February 2009 TRADE NEWS
News Releases & Products
- Mathematica 7 Integrates New Functions, New Application Areas
- TheMarkets.com Unveils Next-Gen Research, Estimates Platform
- VantagePoint 8.0 is Released
- eSignal Announces Release of 10.2
- SmarTrend Alerts is introduced
- CQG Deploys Global Trading Network
- Trade The Kospi 200 Futures With Interactive Brokers
- BBForex.com Adds Flash Technology Charts
- Free $50 to Open FXCM Micro Forex Trading Account
- Virtual Trade Show
- Agora-X launches Electronic Platform
- Introducing The Blue Wave Trading Room
- Dynamic Trend Now Does Options
Mathematica 7 Integrates New Functions, New Application Areas
www.wolfram.com/mathematica
www.wolfram.com/player
Wolfram Research has released Mathematica 7, which accelerates the drive to integrate and automate functionality as core Mathematica capabilities. Image processing, parallel high-performance computing (Hpc), on-demand curated data, and other innovations totaling 500-plus new functions and 12 application areas have been added. Mathematica 7 is available for Windows 2000/XP/Vista, Macintosh OS X, Linux x86, Solaris UltraSPARC/x86, and compatible systems.
In other news, Wolfram Research has released Mathematica Player 7, a free download that allows anyone anywhere to interact with dynamic documents and applications using new Mathematica technology.
BACK TO LISTTheMarkets.com Unveils Next-Gen Research, Estimates Platform
TheMarkets.com announced a new version of its research and estimates platform. The upgraded platform includes enhanced performance in interface, content, and search and alerting tools to address the needs of its more than 2,000 institutional client firms. The upgrade includes new tools and features focused on accelerating the process of conducting research. Included are: transcripts; company overviews with quotes, charts, upgrades, downgrades; and a preview of research details to identify the most important documents returned by a search. A search bar offers continuous access to all available search functions.
VantagePoint 8.0 is Released
VantagePoint Intermarket Analysis Trading Software is now out with version 8.0.
Using neural network technology, technical analysis and intermarket analysis, VantagePoint finds hidden patterns and relationships between 25 related markets and the target market to analyze and forecast price movements for more than 600 world markets, the developer said. This latest version provides new options, customizability, and predictive technical indicators. It includes an opportunity calculator, a new scan for opportunities feature, additional predicted technical indicators, and more.
In other news, Market Technologies has released its newest trading resource deemed the Market Technologies University (Mtu) Learning Center, a free resource that educates traders through informative tutorials. The tutorials of the Learning Center help traders and investors to become more knowledgeable and, in turn, more successful.
VantagePoint combines intermarket analysis with trend forecasting to provide traders and investors with accurate market trend forecasts. The software analyzes interrelated global financial markets that make up the global economy to provide customers with daily forecasts for 600-plus world markets including stocks, futures, forex, and Etfs.
BACK TO LISTeSignal Announces Release of 10.2
www.eSignal.com
www.interactivedata.com
In response to user feedback, eSignal has released eSignal 10.2, which includes upgrades and added features. The Forex Window has been designed for the currency traders. Morningstar Reports provide analyst reports on more than 2,000 mutual funds, including data such as analyst picks and fund family scores. Other enhancements include intraday split-adjusted charts, a more user-friendly interface, a more useful symbol search window, and performance enhancements to improve access to streaming trades and quotes.
SmarTrend Alerts is introduced
An enhanced version of SmarTrend Alerts has been introduced, featuring: “Unconfirmed” and “Confirmed” trend alerts; new personal “Watchlist” download capabilities; improved security elements; and detailed video tutorials on how to use the investing tool. SmarTrend delivers real-time equity Uptrend and Downtrend alerts using a proprietary system of time series pattern recognition analysis, back-tested using 25-plus years of data. Free trial is available.
CQG Deploys Global Trading Network
Cqg has announced a new network of hosted direct market access gateways designed to reduce electronic trading latency for its global customer base. The new infrastructure features exchange gateways in Chicago, London, Singapore, and Sydney. Cqg’s hosted execution network is designed to take advantage of exchange proximity, providing traders access to local markets with the lowest possible latency while maintaining access to global markets via Cqg’s fault-tolerant backbone.
Trade The Kospi 200 Futures With Interactive Brokers
Interactive Brokers said it had received Cftc approval to allow its US customers permission to trade the Kospi 200 Futures on the Korean Stock Exchange. This is one of Asia’s most liquid contracts, with an average of 24.5 million contracts traded daily in the first half of 2008. Volume in October and November reached approximately 8.5 million contracts.
BBForex.com Adds Flash Technology Charts
John Bollinger’s BBForex.com provides free Bollinger band analytics for the forex community. It has added an Advanced Charts format utilizing Flash technology with an intuitive design that makes using the forex charts easy and informative. The new Flash technology makes the charts more responsive and easier to manipulate. The website is free to users.
Free $50 to Open FXCM
Micro Forex Trading Account
Fxcm Micro is offering forex traders who currently trade with a different forex firm free $50 accounts to try Fxcm Micro. This service provides traders with super-low spreads, automated execution, and 1,000-lot sizes. To qualify for the free $50 account, traders must be an existing client with another forex brokerage firm and be approved by Fxcm.
Virtual Trade Show
New Era Trader will be exhibited in an I-Trade virtual trade show. New Era Trader will sponsor a virtual booth that provides attendees with in-depth product information, trading demonstrations, training, and prizes. Like traditional trade shows, participants can attend speaking sessions by recognized traders, discuss the volatile daytrading, forex, commodity, stock index, and option markets. Attendees can speak with company staff and tour virtual booths of trading industry leaders.
Agora-X launches Electronic Platform
Agora-X launched an electronic communications network (Ecn) that enables institutional market participants to efficiently negotiate over-the-counter (Otc) transactions in commodity and derivative contracts. The Agora-X Ecn is designed to obtain the best prices in a more liquid and transparent Otc marketplace. Agora-X launched its exempt commercial market (Ecm) to handle financially settled option look-alikes in energy, metals, and other nonagricultural commodities, and commodity swaps in those fields. The Ecm will allow negotiation, execution, and clearing of Otc trades in exempt commodities.
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Introducing The Blue Wave Trading Room
www.BlueWaveTrading.com
www.hotcomm.com/downloads.asp
Blue Wave Trading (Bwt) will provide ongoing training via their Blue Wave Precision Trading Room. In an online forum, moderator Ed Abreu will teach traders the Bwt methodology using the Bwt Precision Indicators. Bwt will post trades in the room from its Bwt Precision Auto Scalper Mechanical Trading System. HotComm Lite or better will be necessary to access the room. Membership is $299 a month, and Bwt Precision Indicators are $3,495.
Dynamic Trend Now Does Options
Option Dynamics is real-time software developed by Tom Joseph of Advanced Get note. A key function is the implied volatility range analysis, which allows the user to identify where the current implied volatility is compared to the past 20, 60, or 90 days, or any user-selected lookback period. The range tool allows the user to select ideal option strategies based on the range of the implied volatility. A built-in scanner can be used to scan for stock trading with the desired volatility profile. Scans are real-time and updated during market hours.