June 2008 TRADE NEWS
News Releases & Products

eSignal Releases NASDAQ LiveQuotes Pro
Tradecision Update Enhances Quote Management
Worden Updates Blocks Trader
PowerShares Adds New ETFs, More
Bollinger Bands Now 25
Trading Ideas On DailyFX.com Forum
FXCM Offers Enhanced Dollar Index Programs
UBS Launches Exchange Traded Note Platform
NinjaTrader Update Released With Expanded Brokerage Support
Barchart.com Partners Up, Features Market Data Solutions
AgriCharts Launches Free Quote Service
ZATS Launches Next-Gen Trading Platform
WexTrust Capital Offers Trading Services, Classes
VisualTrader Update Is Released
Commodity News & Commentary Website Is Launched
New Index Series Assist Investors in Meeting Terror-Free Mandates
Harmonic Software Releases Newest O-Matrix Version
Small and Mid-Cap One-On-One Conference Is Held In New York
International TradersExpo In Los Angeles June 18-21
MetaStock Conference In Las Vegas October 18-19

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eSignal Releases NASDAQ LiveQuotes Pro

  eSignal has released NASDAQ LiveQuotes Pro, a browser-based, professional-level workstation that requires no software download and features-customizable charting, streaming real-time market data from more than 125 exchanges worldwide, Nasdaq Level II access, custom workspaces, detailed quotes windows, business newsfeeds, and market research and analysis tools. LiveQuotes Pro contains tabbed quote windows with real-time updates, intraday and historical charts with studies and drawing tools, and more.

www.eSignal.com

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Tradecision Update Enhances Quote Management

   Alyuda Research is now offering Tradecision 4.5. The software was designed to be as intuitive and user-friendly as possible and provide even more tools for analyzing price data from currently integrated datafeeds in real time as well as trading with major world brokers. It contains both improvements in functionality and new capabilities for working with datafeeds.

www.alyuda.com
www.tradecision.com

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Worden Updates Blocks Trader

  Worden Brothers has launched its Blocks Trader 3.0 analysis software. The program uses a "block-based" engine to mix and match diverse data types for unprecedented trading analysis opportunities. Scanning and sorting conditions on charts is done via a simple "drag & drop." The software will be free, while the monthly pricing begins at $39. The US basic daily datafeed is free on the user's active TeleChart Platinum service. Real-time and other feeds are available at additional cost.

www.Worden.com
www.blocks.com

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PowerShares Adds New ETFs, More

  PowerShares said that new exchange traded funds (ETFs) had been added. The ETFs are the Global Nuclear Energy Portfolio, based on the WNA Nuclear Energy Index, which will track the overall performance of globally traded companies engaged in the nuclear energy industry; PowerShares NASDAQ Next Q Portfolio, based on the NASDAQ Next-Q50 Index, which will track the performance of the 50 securities next in line to replace the securities currently included in the NASDAQ-100; and finally, PowerShares FTSE NASDAQ Small Cap Portfolio, which will track the performance of the smallest 10% of companies in the FTSE NASDAQ Index.

In other news, PowerShares announced three actively managed equity ETFs and an actively managed fixed-income ETF trading on the NYSE ARCA. They are Active Low Duration Fund, Active Mega Cap Fund, Active AlphaQ Fund, and Active Alpha Multi-Cap Fund.

www.powershares.com

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Bollinger Bands Now 25

   In 1983, John Bollinger presented Bollinger Bands on the old Financial News Network where he was the chief market analyst. Now, 25 years later, any financial software with charts features Bollinger Bands. Bollinger Bands can be applied to virtually any market or security. While trading warrants and options in the late 1970s and early 1980s, Bollinger focused on volatility as the key variable. From volatility he constructed his own approach to trading bands and created his Bollinger Bands.

www.BollingerBands.com

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Trading Ideas On DailyFX.com Forum

   DailyFX.com has incorporated "Guest Trade Ideas" into the DailyFX.com Forum, a free forum moderated and focused on traders. The website said that the thread gives visitors a chance to read professional trading ideas at their convenience, for free, any time.

In other news, DailyFX.com's new countdown to economic data is now available on the home page and the economic calendar. Analysts will release an in-depth examination of the event and how it may affect the currency market.

www.dailyfx.com

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FXCM Offers Enhanced Dollar Index Programs

  FXCM has introduced the Enhanced Dollar Index Programs, which use the DXY Index as a benchmark and let investors take a position based on the direction of the dollar without having to trade the dollar itself. The index programs differ from other currency Etfs or currency futures indexes, which traditionally do not optimize their positions based on market conditions.

