August 2004 TRADE NEWS
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TRADE NEWS & PRODUCTS



Robbins Trading Releases Forex AutoTrade

Robbins Trading Releases Forex AutoTrade

Robbins Trading announced that it had launched Forex AutoTrade to provide automated system trading in the foreign currency exchange market. According to Robbins, AutoTrade allows clients to automatically make the same trades as accounts traded by professional forex traders. Participants can view account activity and adjust trading size on a daily basis. Forex trading on the RobbinsFX platform offers deep liquidity, round-the-clock trading five and a half days a week, instantaneous fills, and guaranteed fills on stop orders of up to 10 contracts.

www.RobbinsTrading.com

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New Technicians Association Is Launched

New Technicians Association Is Launched

The American Association of Professional Technical Analysts (AAPTA), a new organization for professional practitioners of technical securities analysis, has been established to share ideas, information, and analytical techniques in an atmosphere of openness, trust, and cooperation, it announced. AAPTA has launched an email list for daily communication among members and a website will provide members with current news events, information, and more. AAPTA's first annual seminar is being planned for autumn 2004.

www.aapta.us

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Gecko Releases Latest Version Of Track 'n Trade

  Gecko Releases Latest Version of Track 'n Trade

Track 'n Trade Pro v4.0, the latest version of Gecko Software's charting software, and its new Options plug-in are now available.

Track 'n Trade Pro v4.0 features improved scaling, individual chart options, contract specifications and expiration dates, and an improved Fibonacci ruler. Also new is the PSAR indicator that helps with stop-loss placement.

The Options plug-in gives the trader the ability to place put/call orders directly on the futures chart, calculate profit/loss on an option or on an option strategy with the Options Strategy Calculator, and more.

Track 'n Trade Pro now offers traders end-of-day options data that will work within the Options plug-in. Gecko Software added that it was working on a Commitment of Traders plug-in, and an indicator plug-in.

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FutureSource Unveils New Workstation Product

  FutureSource Unveils New Workstation Product

FutureSource has released its new FutureSource Workstation, taking a variety of tools and features currently available in separate FutureSource products and making them available in a single, entirely new offering, the company said. Workstation, which is reviewed in this issue, is designed for the serious individual, broker, and professional trader, has a quote component that includes support for expressions, greeks, copy-and-paste dynamic data exchange (DDE), and more than 50 customizable headings. The charting component includes support for overlays, underlays, chartable expressions, studies on studies and annotations (drawing tools). Tick, intraday, daily, weekly, monthly, and continuation charts are included, along with a list of indicators. Workstation includes news content from Dow Jones Energy News and OsterDowJones Commodity News. Other features include price, news and time alerts, a browser component within the application, a historical data table component, and weather maps from global weather services.

www.futuresource.com

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Updata Updates Technical Analyst Software

  Updata Updates Technical Analyst Software

London-based Updata Software said that it had released a new version of its technical analysis software. Technical Analyst 2 comes with a new optimization module, enabling users to arrive at the most profitable entry and exit criteria for a range of indicators on any instrument or instrument set. This new version is also compatible with the Bloomberg Terminal and myTrack, CSI, and MetaStock databases. The system retails from $27 a month including software, support, data updates, and histories on more than 30 international exchanges.

www.updataTA.com

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Statistical Time Series Analysis Toolbox Now Available

  Statistical Time Series Analysis Toolbox Now Available

Harmonic Software is now offering STSA (the Statistical Time Series Analysis Toolbox) for O-Matrix. This new toolbox provides an extensive collection of O-Matrix functions for performing time series related analysis and visualization. The toolbox includes a range of capabilities for ARMA and Arfima, Bayesian, nonlinear, and spectral analysis-related models. The toolbox aids in the solution of time series problems, some of which cannot be easily dealt with using a canned program, the company added.

www.omatrix.com/stsa.html

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Pattern Scanning Stock Chart Technology Debuts

