New fund manager
NEW -- Victor Sperandeo has formed Trader Vic Investments, a limited partnership to manage the Professional Cta Fund, a managed futures fund of funds. James J. Hayes, formerly a vice president at Morgan Stanley in New York, is managing director.
Managed futures have been used by investment management professionals for more than 20 years. According to the Chicago Board of Trade, nearly $21.1 billion was under management by trading advisors in 1995. According to Sperandeo, managed futures offer a hedge and have the potential to limit market risk.
Sperandeo was one of 33 traders profiled in Jack Schwager's two books, Market Wizards and The New Market Wizards. He was also featured in The Super Traders by Alan Rubenfeld.
Trader Vic Investments L.L.C.,
300 Crescent Court, Suite 890
Dallas, TX 75201
Phone: 214 871-4700.
The Library instantly creates 200 industry group directories for MetaStock datafiles. It has a database of 8,000 securities that can be exported into MetaStock. Using MetaStock and the Investor's Reference Library together allows the user to organize securities into industry groups to help identify which industries are leading and which are lagging.
The Library includes an index generator that creates custom indices for MetaStock files to evaluate groups; a CD with five years of historical price and volume data; group ranking capabilities using MetaStock's sorting and ranking feature; company fundamental data; and a large preorganized industry group database. The add-on software also supports Signal for Windows and Microsoft Excel file formats.
Investor's Reference Library is available as a single copy ($79) or on a one-year quarterly subscription basis ($179).
Equis International, Inc.
3950 South 700 East, Suite 100
Salt Lake City, UT 84107.
Phone: 800 882-3040, 801 265-8886
Fax: 801 265-3999.
Services are classified into seven main groups: trading; markets; research; computers; data and media; money; and nonprofit and government. Each group has several subcategories, which lead the browser to individual sites. Each link includes a brief description of the site.
Financial Trading, Inc.
PO Box 20555, Columbus Circle
New York, NY 10023
Phone: 800 458-0939, 212 432-7630. Fax: 718 639-8889
Internet: www.elder.com/
In addition to its capability as a bridge, Chameleon will chart tradables or indices either intraday or end of day; use a keyword search to scan DTN's news stories for companies of symbols of interest; track investment results with a portfolio management tools; and display a current quote on any tradable.
Data Transmission Network
Embassy Plaza Bldg.
9110 West Dodge Rd., Suite 200
Omaha, NE 68114
Phone: 402 390-2328. Fax: 402 390-7188
Internet: www.dtn.com
VantagePoint software was first introduced in 1991 with a 30-year Treasury bond system. Since then, Mendelsohn Enterprises has developed 21 different VantagePoint intermarket analysis systems covering major financial futures markets including interest rates, stock indices, currencies and energies.
VantagePoint predicts the next day's high and low. It also predicts the short-term trend direction of the market by forecasting moving averages for two and four days in the future. VantagePoint then implements a simple moving average crossover system that uses the forecasted moving averages to identify tops and bottoms in the market.
The price of the software for Ibm compatibles is $2,995 for the first market, with discounts on additional markets.
Mendelsohn Enterprises
25941 Apple Blossom Lane
Wesley Chapen, FL 33544
Phone: 800 732-5409, 813 973-0496. Fax: 813 973-2700
The software uses the user's modem and Internet connection to communicate directly with a quote/data server located at the A-T Financial operations center in Naperville, IL. This direct delivery eliminates the sluggish response time typically encountered through the use of browser-based quote terminal software.
Features include real-time and fundamental data; tickers; scrolling news; charting and analytic tools, including tick and historical charts; options tickers and unlimited dynamic options chains and analytical modeling; and more.
The basic service is $150 a month and complete is $225 a month. Comtex News is an additional $25 per month.
A-T Financial Information, Inc.
One Liberty Plaza, 36th floor
New York, NY 10006
Phone: 212 608-3870, 888 Reach-AT. Fax: 212 843-8790
Internet: www.atfi.com
ANNUAL TECHNICAL ANALYSIS CONFERENCE
Dow Jones Telerate will present its 18th annual Technical Analysis Group conference, TAG XVIII, on November 15-17 in New Orleans. Preconference sessions will be held one day before on November 14. At this year's conference, 33 workshop leaders will present their techniques for trading. Each speaker will give two two-hour workshops over the course of the three-day conference. Conference goers have free range over which workshops to attend.The conference fee is $560, with group discounts available. A free 32-page brochure on the conference is available.
