September 2009

INTERACTIVE DATA RELEASES MARKET-Q UPDATE

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Interactive Data has released Market-Q 3.0, the update to its browser-based, real-time streaming market data desktop terminal. New features enable users to analyze and manage their investments and give them the ability to share symbol lists between pages and share workspaces with other users. Capabilities added to Market-Q’s watchlist tool now offers different views so investors have the option of either tracking a single list of symbols in a Watch List View, or multiple sets of symbols in a new Summary View. Market-Q 3.0 now allows users to export data into a spreadsheet using dynamic data exchange or real-time data.

eSIGNAL INTRODUCES THREE VERSIONS OF ON-DEMAND SERVICE

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eSignal released three new products that provide affordable solutions to meet the unique needs of technical analysis, stocks, futures, and forex traders: eSignal OnDemand (Forex), eSignal OnDemand (Mini Futures), and eSignal OnDemand (Advanced Get Edition). eSignal OnDemand has been designed to accommodate forex and mini futures traders through support tools designed to meet varied investing needs, along with a combination of historical, end-of-day, and real-time data. The new products also allow traders to send trade messages to brokers of their choice from a list of compatible brokers. eSignal OnDemand (Advanced Get) integrates Advanced Get’s suite of trading tools with eSignal OnDemand’s intraday charting and a unique end-of-day datafeed solution. The product’s dashboard feature allows users to implement technical studies in multiple time frames, scan the entire market, and import candidates for trading analysis.

CQG TO BE DISTRIBUTED BY TRILAND USA

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Cqg and Triland Usa, the US futures clearing division of Mitsubishi Corp., have entered into a global software licensing agreement by which Triland will make Cqg’s trading software available to its clients. Cqg Trader and Cqg Integrated Client platforms provide clients who clear through Triland the opportunity to route orders to Cme Globex, Ice US, Ice UK, and Ecx. For buy-side firms and other high-volume clients, this agreement allows Triland to meet their demand for professional software. Clients clearing through Triland may request access to Cqg’s decision-making tools, consolidated market data, and advanced electronic-trading interfaces.

TRADENCY INTRODUCES MIRROR TRADING FOR FOREX TRADERS, LAUNCHES FX PLATFORM

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Tradency revealed its mirror trading concept, which allows traders to adopt strategies of leading forex traders in real-time. Traders and brokers can choose from one or several forex strategies, based on their preferences and risk tolerance. The mirror trading interface helps traders overcome the challenges of online trading, and the trading platform can be implemented into leading financial institutions.

In other news, Tradeview Forex partnered with Tradency to enhance its forex product offerings with Tradency’s FX Auto software. Tradency’s web-based FX Auto platform presents users with an opportunity to build a portfolio by selecting individual trading strategies, also in real-time. Tradeview expects that FX Auto will appeal to both new and experienced traders, and increase their portfolio of end-user trading solutions.

INTERACTIVE BROKERS ANNOUNCES ONLINE STOCK TRADING ON INDIA STOCK EXCHANGE

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Interactive Brokers (IB) has announced the addition of stock trading on the National Stock Exchange of India. Clients now have access to 80-plus electronic markets worldwide from a single platform. India is the eighth international location for IB, and the 18 th country for which IB provides electronic trading.

In other news, IB announced the beta release of its IB PortfolioAnalyst online tool, which allows investors to evaluate the performance of its IB portfolio and save its analyses as reusable templates. Investors can select dollar value or percent value measures to analyze the monthly and quarterly performance of their entire portfolio, or a section of their portfolio based on specific asset classes or ticker symbols.

FX CONCEPTS OFFERS NEW FUND

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FX Concepts has launched a new fund, set up in conjunction with Deutsche Bank, investing in its flagship Global Currency Program (Gcp). Investments are fully collateralized and ring-fenced in accordance with the Ucits III directive. The fund will offer share classes in euro, US dollars, sterling, and yen. The Gcp invests in a diversified portfolio of 20 to 25 currency positions chosen from a universe of more than 30 currencies. The program targets annualized returns of 10% to 15% with low volatility and has a track record of more than eight years.

TOWNSEND ANALYTICS TO ACCESS TRADE-IDEAS SOFTWARE IN REALTICK EMS

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RealTick’s customers would be able to access Trade-Ideas via its favorites/web browser menu and either select preconfigured strategies and chart patterns or design their own and see the resulting stocks that match in real-time, Townsend Analytics said. RealTick users can access Trade-Ideas for $49 a month, a 25% discount. Only the stocks that match the pattern criteria defined by subscribers appear in an alert window. Traders also will have access to Trade-Ideas’ end-of-day stock scan reports and the articles of featured market pundits and analysts via the Trade-Ideas blog.

