June 2007 TRADE NEWS
News Releases & Products

TradingMarkets Powerrankings Simplified
FXCM Tightens Spreads
Downloadable Interface Is Launched
Future Flows Releases Scorpio Cycle System 3.0
Euronext.liffe To Launch Equity Options On NYSE Euronext
Xenomorph & 4th Story To Streamline Algorithmic Trading
SNL Launches Full Coverage of Media And Communications
Instant Messaging Provided To Global Energy Markets
InvestorGuide Launches Free Business Glossary Online
CQG, FuturesBoard Offer Users Online Discussion Forum
Chart-Ex Offers CME Volume Charts
GAIN Capital Launches New FX Trading Platform
DTN Launches ProphetX 3.3
Dow Jones News Analytics Software Is Launched
Currency Software Helps Predict Market Trends
TrendLine Trader Is Launched
Nirvana Releases Software Update
Precious Metals Platform Backed By Physical Metal
Tool Assists Investors To Profit When Stock Goes Down
Patsystems Launches Charting In J-Trader Front-End
 

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TRADE NEWS & PRODUCTS



TradingMarkets Powerrankings Simplified

TradingMarkets has simplified its PowerRankings, which ranks stocks on a scale of 1-10, the company said, with the higher the rating, the greater the one-week historical gain. Two new features -- PowerRatings Heat Maps and Intraday PowerRatings -- allow traders to see which stocks and sectors are likely to outperform or underperform the market over the next five days. With Intraday PowerRatings, traders are updated four times daily to gain an added intraday edge in their trading decisions.

www.tradingmarkets.com/st2

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FXCM Tightens Spreads

FXCM announced that it was now delivering narrower spreads on 13 currency pairs for its nondealing desk clients.

www.fxcm.com

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Downloadable Interface Is Launched

SogoInvest has announced its SogoElite, a downloadable rapid order entry and research interface powered by Genesis Securities' NASDAQ Platinum certified trading platform, Laser, the company said. SogoElite provides real-time stock charts and advanced technical analysis tools for different markets and order types. Traders can place a variety of orders on all major equity networks, including the OTCBB, and will include options trading indexes in the near future. SogoInvest launched its $1 per trade trading platform in July 2006.

www.sogoinvest.com

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Future Flows Releases Scorpio Cycle System 3.0

Future Flows announcd it had released Scorpio Cycle System 3.0 for the TradeStation platform. An artificial intelligent mechanical trading system for individual and institutional traders, to generate high-probability trades, it automatically combines cycle analysis, trend trading, multiple time frames, and technical analysis indicators. It also contains build-in stops and limits.

www.future-flows.com

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Euronext.liffe To Launch Equity Options On NYSE Euronext

Euronext.liffe said that options on the shares of NYSE Euronext will be available for trading on both the Paris and Amsterdam market segments of LIFFE Connect. Futures and options contracts on NYSE Euronext will also be available on Bclear. The NYSE Euronext options will expire on the third Friday of the contract month and will have initial lifetimes ranging from one month to two years.

NYSE Euronext options will be available for trading on LIFFE Connect via the successful full-screen central market model as used in Amsterdam, Brussels, and Paris. The market model gives investors access to competitive prices throughout the trading day by ensuring a constant display of bid and offer prices, thus improving on-screen liquidity, enhancing the quality of the market and providing added value for customers.

www.euronext.com

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Xenomorph & 4th Story To Streamline Algorithmic Trading


Xenomorph and 4th Story announced that the companies had completed integrating Xenomorph's TimeScape and 4th Story's product suite to offer a solution for automated trading strategists. The offering is targeted at hedge funds, proprietary trading desks, and financial institutions requiring high-speed access to massive volumes of accurate time series and tick data for backtesting and operating automated and algorithmic trading strategies.

www.xenomorph.com
www.4thstory.com

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SNL Launches Full Coverage of Media And Communications


SNL Financial has launched full-scale coverage of media and communications, including the telecom, wireless, cable, satellite, broadcasting, entertainment, publishing, advertising, and new media industries. SNL Media & Communications becomes the fourth vertical market covered by the Snl information service. SNL Media & Communications coverage includes more than 260 companies spread across the sector and provides data and metrics unique to each subindustry. News is a major focus.

In other news, SNL Financial announced the acquisition of media research and analysis firm Kagan Research. Kagan provides proprietary financial data and forecasting for broadcast TV and radio, cable, satellite, entertainment, wireless communications, and programming sectors. Kagan's services and product offerings include newsletters and reference books, electronic data services, consulting, expert appraisals and live executive forums.

www.snl.com
www.kagan.com

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Instant Messaging Provided To Global Energy Markets

Reuters Messaging 6.0 (RM6), the latest version of the Reuters Communication and Collaboration Services product suite, now features connectivity to Yahoo! Messenger, the companies said. RM6 increases Reuters exposure to the energy markets. Traders and analysts will be able to take advantage of the services designed to improve their trading security, speed, and efficiency, the companies added.

www.reuters.com

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InvestorGuide Launches Free Business Glossary Online

InvestorGuide.com announced that it had just launched a free business glossary online, BusinessDictionary.com, with more than 20,000 definitions.

www.businessdictionary.com

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CQG, FuturesBoard Offer Users Online Discussion Forum


