches Real-Time Market Data
TradeStation To Host Conference And Expo
CBOE Futures Exchange Begins Trading March 26
RushTrade Releases Direct-Access Platform
Pring Research Licenses Recognition Tools
Automation Platform Combines TradeStation With Fix-Protocol
TradingtheMarket.net Holds Online Classes
eSpeed Introduces Forex Marketplace
GAIN Capital Group Launches FOREX.com
LIFFE To List Global Contract
Trading Tool For Electronic Traders, Brokers
Field Financial Website Now More User-Friendly, With More Trading Data And Products
Interactive Website Is Launched
EasyLanguage Help Available From Specialist
CMC GROUP partners with Canadian Bond Brokerage For FX Trading
MTPredictor Upgrades Program, Redesigns Website
Web-Based Service Offers Automated Trailing-Stop Watch Service
StatSoft And NewAgeSys Announce Offerings For FDA-Regulated Industries
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TRADE NEWS & PRODUCTS




eSignal Launches Real-Time Market Data


eSignal announced its new QuoTrek wireless quote and market information service with data from more than 75 global exchanges, charting, and news for mobile devices such as BlackBerry, Palm, and Pocket PC.

QuoTrek allows users to leave their computers at home or the office and access their portfolios on their handhelds. The original QuoTrek was a handheld, wireless device delivering real-time market data, but the convergence of cell phone/PDA technologies and the increased bandwidth available has allowed eSignal to introduce the new QuoTrek, which is available for $49.95 a month for new clients and $25 a month for existing eSignal, eSignal Pro, and MarketCenter customers.

www.quotrek.com

www.esignal.com

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TradeStation To Host Conference And Expo

TradeStationWorld Conference and Expo, previously known as OmegaWorld, will be held on October 21-24, 2004, at Venetian Hotel Resort Casino in Las Vegas. The conference focuses on the newest technologies in the design, testing, optimization, and automation of trading strategies, and will feature keynote presentations by Linda Bradford Raschke, Nelson Freeburg, Jack Schwager, and David Stendahl.

In other news, TradeStation Securities announced it had purchased a seat on the Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE). Its membership will allow TradeStation to directly trade options on the exchange. CBOE is one of six major options exchanges in the US.

TradeStationWorld.com/conference/default.shtm

www.TradeStation.com

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CBOE Futures Exchange Begins Trading March 26

Pending final regulatory approval, the CBOE Futures Exchange (CFE) will begin trading on March 26, 2004, the Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE) announced. The first product to be traded on CFE will be futures on the CBOE Volatility Index (VIX).

The CFE, which is a subsidiary of the CBOE, will operate as an electronic exchange using CBOEdirect as the trading platform. CFE's market structure will be an open access model. The Options Clearing Corporation (OCC) will clear all CFE trades.

www.cboe.com

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 RushTrade Releases Direct-Access Platform

Rushmore Financial Group has released RushTrade Direct Plus, a software-based, Level I direct-access trading platform. RushTrade Direct Plus offers real-time streaming quotes with a $9.95 flat rate commission on all orders up to 5,000 shares with all order routing and ECN fees included. It contains many features of RushTrade Direct Pro, such as real-time quotes, advanced charting, streaming ticker, news, and real-time P&L all displayed on a customizable, user-friendly, software interface.

www.RushTrade.com

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Pring Research Licenses Recognition Tools


Pring Research has licensed the Recognia suite of technical event identification and chart pattern recognition tools, Recognia, an automated technical analysis tools provider, announced. Recognia's analytical tools provide the ability to research stocks using recent technical events. Pring Research's subscription service allows investors to access the combination of Recognia's technical analysis tools and Pring Research's commentaries.

www.pring.com

www.Recognia.com

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Automation Platform Combines TradeStation With Fix-Protocol

CTS BlackBox is a trade-automation framework that integrates TradeStation with Fix-protocol. TradeStation's order mechanism is bypassed and replaced with a proprietary Fix interface. The result is an automation platform that combines the analytical capabilities of TradeStation with the speed and flexibility of Fix order processing.

The platform accepts user strategies and trades through any Fix-compliant brokerage/firm/entity and works with TradeStation 2000i or TradeStation 7 on stocks, futures, or exchange traded funds (ETFs).

