December 2009

NEW MARKET TIMING SYSTEM IS RELEASED

www.MarketTimingSystem.com

The Market Timing System provides long, short, and cash signals for the equity markets, the developer said. The system is fully disclosed and summarizes the rules by setup, trigger, and money management. Performance has been independently tested and signal history dates back to 1973.

PORTFOLIO TESTING RELEASED BY RINA SYSTEMS

www.portfoliomaestro.com

Rina Technologies announced the release of Portfolio Maestro, a complete solution for portfolio testing, signal generation, and automated execution. Clients choose a language to create their systems, data sources for historical and real-time testing, and the brokers to execute the systems. Portfolio Maestro can run research, development, and trading for alternative investment firms and individuals. It can discover new ways to design and test strategies, reduce dependency on technologies from different companies, and reduce development time and cost. Users can focus on strategy development and trading and to reduce complexity and risk, and its technology fits well into both start-up and established trading firms. Rina can assist in system development and testing as well as performing statistical evaluation of the results.

TRADINGSCREEN LAUNCHES TRADESMART X, MORE

www.tradingscreen.com


www.BGCPartners.com

TradeSmart X, the next-generation version, is now available to users. TradeSmart X has been designed to provide a more intuitive user experience. It integrates into a single interface major functionality enhancements for liquidity access; execution management; cross-asset class trading and reporting delivered with a new look and feel. TradeSmart is a customizable front-end Gui (Graphical User Interface) that enables buy-side clients to trade a broad portfolio of financial instruments, around the clock, on any market, with a range of counterparties.

In other news. TradingScreen said it has added Bgc Partners to TradeNet, TradingScreen’s global multibroker network. TradingScreen will offer an Asp connection to Bgc’s eSpeed platform to provide low-latency access to liquid US government securities. With the Bgc platform and TradingScreen’s Asp infrastructure and range of execution management interfaces, TradeSmart X will offer traders a fully integrated trading solution from market data to order routing to multiasset class, execution strategies.

TRADESTATION LAUNCHES PRIME BROKERAGE SERVICES DIVISION

www.TradeStation.com

TradeStation Securities has launched its new TradeStation Prime Services division, which will seek to fill the need of start-up to midsized hedge funds, registered investment advisors, professional traders, and asset managers for quality prime brokerage services that are no longer being provided by the larger firms. The new division intends to provide a combination of execution platforms, reliable clearance and settlement of trades, and service and support for its clients. TradeStation Prime Services plans to serve traders of equities, equity and index options, futures, non–US equities, and forex for institutional traders who seek to trade in any asset classes.

NEW VERSION OF ANALYSIS SOFTWARE IS RELEASED

www.mtpredictor.com

MTPredictor Ltd. has confirmed that its new standalone analysis software is now available on general release. MTPredictor 6.5 enables customers to find trade setups and control the risk on both live, intraday charts, and daily/weekly charts in the same software package. Version 6.5 is state-of-the art tab/workspace-based software that serves the needs of both short-term swing traders and long-term position traders. Real-time intraday traders can now choose either Dtn iQFeed or eSignal with 6.5. They can use the MTPredictor risk tools previously available to find risk-controlled trades in real-time.

MB TRADING RELEASES NEW VERSION OF METATRADER PLATFORM

www.MBTrading.com

Manhattan Beach Trading Financial Services and Manhattan Beach Trading Futures, collectively referred to as MB Trading, announced their MetaTrader 4 (MT4) platform fully integrated into their Ecn execution technology. The platform provides customers with a variety of trade entry options and reflects all customer limit orders in the public order book.

TIMETOTRADE ANNOUNCES TRENDLINE ALERTS

www.Sensatus.com

Timetotrade has launched a new trendline alert (Tla) tool helping investors ride market trends. This tool tracks the movements of shares, foreign exchange pairs, indexes, and exchange traded funds (Etfs). When price breaks out above or below a defined trendline, investors receive alerts to their mobile phone, email, and instant messenger, saving them from missed trading opportunities. Sensatus is the financial technology company behind the timetotrade website.

CQG, VELOCITY PARTNER TO EXPAND WORLDWIDE FUTURES TRADING, MORE

www.cqg.com


www.tradewithvelocity.com

Velocity Futures and Cqg announced that they would partner to expand trading opportunities. Velocity provides active traders with connectivity to electronic futures markets and will now provide its customers and internal trading desks with access to Cqg’s trading platforms. The partnership with Cqg allows Velocity Futures to meet the demand for professional futures trading software from high-volume retail and proprietary futures traders. Customers clearing through Velocity will have access to Cqg’s electronic trading via its platforms. Velocity Futures traders will be able to route orders to Cme Globex, Cbot, Nymex, Comex, Ice Futures US, Ice Futures UK, and Eurex.

In other news, Cqg announced the release of its Integrated Client version 8.1, which includes access to the Cqg Spreader, a server-side spreading engine currently used by some of Cqg’s most advanced customers. Version 8.1 offers electronic trade routing through Cqg’s network of hosted exchange gateways and provides a new algorithmic order building capability, improved order routing options, and more.

DIGITAL OPTIONS PLATFORM LAUNCHES GLOBAL OPERATION

www.traderxp.com

TraderXP, the new digital options platform, has been launched with the help and support of Spot Option, the world’s largest digital options platform producer, the developer announced. TraderXP is an consumer trading company offering clients a way to trade on leading financial markets — forex, commodities, indexes, and stocks. Digital (or binary) options are the fastest and most efficient way to convert financial decisions into substantial profits. TraderXP allows clients to make money every hour by simply buying options with short expiry times. Even if a client is off target, he still receives 10% of his investment back.

FREE NEWS WEBSITE RELAUNCHES, WITH NEW TOOLS

www.dailyfx.com

DailyFX.com, Fxcm’s free news website, has been completely overhauled, making it easier to navigate. DailyFX.com is a leading news and information source for the forex trading community. Now DailyFX readers have access to mobile alerts and the new rollover calendar. DailyFX analysts produce more than 30 articles and reports per day and make predictions on market moves.