CQG said it had joined with FuturesBoard to provide an interactive resource for sharing knowledge and advice about CQG products and services. Traders and analysts can visit FuturesBoard to access insight on the futures markets. The website's CQG channel includes tips, help, and information on CQG's software, along with forums on CQG's strategies and formulas.

www.cqg.com
www.futuresboard.com

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Chart-Ex Offers CME Volume Charts

Chart-Ex has released its latest version of volume at price charts for select CME Globex products. This version allows users to view CME's cumulative "volume at price" data in various time comparison charts for commodities, equities, foreign currency, and interest rate contracts, with multiple month options. This data visualization tool of volume distribution allows traders to visually capture market price dynamics.

https://cme.chart-ex.com/showVolumeCharts.do

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GAIN Capital Launches New FX Trading Platform

Gain Capital Group said it had launched its next-generation margin trading platform, ForexTrader for Windows. The platform is free to Gain Capital clients and can be accessed via Gain Capital, Gain's service for professional traders, and Forex.com, for self-directed individual investors. There is a 30-day free trial for nonclients.

www.gaincapital.com

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DTN Launches ProphetX 3.3

DTN has introduced DTN ProphetX 3.3, the newest version of its popular trading platform, which includes an integrated order execution capability that allows users to trade futures contracts within Dtn ProphetX. This version is designed specifically for futures traders and delivers increased analytical power, reliability, and ease of use. The platform is available in DTN ProphetX Commodities Edition, Energy Edition, and Ethanol Edition. Through DTN's partnership with Trading Technologies, ProphetX 3.3 offers an expanded option charting function, as well as exchange connectivity, enabling traders to make trading decisions and then execute trades from one platform.

www.dtn.com

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Dow Jones News Analytics Software Is Launched


Dow Jones has introduced Dow Jones News Analytics, a web-based software application that enables hedge funds and banks to build news-oriented quantitative models for algorithmic trading. The application, developed in partnership with RavenPack, works with Dow Jones's real-time feed and continuously updated 20-year news archive. It can present results graphically on a screen and feed them into a firm's automated trading systems.

www.dj.com
www.ravenpack.com 

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Currency Software Helps Predict Market Trends

  The new GPS software from forex broker Interbank FX (IBFX), which stands for graphical pattern scanner and is a free resource for IBFX clients, helps currency traders predict market trends so they can buy or sell accordingly, the company said. IBFX-GPS identifies the chart patterns seen in forex trading. IBFX-GPS identifies which pattern the market is trending toward, enabling traders to make an educated decision.

www.interbankfx.com

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TrendLine Trader Is Launched

TrendLine Trader has been released, the company said. The software's concept is that supply and demand are constantly changing, and tracking them can give a trader an edge. The software's upper and lower trendlines adjust at the close of each bar so the trader can see the true bias of the market at an instant. Once a tradable bias is detected, the software gives a trading signal, indicating the direction of the trade and the suggested stop. Stops are automatically trailed and tightened when a predetermined profit level is reached. TrendLine Trader is available as an add-on to eSignal, TradeStation, and MultiCharts. For forex traders, TrendLineTraderFX is a stand-alone charting program with an integrated datafeed. There is a free 30-day trial.

www.trendlinetrader.com

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Nirvana Releases Software Update

Nirvana Systems announced the release of OmniTrader Professional. The new version is faster and supports up to 500 symbols in real time. The release includes integrated brokerage support for MB Trading and Interactive Brokers, plus new OmniPilot scripts that enable individuals to fully automate trading strategies with these brokers.

www.omnitrader.com

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Precious Metals Platform Backed By Physical Metal

  Five new physically backed exchange-traded commodities (ETCs) will be listed on the London Stock Exchange (LSE). Platinum, palladium, and a precious metal basket ETC will be made available to small investors, ETF Securities said. ETF Securities will make these ETCs available to investors through brokerage accounts along with silver and gold ETCs. The physical allocated metal is held by the Custodian HSBC NA, a leading custodian for ETCs with more than $13 billion of precious metals being held for such products.

www.etfsecurities.com/msl

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Tool Assists Investors To Profit When Stock Goes Down

Short Sale Informatics (SSI) is a new tool with its origins in the physics and engineering sciences that can enhance short-selling, its developer, Robert R. Kley, said. An advantage of a short sale is that individual overbought and overvalued stocks go down faster than it took them to go up. The major challenge in short-selling is picking stocks that have reached their peak and have a high probability of a substantial downside movement. The SSI utilizes a signal processing algorithm derived from target-seeking military guidance systems and uses 10 computer intensive analytic programs to produce and monitor the visual numeric presentations of each relevant chart.

www.shortsaleinformatics.com

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Patsystems Launches Charting In J-Trader Front-End

Patsystems said that it has put charting functionality in their J-Trader front-end. This feature meets a customer demand and addresses issues of trading screen space faced by end-users wanting multiple trading tools on one screen. The charting tool has multiple, customizable technical indicators and flexible representations. It offers backtesting, customizable data and a programming language. J-Trader provides the functionality expected of a versatile front-end and provides traders with access to multiple exchanges from a single screen.

www.patsystems.com

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Originally published in the June 2007 issue of Technical Analysis of STOCKS & COMMODITIES magazine. All rights reserved. © Copyright 2007, Technical Analysis, Inc.