In other news, FXCM has developed eight managed account programs specifically for investors who want to be in the currency market but are not active traders themselves. These programs can act as stand-alone investments or provide diversification for their investment portfolio. Four are multistrategy forex programs and four are enhanced index programs.

www.FXCM.com

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UBS Launches Exchange Traded Note Platform

  UBS announced that eight UBS E-Tracs Exchange Traded Notes (ETNs) began trading on NYSE ARCA. UBS E-Tracs belong to a class of investment products offering access to markets and strategies not readily available to individual investors, the company added. These ETNs track the performance of the UBS Bloomberg Constant Maturity Commodity Index (CMCI). These first products are linked to corresponding UBS Bloomberg CMCI indexes.

www.ubs.com
www.ubs.com/e-tracs

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NinjaTrader Update Released With Expanded Brokerage Support

   NinjaTrader has released an enhanced version of its trading platform. NinjaTrader 6.5 expands the company's feature set while leaving it free to use for advanced charting, market analytics, strategy development, and trade simulation. There are more than 160 enhancements. The update may be downloaded.

www.ninjatrader.com

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Barchart.com Partners Up, Features Market Data Solutions

   Barchart.com has partnered with Farms.com to provide custom website content including commodity quotes, advanced charts, and other market information and tools to the new Farms.com website. The new website features personalization technology that allows producers to customize their homepage with timely content such as agricultural news, expert comments, jobs data, and new product information. Farms.com website users will have access to commodity market data and information presented in an easy-to-use format.

www.barchartinc.com

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AgriCharts Launches Free Quote Service

   AgriCharts, a division of Barchart.com, said it had launched a quote service for agricultural market participants. This service provides market quotes, charts, news, and weather reports to users such as producers, elevators, co-ops, processors, brokers, traders, and other market participants for free. The new product, part of the AgriCharts Quote Product suite, is named AgPlus Delayed. A real-time version of the same product is $29.95 a month. The service does not require any software to be installed.

www.agricharts.com/free

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ZATS Launches Next-Gen Trading Platform

   Zealous Trading Group has launched the Zealous ATS next-generation trading platform covering restricted stocks and illiquid securities. This platform is expected to facilitate trading of restricted stock, warrants, and block trades of illiquid OTC equities. The next-generation platform adds key aspects to ATS 1.0.

www.ZealousATS.com

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WexTrust Capital Offers Trading Services, Classes

  WexTrust Capital has formed WexTrade Financial to provide trading services and educational programs for aspiring traders, professional traders, and military veterans. WexTrade Financial's trading space includes up to 80 trading stations, private training rooms, offices, conference rooms, a café, and lounge. The company offers one-month training courses, or a nine-month curriculum on foreign exchange and futures trading. Classes begin in June.

www.wextradefinancial.com
www.wextrust.com

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VisualTrader Update Is Released

  The latest update of VisualTrader is now available, the company announced. VisualTrader 4.0 has a three-dimensional display that gives a global view of the market and is compatible with OmniTrader. OmniTrader lists and strategies can be imported into VisualTrader. VisualTrader 4.0 also comes with chart pattern recognition, and supports the most popular real-time datafeeds.

www.Visualtrader.com

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Commodity News & Commentary Website Is Launched

  Commodity News Center (CNC) have added features to help investors follow the commodity markets, the company announced. The features include Trading Education & Resources, which has partnered with Online Trading Academy to provide readers with webcasts, free reports, and trading tools and analysis. In addition, CNC TV provides viewers with video clips from Bloomberg, The New York Times, and other video news sources. Also available are tutorials to help traders and investors learn the basics and other helpful features.

www.commoditynewscenter.com

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New Index Series Assist Investors In Meeting Terror-Free Mandates

   FTSE Group (FTSE) and Conflict Securities Advisory Group (CSAG) have launched the Ftse Csag Terror-Free Index Series. This index series has been devised in response to exclusion requirements being adopted by US state governments, public and private organizations and investor demand. Nineteen states have proposed or enacted laws requiring state plan sponsors to divest from companies with ties to terror-sponsoring countries, mostly Iran, Sudan, Syria, and North Korea.

www.FTSE.com
www.conflictsecurities.com

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Harmonic Software Releases Newest O-Matrix Version

   Harmonic Software announced that the newest release of O-Matrix is now available. O-Matrix 6.4 includes numerous IO functionality and performance enhancements, new string handling functions and provides significant performance enhancements. Most O-Matrix functions were updated to provide optimal performance. Performance now exceeds typical interactive math environments and often rivals solutions implemented in traditional compiled languages.

www.omatrix.com

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Small And Mid-Cap One-On-One Conference Is Held In New York

   Small and Mid-Cap One-on-One Conference Is Held In New York. Investment bank Jesup & Lamont announced a Small and Mid-Cap One-on-One Conference at the Warwick Hotel on May 15. The first of this kind of conference, will consist of one-on-one sessions for institutional investors in the aerospace/defense, alternative energy and medical sectors.

www.jesuplamont.com

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International TradersExpo In Los Angeles June 18-21

  The International Traders Expo for the Los Angeles area will be held on June 18-21 at the Ontario Convention Center. More than 50 traders/educators and 100-plus exhibits will be present, and live trading will be available.

www.LATraders.com

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MetaStock Conference In Las Vegas October 18-19

  Robert Deel, Rahul Mohindar, Price Headley, Jeff Crystal, and Kevin Nelson will share their techniques at the 2008 MetaStock Conference at the Las Vegas Marriott Suites on October 18-19. An on-site technical support supervisor will also be available for one-on-one sessions to answer your MetaStock-related questions.

https://www.equis.com
https://www.metastock.com

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Originally published in the June 2008 issue of Technical Analysis of STOCKS & COMMODITIES magazine. All rights reserved. © Copyright 2008, Technical Analysis, Inc.