  Pattern Scanning Stock Chart Technology Debuts

Prophet Financial Systems announced the launch of software-based technology for scanning stocks for market opportunities. Prophet Patterns is available as a subscription service and scans over 3,000 actively traded US stocks for chart patterns proven to precede price movements. By using classical principles of technical analysis, Prophet Patterns provides signals so investors can capitalize on opportunities emerging from each breakout.

www.prophet.net 

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eMini-Master.com To Provide Software For eSignal Users

  eMini-Master.com To Provide Software For eSignal Users

eMini-Master.com has entered into an agreement with eSignal to provide its Visual Markets Software line for active futures and ETF traders. eMini-Master will provide the Visual Markets Program Trader (S&P 500, Nasdaq 100), its "Visual Scalpers" (S&P 500, Nasdaq 100), its Dow Trader Program (Dow Jones 30), and its real-time mentorship programs.

www.emini-master.com

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Real-time Streaming Data Is Free

  Real-time Streaming Data Is Free

3DStockCharts.com said that it now offers real-time, streaming, full-book stock market data for free. The company integrates stock trading data from all of the major ECNs into an integrated, real-time feed, showing bids and asks for any given stock in three-dimensional graphs. The entire activity in a stock can be viewed on a single screen. Similar to Nasdaq Level II data, the 3DStockCharts data includes all orders, not just those of the market makers.

www.3Dstockcharts.com

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Global Forex Trading Introduces Facilitated Systems

  Global Forex Trading Introduces Facilitated Systems

Global Forex Trading has introduced Facilitated Systems to offer people more time to manage their lives while still capitalizing on the advantages of trading in the foreign exchange markets, the company said. This program allows individuals to subscribe to technical systems while taking part in the foreign exchange marketplace. Each Facilitated Systems offering is based on well-developed and fully researched indicators or rules that recommend entry and exit points. Every system is automatic and based on specific price movements and attached mechanical parameters. Facilitated Systems availability is based on a minimum balance determined by the system the clients choose.

www.gftforex.com/products/systems/index.asp

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Kx Systems Extends High-Volume Data Capabilities

  Kx Systems Extends High-Volume Data Capabilities

Kx Systems announced kdb+x for LSE tick and best price data, an application that loads London Stock Exchange data into kdb+, and kdb+32, a 32-bit version of its next-generation database. The stock exchange loaders enable financial firms to populate a kdb+ database with historical data from the exchanges. Kdb+x reflects the growing interest of today's leading financial firms in global data products, the company said.

www.kx.com

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Tradingpatterns.com Releases Automatic Pattern Search 4.1

  Tradingpatterns.com Releases Automatic Pattern Search 4.1

Tradingpatterns.com announced that Automatic Pattern Search (APS) version 4.1 was now available, which tracks price pattern performance. Automatic Pattern Search is based on forward synthesis of trading systems. The desired performance of a trading system is specified in advance, followed by a search for a model that matches it.

www.tradingpatterns.com

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Fidelity Investments Acquires Wealth-Lab

  Fidelity Investments Acquires Wealth-Lab

Fidelity Investments announced that it had acquired the Wealth-Lab Developer advanced trading software from Wealth-Lab, Inc. Fidelity said it plans to integrate the software into its Active Trader Pro trading platform. The enhanced version will be renamed Wealth-Lab Pro for customers in the US and will be accessible through Active Trader Pro.

With the addition of the software, trading programmers will be able to use complex programming functions and technical indicators to design, build, backtest, and execute customized trading strategies. Alerts will draw attention to the performance of their strategies and help customers manage trading risks more effectively.

www.wealth-lab.com, www.Fidelity.com

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Platform For Independent Brokers Is Introduced

  Platform For Independent Brokers Is Introduced

OptionsXpress announced that it had introduced a platform for independent brokers. BrokersXpress provides a suite of online brokerage management and compliance tools, eliminating administrative functions.

The platform allows investment professionals and their clients to place trades, check status, and review account details online through instant messaging or by telephone with one of BrokersXpress' licensed investment professionals.

www.optionsXpress.com, www.BrokersXpress.com

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