July 2010

CQG UNVEILS FIXED-INCOME TRADING INTERFACE

www.cqg.com

Cqg, Inc., has expanded its order execution, market data, and analytics platform to provide more functions for fixed-income traders. Cqg has introduced a range of trading features for order routing among fixed-income traders. New features include spread across multiple accounts; aggregation; and yield pricing. Cqg has improved its analytics offering with its instrument and portfolio monitors. Traders have access to data sources including Icap/BrokerTec, BGCantor MarketData, Elx Futures, Tullett Prebon, and more.

CONTENT, TOOLS HELP INSTITUTIONAL CLIENTS MAKE INFORMED DECISIONS

www.interactivedata.com

Interactive Data said it had released Market-Q 3.3, with enhanced content, tools, and navigation to assist wealth managers and futures traders. Market-Q, a Java browser-based, real-time desktop terminal for financial institutions, is designed to help minimize a firm’s costs associated with technology infrastructure and bandwidth use. Enhancements include expanded Canadian content, Etf profile, industry/sector lists, new features for futures traders including a streaming futures options window; futures symbol autolisting; new data fields; and Chicago Mercantile Exchange and Chicago Board of Trade Level II displays. Included are navigational tool enhancements and full support for Interactive Data’s Enterprise Server.

eSIGNAL REDESIGNS FUTURESOURCE.COM TO STREAMLINE ACCESS

www.FutureSource.com


www.eSignal.com

eSignal has redesigned FutureSource.com and added features to the free website so futures, energy, and foreign exchange traders have easier access to financial information. The website has an enhanced layout and navigation incorporating the latest web capabilities, which gives the trading community a broader swath of market data and free decision support systems and services. Site visitors will find customizable workspaces that enable them to save charts, quote tables, and news articles. The saved content can be found in the workspaces. The site provides free futures commodity quotes, charts, news, and other relevant information in an online format.

NASDAQ OMX COMMODITIES OFFERS INTERCOMMODITY SPREAD CREDIT

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www.nasdaqomx.com

Nasdaq Omx Commodities has introduced Inter Commodity Spread Credit (Icsc). Icsc, which has been introduced to meet member needs for margining efficiencies, enables collateral benefits to members by giving credit to offset positions in products with sustained price correlation when calculating margins. Icsc will offer margin benefits for products from the same product series and for products from separate product series. Icsc will be implemented within the existing and Span margin model, optimizing the daily margin call for clearing members.

ORACLE TRADER IS NOW STOCKVISION

www.garsworld.com

Oracle Trader has changed its name to StockVision, the developer announced. StockVision is a trading tool that scans more than 2,000 stocks in real time for gaps, intraday spikes, and many other technical indicators that can be customized. There is a one-time fee, so no ongoing subscription is required. The live datafeed means that no extra feeds are required, and the live forum, where users post their trades, helps to demonstrate how success is achieved. StockVision provides a free trial where users do not need to supply anything other than their email address to obtain complete access to the program.

OMNITRADER XPRESS OFFERS AUTOMATIC BUY AND SELL SIGNALS

www.nirvanasystems.com

OmniTrader Xpress trading software has all the key features that has made it so well known — it generates daily buy & sell signals and includes automatic chart patterns and automatic indicator setups to help you home in on your trade candidates, trade management features (the software allows you to trade right in the charts), and a trading simulator so you can practice before you trade. The developer, Nirvana Systems, has a special introductory offer for the first month of data free (although exchange fees apply to real-time data).

“DVR-LIKE” PAPER TRADING TECHNOLOGY IS LAUNCHED

www.amtd.com

TD Ameritrade has launched a way for retail traders and investors to paper trade, or trade using simulated cash and positions. Called thinkOnDemand, the technology provides users with tick-by-tick intraday prices that can be replayed at any time — even days and weeks after occurrence — without leaving the live trading platform. It is like a digital video recorder (Dvr) for traders. Users of thinkorswim from TD Ameritrade trading platform can use it to paper trade stocks, futures, forex, and options. Because thinkOnDemand is integrated into the live trading platform, traders can also move back and forth between thinkOnDemand paper trading and live trading with a single click.

FXCM AWARDS $500,000 FOR KING OF THE MICRO

www.fxcm.com


Trading Contest

Fxcm invites traders each month from around the globe to compete for the “King of the Micro” crown and a $25,000 cash prize. Thousands of traders go head to head in a competition to achieve the highest return. The high liquidity levels, low margin requirements, and 24-hour access found in currency markets have triggered an international explosion in the popularity of online forex trading.

The King of the Micro contest is part of a commitment to the established products, resources, and promotions that creates interest in this area of financial markets. Since early 2009, Fxcm has given away more than $500,000 in winnings. The rules are simple: a minimum balance of $500 in an Fxcm Micro account before the first day of each month, and make a minimum of 10 trades during the month. The trader with the highest trading returns percentage at the end of the month wins the title and the $25,000 purse. The second prize is $10,000, and the third prize is $5,000.