August 2010

NEW SITE FOR SHORT-TERM TRADERS

www.AdviceTrade.com

AdviceTrade.com has launched a new website for short-term traders of stocks, exchange traded funds (Etfs), and eminis. The site features daily articles and videos by its technical analysts. The content, free selections from the analysts’ paid subscription services, covers both directional market analysis and charts on individual issues and picks. Visitors can post comments and charts.

NEW REAL-TIME SOFTWARE FOR NINJATRADER

www.mtpredictor.com


www.NinjaTrader.com

MTPredictor said it had launched new real-time (RT) analysis software for the NinjaTrader7 charting/trading platform. The MTPredictor RT addon for NinjaTrader7 finds and alerts the trader to the firm’s five automatic trade setups and features an Elliott waves tool and a volume spike indicator, the developer said. The RT addon also enables the trader to check past signals, as historical signals are now retained on the chart being analyzed. NinjaTrader7 can accept numerous datafeeds, giving MTPredictor users a broad choice. The firm also confirmed that the RT addon can be used on certain Apple Macintosh computers, with Windows-emulation software.

MTPredictor develops and markets the MTPredictor specialist trading software for individual traders, professional traders, hedge funds, investors, brokers and money managers. MTPredictor also operates regular training webinars for customers, noncustomers, and third-party firms.

DAILYFX COURSE RAISES BAR FOR ONLINE EDUCATION

www.fxcm.com

Fxcm’s free news and research website has launched a video-based DailyFX Trading Course, free to Fxcm clients live. Fxcm has offered a variety of trading courses, which underwent some revamping recently. The DailyFX Trading Course is designed to introduce trading tools and techniques in a manner such that new and experienced traders can benefit. The course consists of 60 video lessons, on 15 trading subjects, and more than 10 hours of live instructor-led webinars each week. Students can complete homework assignments and further their learning through course forum discussions. The curriculum has a “go at your own pace” and “learn what you want” format that provides flexibility and freedom, the company said.

NASDAQ OMX TO MODIFY RULES ON STUB QUOTES

www.nasdaqomx.com

The Nasdaq Omx Group announced that it had proposed detailed rules to modify existing rules surrounding “stub” quotes within the Nasdaq Stock Market’s marketmaker and select marketmaker programs to more effectively serve market participants. This was in response to market events that occurred on May 6 that led to the use of stub quotes being executed against due to liquidity that was absorbed by selling pressure. Nasdaq Omx also announced that the Nasdaq Volatility Guard focused on safeguarding investors and working with the commission on protecting investors.

INTERACTIVE DATA INTEGRATES NASDAQ INTO MARKET-Q PLUSFEED

www.interactivedata.com

Interactive Data and the Nasdaq Omx Group announced that Nasdaq Basic is now available through Market-Q PlusFeed. Market-Q delivers data via a Java browser–based, real-time desktop terminal. PlusFeed delivers data on over six million securities from more than 450 sources around the world. With the addition of Nasdaq Basic to each platform, Interactive Data’s clients have direct access to an alternative to Level 1 plan data and similar services.

PORTFOLIO MAESTRO INTERFACES WITH ESIGNAL FOR DATA

www.portfoliomaestro.com
www.rinatechnologies.com

Portfolio Maestro now has the capability to interface with eSignal Standard for price data, developer Rina said. This allows traders to test their strategies on thousands of symbols at once. Its new Trade Charting Engine allows the flexibility to view many different symbol charts also at the same time.

FREE PROFESSIONAL UPGRADE FOR METATRADER 4

www.fxinternals.com

FX Internals said it had developed Trader Helper, which brings professional trading features to MetaTrader 4. The upgrade is free to any user with an introduced trading account. All you have to do is open an account as the Introducing Broker or make FX Internals the Introducing Broker on your existing account (if your broker allows) and you can use all of the software for free.

CQG AGREES TO ORDER ROUTING, MORE

www.cqg.com


www.telvent.com


www.marketnews.com


www.MexDer.com.mx

Cqg announced that it had executed a global agreement to provide a trade execution interface for Telvent Dtn ProphetX.

The agreement allows Telvent to embed Cqg trading functionality into Dtn ProphetX to meet the increased demand from Telvent Dtn customers for professional futures trading software. Customers using the combined software will have access to Cqg’s hosted exchange gateways for low-latency trading on more than 35 exchanges worldwide.

In other news, Cqg also announced it would expand its extensive fixed-income news coverage by adding a new product from Market News International (Mni), Mni Fixed Income Select, which features real-time fixed-income content in a running commentary on global fixed-income markets in bullet point format. Mni’s reporting and commentary has been providing content for the past 25 years.

Finally, Cqg now provides low-latency trade routing and consolidated market data access to the Mexican Derivatives Exchange (MexDer). Cqg’s hosted trading gateway provides traders with fast direct market access to MexDer. Cqg customers can use both the Cqg Trader and Cqg Integrated Client trading platforms to trade all the derivative products available on MexDer. The MexDer connection is also enabled for the Cqg Spreader.

VANTAGEPOINT 8.2 IS RELEASED

www.tradertech.com

Market Technologies announced the release of VantagePoint 8.2. Version 8.2 has enhancements that improve overall speed and responsiveness of the program, and new visual attributes designed to improve the user’s experience. ProfitCalc calculates and determines the potential profit or loss from a particular trade. IntelliScan replaces the Scan for Opportunities feature, making scanning for potential trades even more user-friendly. In the new version of VantagePoint, charts and reports open faster, custom trendlines are more user-friendly and intuitive, and the history report sports a new, more intuitive appearance.

ALPHACET CHOSEN TO DRIVE QUANTITATIVE MODELING

www.gcapitalmgmt.com


www.alphacet.com

G Capital Management said it had selected the Alphacet Discovery platform for quantitative strategy development as its financial modeling platform. G Capital added that it had selected Discovery for its flexible graphical user interface (Gui) and real-time interactive dashboard that allow users to monitor any derived output strategy series on a real-time basis through a scalable reporting tool.

Discovery is an enterprise platform designed for quants, traders, and managers looking to develop multiasset class financial models that combine multiple data sources and run on intraday data. Discovery includes a library of more than 650 mathematical routines and allows users to develop models with or without coding.

BOLLINGER WEBSITE IS UPGRADED

BollingerOnBollingerBands.com

The Bollinger on Bollinger Bands website was created to support John Bollinger’s book of the same name and provide access to the analytic and trading approaches that were introduced in the book, plus a wide array of technical analysis tools. A complete upgrade is now complete, including John Bollinger’s latest work and some technical analysis tools unique to the website.

The free area of the website includes a thorough description of the three Bollinger band trading approaches; a free stock charting program including Bollinger bands and pivot points. The subscriber area has customizable stock charts and access to a variety of technical analysis tools and indicators.

FXSTREET.COM 10TH ANNIVERSARY CONFERENCE IN BARCELONA, OCTOBER 20–22

www.traders-conference.com


www.FXstreet.com

The 10th anniversary of the interactive forex event sponsored by FXstreet.com, to be held October 20–22, 2010, features world-class experts, intensive learning, and traders networking. It will be held at the Barcelona Hotel Atenea Mar in Spain. There will be noted speakers and live trading sessions, and a dinner party with the FXstreet.com team, all attendees, and the speakers to celebrate FXstreet.com’s 10 years together.