OPTIONSXPRESS UNVEILS FEATURE TO FIND NEW TRADING OPPORTUNITIES, OFFERS NEW MOBILE APP

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optionsXpress has unveiled Ideas, a new feature that allows investors to scan their existing positions to find new trading opportunities. Ideas is designed to help investors uncover potential ways to modify their trading positions based on their current market perspective. Ideas leverages results directly from four optionsXpress tools.

In other news, the company has introduced the optionsXpress mobile application. This gives investors an easy, convenient way to monitor their investments and place stock, options, and futures orders via their BlackBerry, iPhone, and Windows Mobile web-enabled mobile devices.

TRADETHENEWS.COM “FLIPS,” REDESIGNS WEB INTERFACE FOR GLOBAL TRADERS

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TradeTheNews.com has redesigned its web portal. This platform upgrade implements new tools inspired by client requests in addition to the audio news channels. In replacing TradeTheNews.com’s desktop application, the new color-coded web portal allows for Internet access to audio squawks, streaming headlines, portfolios, calendars, market updates, and morning report product. Launched from the software’s password-protected browser, “Flip” lets users maintain the functionality of the web portal’s scrolling headlines while catering to clients’ need to optimize screen space.

DATA-BASED DECISION MAKING FOR UNCERTAIN TIMES WITH DECISIONTOOLS SUITE

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Palisade Corp. has released a new version of its DecisionTools Suite for Excel. DecisionTools Suite 5.5 is a selection of seven software programs that put the most frequently used methods for objective, data-based decision making within reach of any Excel user. The Suite contains a new version of @Risk, the tool for analyzing risk using Monte Carlo simulation. Other DecisionTools techniques include decision trees, neural networks, sensitivity analysis, forecasting, and optimization.

AQR CAPITAL LAUNCHES MOMENTUM INDEXES, MOMENTUM MUTUAL FUNDS

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Aqr Capital Management launched the Aqr Momentum Indices, which capture the returns of stocks with positive momentum. The three indices are Aqr Momentum Index, Aqr Small Cap Momentum Index, and Aqr International Momentum Index. Aqr also introduced a set of three no-load mutual funds: the Aqr Momentum Fund, Aqr Small Cap Momentum Fund, and Aqr International Momentum Fund.

BBFOREX ADDS INTERACTIVE TRENDLINES TO CHARTS

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John Bollinger’s BBForex.com, which provides free Bollinger Band analytics for the forex community, has added TrendLines, which allow users to select from a variety of popular trendlines and place them on the chart. TrendLines provides forex traders with interactive technical analytical tools to improve their trading. It is easy to edit their parameters and change them to fit the desired criteria.

FXCM TRADERS’ USE OF STOPS AND LIMITS ARE ANNOUNCED

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Fxcm Holdings said it had received questions regarding the new Nfa Compliance Rule 2-43(b). Fxcm said that users would be able to use entry orders to place stops and limits. This rule requires orders be executed “first in, first out” (Fifo). That means when multiple positions are held in the same currency pair, the position first opened will be the first to be closed. This will prevent stop-loss and limit orders from being placed on individual tickets (orders and positions). Fxcm is introducing a feature called Oco (“one cancels the other”) entry orders, except that they are not linked to any positions. Traders can transfer their accounts to Forex Capital Markets Ltd. (Fxcm UK) and continue to place stop-loss and limit orders and maintain the ability to modify and close orders from the open positions window.

WEB INSTRUCTIONAL APPLETS REACHES 5,000

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Wolfram Research announced a milestone for their Demonstrations Project. The 5,000th demonstration was published on the website the company created two years ago as a new paradigm for exploring ideas. The project is a daily growing collection of instructional, interactive models created in Wolfram Research’s flagship software Mathematica and contributed by users from around the world. The project is a free resource that has grown to cover nearly every imaginable area of technical endeavor. All Demonstrations can be previewed on the web and downloaded to run in Mathematica 7 or Mathematica Player, the free runtime environment for Mathematica notebook files.

TRADEGUIDER PROVIDES SOFTWARE, SEMINARS FOR TRADERS, INVESTORS

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TradeGuider Systems International provides software and supportive educational seminars and webinars so traders and investors can learn to follow and predict market manipulation. Its software trading analysis platform and methodology are based on the principles of volume spread analysis (Vsa). Vsa builds on the pioneering work of Richard D. Wyckoff, the 1920s trader who based his trading decisions on supply and demand and how they are directly linked to professional activity, “smart money” trading.