Telerate Seminars
701 Poydras, Suite 3900
New Orleans, LA 70139-3901
Phone: 800 535-7990, 504 592-4550
Fax: 504 592-4553
FIBONACCI WORKSHOP
Robert Krausz, developer of Fibonacci Trader software, will give a two-day workshop on Fibonacci and Gann trading methods in Ft. Lauderdale on November 17-18.Day 1 of the workshop, of which the topic is multiple timeframe trading using Fibonacci tools, will cover three areas. First, Krausz will give the essentials of building a winning trading plan. Second, he will teach a relaxation technique developed especially for traders to aid in discipline and focus. Third, a trading plan will be presented based on Krausz's proprietary Fibonacci techniques for commodities and stocks.
The topic of the workshop's second day is Gann Zone Analysis for day trading, a proprietary technique based on research from John T. Jackson. This approach combines W.D. Gann's concepts with real-time computer techniques, using support and resistance to better define daily market closes. In the technique, statistical percentages are based on a 10-year backtest on all major US futures, with high-probability day trades as the goal.
Krausz will also teach a day-trading plan that combines Gann Zone Analysis with Fibonacci tools. Each attendee will receive a copy of probability tables for the Gann zones for all major US futures markets.
Admission is limited to 50 students each day. Informational brochure available.
PAS, Inc.
757 SE 17th St., #272
Ft. Lauderdale, FL 33316
Phone: 512 443-5751
Fax: 512 443-7119
FINANCIAL ASTROLOGY WORKSHOP
Trader, author and editor Jeanne Long will hold a two-day workshop on November 15-16 in Ft. Lauderdale. Trading techniques incorporating computerized planetary cycles and technical analysis will be taught using Long's Galactic Trader computer program, which overlays planetary cycles on real-time markets.A two-hour introductory lecture will be given on November 14, one day before the workshop begins, for traders new to the subject of financial astrology.
Day 1 of the workshop will cover basic and advanced topics of planetary financial analysis, including using planetary lines to define maximum support and resistance for any market over any period; which planets affect the various commodities; and which stocks in 1997 should outperform the market, including how to pick and monitor them.
Day 2 of the workshop will present the tools developed by Long over 20 years of research and trading. The workshop will cover forecasting major highs and lows to the year 2005; forecasting major market crashes; forecasting reversals and intermediate tops and bottoms; and incorporating planetary forecasts into your trading plan. A nondisclosure agreement will be required from day 2 workshop attendees.
Admission is limited to 50 students each day. Informational brochure available.
PAS, Inc.
757 SE 17th St., #272
Ft. Lauderdale, FL 33316
Phone: 512 443-5751
Fax: 512 443-7119
BASIC TECHNICAL ANALYSIS SEMINARS
Rohr International will sponsor two seminars for traders offering a condensed survey of technical analysis with a comparison to fundamental analysis. The seminars will cover risk management, expectation curves, bar charts, moving averages, oscillators, cycles and a current market review.The first seminar will be held October 1-2 in Chicago, titled "Intensive introduction to price trend analysis." The second seminar, to be held October 22-23 in London, is titled "Intensive price trend analysis seminar." The course fee is $695 for each, with a group discount available.
Rohr International, Inc.
117 West Harrison St., Suite 600
Chicago, IL 60605
Phone: 312 294-2600
Fax: 847-945-3641
TELECOM CONFERENCE IN CANADA
Information Technology Research Centre will sponsor a seminar on global networking in Ontario's computing and telecom industries. The goal of the conference, which will be held October 7 in Etobicoke, Ontario, is to promote opportunities for leadership and growth in the industry.This year's conference highlights include panel sessions, a technology showcase and research opportunity sessions. Technical areas of focus include building telecommunications activity; generating high-quality digital content for world markets; increasing network bandwidth reach and affordability; and creating processes and technologies that speed up product cycles.
The cost of the event is $25, either in advance or at the door.
Rosanna Reid
ITRC
6 King's College Rd., Rm. 286
D.L. Pratt Bldg.
Toronto, ON M5S 3H5, Canada
Fax: 416 978-7207
E-mail: rosanna@itrc.on.ca
Internet: www.itrc.on.ca
