September 2004 TRADE NEWS
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TRADE NEWS & PRODUCTS



Financial Data Calculator Releases Major Upgrade

  Financial Data Calculator Releases Major Upgrade

Financial Data Calculator (FDC) said it had released a major upgrade to its trading research and development platform. Version 3.0 introduces full point & figure capability with options as well as the FDC "List Viewer," which enables the user to circumnavigate Windows graphic memory limitations to create and view thousands of plots in a slideshow. Version 3.0 is free to existing users.

www.financialdatacalculator.com

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Online Trading Academy.com To Open Schools In Middle East

Online Trading Academy.com To Open Schools In Middle East

Online Trading Academy.com, a leader in direct-access trading education space, announced it had signed agreements to open a franchised trading school in Dubai and two other Middle East countries. OTA said it planned to open 100-plus branded global direct access trading education centers over next 36 months. OTA is the pioneer in trading education space for equities, futures, options, and forex CD-Rom, webinars, and classroom experiences with 10 broker/dealer affiliates that rebate tuition to OTA students.

www.tradingacademy.com

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New Real-Time Alerter By AdviceTrade.com

New Real-Time Alerter By AdviceTrade.com

AdviceTrade.com has launched a new real-time alerting system that enhances delivery of intraday buy/sell signals and technical market analysis to subscribers. The new Real-Time Alerter (RTA) allows subscribers to access alerts across a number of AdviceTrade services within a single window. Services include TheTechTrader.com and MPTrader.com. Users can navigate the full range of pages of these subscription services within the alert window and even browse the Internet. Free trials to TheTechTrader.com and MPTrader.com are available.

www.advicetrade.com

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Trade-Ideas Offers New Trading Platform

Trade-Ideas Offers New Trading Platform

Trade-Ideas announced the newest generation of its add-on tool to the trading platforms. The downloadable version of the technical analysis tool, Trade-Ideas Pro, has increased flexibility and capacity as well as additional viewing options unavailable in a browser. The application also makes it easier to establish connections and send its idea-generation data to any trading platform and other external links. The new version brings many enhancements, including a new front-end console and new options inside the alert windows. A free one-week trial is available.

www.trade-ideas.com

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Genesis Securities Approved For Self-Clearing

Genesis Securities Approved For Self-clearing

Genesis Securities announced it had been approved for self-clearing of its equity operations. It is now granted membership with the National Securities Clearing Corp. (NSCC) and is also a participant in Depository Trust Co. (DTC). Both NSCC and DTC are a part of the Depositary Trust & Clearing Corp. (DTCC).

www.genesisdaytrade.com

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Fidelity Cuts Electronic Equity Commissions For RIAs

Fidelity Cuts Electronic Equity Commissions For RIAs

Fidelity Investments announced it had reduced electronic equity commissions for registered investment advisors to $8 for the first 3,000 shares and $0.01 per share thereafter for customers who have accounts with at least $1 million in Fidelity accounts. For all advisors, Fidelity has lowered its standard electronic commission rate to $17.95 for the first 1,000 shares and $0.015 per share thereafter. These price reductions are an extension of its pricing programs for individual investors and active traders.

www.Fidelity.com

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GFT Delivers Real-Time Prices Via Bloomberg Service

GFT Delivers Real-time Prices Via Bloomberg Service

Global Forex Trading (GFT) said it now delivers its real-time currency pricing for traders, fund managers, and institutions worldwide via the Bloomberg Professional Service. The real-time price feed offers 22 of the 60 currency pairs available on GFT's trading platform, DealBook FX 2. The 22 currencies highlight GFT's pricing for exotic and emerging market currencies, such as the US dollar/Korean won and the euro/Hungarian forint. The price feed displays tradable prices made directly by GFT's 24-hour dealing desk, allowing users to access GFT's real-time and historical pricing data. GFT plans to add more currency prices as well as daily and weekly forex commentary.

www.gftforex.com

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Walter Bressert Hosts Hands-On Learning/Trading Event

Walter Bressert Hosts Hands-On Learning/Trading Event

A seven-day, hands-on learning/trading event will be hosted by Walter Bressert in San Miguel Allende, Guanajuato, Mexico on October 22-29, 2004. Saturday's lesson will cover trading the S&P index with intraday cycles, Sunday's session will cover learning to trade the euro with intraday cycles, and Monday to Friday's sessions will cover analyzing and trading in the morning, with the afternoon session optional. Seminar is $3,500, lodging is $1,500.

https://walterbressert.com

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Harmonic Introduces Data Visualization Environment

Harmonic Introduces Data Visualization Environment

Harmonic Software announced the release of the Data Visualizer for O-Matrix, which provides a GUI-based environment for generating and manipulating two- and three-dimensional plots. Users can create, edit, and manipulate plots and plot data, or plots can be generated and manipulated with command line tools from the O-Matrix environment. The Data Visualizer stores plot data, attributes, and images in "solution files" that can be previewed with a free viewer that is available from Harmonic Software.

www.omatrix.com/datavis.html

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FuturesExaminer.com Now Live

  FuturesExaminer.com Now Live

FuturesExaminer.com is now live, website representatives said. An interactive website, it was designed for those who want to compare results from various futures trading systems to provide buy and sell signals for commodity futures, single-stock futures, or forex contracts and offers free, user-friendly tools for comparing real-trade results.

www.FuturesExaminer.com

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Trade Stocks, Options, Futures From The Same Account

Trade Stocks, Options, Futures From The Same Account

TradePro is software that allows the trader to trade stocks, options, and futures from the same account, the company said. This can be done from one of three software platforms, depending on trading style. A special commission schedule is being offered for 60 days from the user's first trade.

www.thetradepros.com

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ADVFN Now Providing Futures And Options Prices From NYMEX

ADVFN Now Providing Futures And Options Prices From NYMEX

ADVFN said that it was now providing prices from the New York Mercantile Exchange (NYMEX) to its subscribers. Private investors have access to NYMEX futures and options data and COMEX. Investors can also create and view intraday and historical charts for any of these commodities for free.

www.advfn.com

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