TRADE NEWS — News Releases & Products
January 2010
- NINJATRADER PLATFORM PREFERRED FOR NISON CANDLE SCANNER
- ALPARI GROUP UNVEILS CHART PATTERN SERVICE
- PATSYSTEMS CONNECTS WITH TAIWAN FUTURES EXCHANGE
- ALPHACET A FINALIST FOR TECHNICAL ANALYSIS BEST
- CQG EXPANDS DIRECT-MARKET ACCESS
- INTERBANK FX UNVEILS FACEBOOK APPLICATION
- UPDATA OFFERS TECHNICAL ANALYST LEARNING COURSE
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NINJATRADER PLATFORM PREFERRED FOR NISON CANDLE SCANNER
NinjaTrader announced that it was now the preferred trading platform for the Nison Candle Scanner (Ncs), allowing traders to use NinjaTrader to uncover candlestick patterns in real time. Ncs and NinjaTrader combines market scanning, trade setup identification, and order entry. Ncs users can apply Nison’s custom candlestick filter conditions in NinjaTrader’s Market Analyzer, scanning in the markets of their choice.
ALPARI GROUP UNVEILS CHART PATTERN SERVICE
www.alpari-us.com
www.autochartist.com
Online foreign exchange trading provider Alpari Group is offering traders real-time chart patterns from Autochartist. Alpari clients now have access to Autochartist’s market pattern recognition software at no extra cost. The service assists traders to identify potential market patterns using market analysis tools to verify possible trades in real time. Traders can launch the application from within the Alpari MT4 trading platform, allowing them to optimize trading prospects.
PATSYSTEMS CONNECTS WITH TAIWAN FUTURES EXCHANGE
Patsystems said it now provides connectivity to the Taiwan Futures Exchange (Taifex). Patsystems users can utilize the new low-latency Taifex gateway for direct access to Taifex products. These products will be available on J-Trader and Pro-Mark.
ALPHACET A FINALIST FOR TECHNICAL ANALYSIS BEST
www.alphacet.com
www.ravenpack.com
Alphacet has partnered with RavenPack to support internal research and development projects. RavenPack will use the Alphacet Discovery platform to investigate adaptive trading models that leverage real-time news analytics and consider the news-based sentiment trend in the market. RavenPack News Scores and other content products are compatible with Discovery. With Discovery, users can develop, backtest, walk-forward and launch strategies from one platform to reduce strategy development time. Discovery was nominated as a finalist for The Technical Analyst’s Best Automated Trading Product award in 2009.
CQG EXPANDS DIRECT-MARKET ACCESS
Cqg has expanded direct-market access to include the Australian Securities Exchange (Asx), an operator of electricity and natural gas futures and options markets in Australia and New Zealand. Cqg customers will have access to trade Asx’s Australian Feed Barley, Australian Sorghum, Australian Milling Wheat, and Western Australia Wheat contracts and the Mini S&P/Asx 50, 200, and 200 Property Trust indexes. Asx is the 10th Asia-Pacific exchange that Cqg has added in the last three years.
INTERBANK FX UNVEILS FACEBOOK APPLICATION
Interbank FX returns as the Cyber Café Sponsor in the seventh annual Traders Expo-Las Vegas showcasing a brand-new Facebook App featuring Micro Mini Challenge Winners. Available through the Interbank FX Facebook page, this new application will allow Micro Mini Challenge participants to connect with Interbank FX and their fellow traders through Facebook. The Micro Mini Challenge allows four traders to compete for 10 minutes against one another beginning with $10,000 in equity. The trader with the highest equity wins, walking away with a brand-new Bose headset.
UPDATA OFFERS TECHNICAL ANALYST LEARNING COURSE
www.updata.co.uk
Info / Application (pdf)
Updata offers an evening learning course once a year, this time starting January 13, 2010, at the London School of Economics. The lecturers are the leaders in their field and there is a written exam. Passing the exam entitles you to use the Msta designation. You will be better placed to trade and invest using technical analysis as a qualified technical analyst.