Of two editions available, the standard "Trader" and the enhanced "Manager," both can trade in either the same or different accounts. All strategy time frames are supported, including daily and overnight.

www.cybertradesystems.com
 

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TradingtheMarket.net Holds Oline Classes

TradingtheMarket.net subscribers can sit in monthly live audio/video classes and/or weekly chatroom classes. Not only that, subscribers get the newsletter every day before the market opens, covering daily picks, market analysis, news plays, and charts. There is also a free weekly newsletter for nonmembers. Charting software of choice is TCNet. Potential subscribers purchasing TCNet through the website get a 2-for-1 deal. Service is free.

www.TradingtheMarket.net

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eSpeed Introduces Forex Marketplace

eSpeed, a subsidiary of Cantor Fitzgerald, has launched an electronic foreign exchange marketplace. By leveraging a model that allows Cantor Fitzgerald to serve as central counterparty and continuous linked settlement (CLS) to eliminate intraday settlement risk, this platform, which is completely anonymous, was created to provide buy-side institutions with access to wholesale market prices and sell-side institutions with access to untapped liquidity.

www.eSpeed.com

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GAIN Capital Group Launches Forex.com

Gain Capital Group has launched Forex.com, an educational and trading portal for retail investors. The site seeks to support the growing number of new entrants to the foreign exchange market, including self-directed traders from other financial markets in need of increased education and support services. 
 Forex.com's goal is to provide a comprehensive resource for individuals who are comfortable making their own investment decisions but lack experience trading foreign currencies.

www.forex.com

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LIFFE To List Global Contract

To meet the demand of its customers worldwide to trade Euribor and eurodollar contracts side by side, the London International Financial Futures and Options Exchange (LIFFE) announced it would offer three-month eurodollar futures and options contracts as of March 18, 2004. LIFFE Connect will be the electronic platform. LIFFE recognizes that US customers may wish to trade eurodollar contracts on a wholly electronic US exchange, using LIFFE Connect, gaining benefits that include clearing in the US.

www.LIFFE.com

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Trading Tool For Electronic Traders, Brokers

Malato Harnett has released the first version of MarketDelta, a trading tool geared for the serious trader and broker. MarketDelta helps the trader sense market action in a way previously available only in the trading pit. This electronic trading tool combines price and volume to form a unique indicator and a suite of tools. MarketDelta gives all available market information in a logical methodology that will help individuals make more informed decisions. It displays the feel and memory of the market through analyzing price, buyer, seller, trade and volume, all in real time. A monthly subscription will be $70.

www.marketdelta.com

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Field Financial Website Now More User-Friendly, With More Trading Data And Products

Field Financial Group said that its new website is now more user-friendly and filled with more trading information and products. The latest additions to FFG's software product line are three new daytrade position size calculators (emini S&P 500, emini Nasdaq, and mini $5 Dow futures). Each product calculates the position size (number of contracts) based on the theoretical per-contract risk (defined by theoretical entry and stop price) that would produce a dollar loss dictated by the account size and the percentage of account to risk.

www.fieldfinancial.com

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Interactive Website Is Launched

Technician Dan Zanger of ChartPattern.com has launched an interactive website where the viewer gets a clear and concise understanding of how technical analysis works with explosive stocks and set-up strategies. Using detailed animations, the homepage presents five of Zanger's stock ideas that have doubled and even tripled in short time frames. The website explains the dynamics through which stocks unfold and exhibit "specific" behaviors when setting up for large gains.

www.ChartPattern.com

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EasyLanguage Help Available From Specialist

Benjamin Blanco has announced that he is offering private consultation for EasyLanguage users, assisting with the creation and/or modification of the analysis techniques within the scope of EasyLanguage.

www.BenjaminBlanco.com

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CMC Group Partners With Canadian Bond Brokerage For FX Trading

Foreign exchange, index, and equity derivatives provider CMC Group said it had partnered with Shorcan Index, Canada's largest regulated interdealer bond brokerage. With Shorcan, a Toronto-based brokerage, Canadian investors will be able to access more than 300 forex instruments via CMC's Marketmaker trading platform. Canadian investors will be able to access Marketmaker's integrated real-time market news and enhanced charting and analytics package. Clients can also make use of the global market research, commentary, insight, and analysis.

www.shorcanindex.com

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MTPredictor Upgrades Program, Redesigns Website

MTPredictor has released a major upgrade to its End-of-Day (EOD) trading program and redesigned its website. Eod 4.0 takes the trader through the trading process by identifying setups, evaluating risk/reward, determining trade size, and managing the exit stop strategy. Enhancements include expanded trading opportunities using the Trade Scanner, a new historical search module to check history, an MTPredictor direct datafeed for ease of use and improved studies, graphics and software operation.

www.mtpredictor.com

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Web-Based Service Offers Automated Trailing-Stop Watch Service

Wireless Marvels announced its web-based service with a range of features and functions including streaming real-time quotes, the service's unique capability being an automated trailing-stop watch service. The service is known as SoftStop since these stops trigger email and wireless alerts to be sent to the subscribers, rather than immediately executing a trade.

www.wirelessmarvels.com/vipintro.htm

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StatSoft and NewAgeSys Announce Offerings For FDA-Regulated Industries

StatSoft and NewAgeSys announced a joint effort to provide services to validate Statistica-based applications for clients in the Food & Drug Administration (FDA)-regulated industries. This agreement is part of StatSoft's ongoing commitment to its clients in the pharmaceutical, medical device, biotechnology, food, and cosmetics industries. StatSoft provides project management and system design, statistical consulting, installation, and configuration services, while NewAgeSys is responsible for the computer systems validation planning, Csv execution and validation documentation.

www.statsoft.com

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