DECEMBER 1999 TRADE NEWS
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Training institute offers electronic stock trading

NEW -- Approximately seven million people trade online today, and that number is expected to increase to more than 10 million by 2000. But not everyone understands what they are getting into. Some industry reports have shown that only 20% to 30% of those people attempting to trade are successful. 

The Financial Edge offers education on electronic stock trading for self-directed investors and traders. Some trading firms offer training on their software and equipment, but are they teaching you to trade in your best interest or in theirs? Every time you click your mouse to execute an order, the firm makes money, regardless of your profit or loss. The Financial Edge is not a brokerage firm. It teaches you to trade using your existing system and software. If the student has not yet decided on a system, the research department at The Financial Edge will assist them in choosing a system that suits their individual needs. 

The Financial Edge is dedicated to educating students to understand their place in the markets whether they are active traders, short-term traders, or long-term investors. 
 

The Financial Edge Inc.

751 Park of Commerce Dr., #108 
Boca Raton, FL 33487 
561 988-4031, toll-free  877 988-4031 
fax 561 988-8379 
www.financialedge.net

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Online futures trading for individual traders

NEW -- Kottke Associates, a Chicago-based futures trading manager, has introduced a Website at www.chicagofutures.com. The site offers an Internet-based trading system dedicated to the execution and clearing of futures contracts that have electronic access as a feature. ChicagoFutures.com offers individual traders fast and easy online access to trading futures contracts. 

Traders can access their accounts anytime from anywhere in the world and execute and clear futures contracts, fill orders, and review their positions using a browser-based electronic system. The ChicagoFutures.com brokerage offers individual traders immediate and direct access to the E-mini S&P stock index futures contract and the E-mini Nasdaq 100 futures contract without the extra step of a broker or other middleman. 
 

ChicagoFutures.Com

30 South Wacker Drive, Suite 2120 
Chicago, IL 60606 
888-262-7303, 312-697-2440 
fax 312-634-8729 
www.chicagofutures.com

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Data provider adds horsepower to data servers

UPDATE -- Data Broadcasting Corp. (DBC), a provider of real-time data to traders and individual investors, announced the installation of Compaq Computer Corp.'s Alpha servers to power both of DBC's ticker plant data centers. 

This new processing capability ensures that Data Broadcasting's more than 15,000 eSignal subscribers are further guaranteed true real-time market data. 

As the markets prepare for the move to extended trading hours, decimalization, and multiple listing of options, the extra speed and capacity of Compaq's Alpha servers are even more important to the data service. These market changes will dramatically increase demand for broader and faster data. Over the next year, a more-than-200% increase in message rates is expected by Nasdaq to accommodate the upcoming decimalization of market information. Trading levels are also anticipated to commonly reach 2 billion shares each day. 

The DBC network infrastructure already includes redundant servers across two ticker plant data centers. DBC's servers utilize multiple Internet access points across multiple vendors to ensure the highest reliability. In addition, a redundant high-speed IP multicast feed running over private networks supplies financial data to all sites, while maximizing bandwidth efficiency and supporting the fastest delivery. 
 

Data Broadcasting Corp.

3955 Point Eden Way, PO Box 5028 
Hayward, CA 94540-5028 
510 266-6000 
fax 510 266-6100 
www.dbc.com

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Astrological system with artificial intelligence and parameter-testing

NEW -- Air Software has released version 2 of Alphee Lavoie's Financial Trader Software. 

Visual graphic modules in the program allow you to see which astrological or astronomical criteria move certain markets. The efficiency-testing module will tell you how many times the market went up or down based on which criteria you input. The program allows parameter testing. It also calculates many techniques, such as Bradley, Gann, David Williams, George Bayer, Fibonacci and the golden mean, and more. 

Version 2 of Financial Trader incorporates many statistical modules as well as artificial intelligence. The program can take historical prices from any market and will self-educate to determine whether any phenomena in the sky correlate with market rises, falls, or reversals. The program will then project a forecast stock-price graph for the future for any market.  The statistical modules allow you to test the strength of any astronomical criteria and then create probability lists showing the likelihood of making money with that criteria. 

Financial Trader reads ASCII, CSI, and MetaStock data. It comes with hard-copy documentation and a two-hour video. 
 

AIR Software

800-659-1247, 860-232-6521 
fax 860-233-6117 
www.alphee.com

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NEWS RELEASE


TACTICAL TRADING SYSTEM
WP Allen offers Peter Eliason's STS (Sentiment Trend Stochastics) Tactical Trading System for $99. The software can trade through your PC or a broker's PC, even if you are unavailable. A free book on the software explains and illustrates 15 new technical analysis concepts.

WP Allen & Co., Inc.

PO Box 702
Portland, OR 97207
503 434-4437
www.ststacticaltrading.com

WEBSITE ON FAMOUS TRADER

TurtleTrader.com has launched a free news and information Website based on the work of George Soros at www.Sorostrading.com. The site offers news about the trader as well as links to 20 other Websites dedicated to free news and information about famous traders, such as PaulTudorJones.com, MonroeTrout.com, and JohnWhenry.com. These sites wil offer the individual trader the opportunity to read and learn about what makes the pros successful.
 


www.SorosTrading.com


REAL-TIME DAY TRADING
WinningDayTraders.com is real-time interactive stock recommendation service with a chat room providing day traders and investors with technical and market analysis, news, alerts, and training during the trading day. Through participation in the Java-based Trading Auditorium, members interact with the WinningDayTraders team who provide real-time stock recommendations and analysis in a play-by-play format throughout the trading day. In addition, the team offers continuing education services for those interested in expediting the learning process and decreasing risk exposure in the stock market. Emphasis is placed on teaching trading styles, identifying weaknesses, and more.

information@winningdaytraders.com
www.winningdaytraders.com


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