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This issue of the
TradingSolutions newsletter shows you how it is possible to make money in a
down market and covers some lesser known features of TradingSolutions.
In this issue you’ll find:
What’s News?
* Current Release: Version 1.1 Build 001108
* TradingSolutions Reviewed in TASC
Feature Spotlight
* Lesser Known Chart Features
* Making Money in a Down Market
Products and Events
of Interest
* Neural 101
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What’s News?
TradingSolutions Version 1.1, Build 001108 is currently available from the TradingSolutions web site. The current build fixes minor problems encountered in the initial release of Version 1.1. A patch is available to upgrade most previous versions and builds of TradingSolutions to the current build.
For information on
upgrading to the latest version, as well as a complete list of the changes made
in this release, see http://www.tradingsolutions.com/download/updates.html
You can determine the
current version and build of your TradingSolutions installation by selecting About
TradingSolutions from the Help menu.
Looking for more information about TradingSolutions? TradingSolutions Version 1.0 was recently reviewed in the December 2000 issue of Technical Analysis of Stocks & Commodities magazine. To find out more about this magazine and even obtain a free issue, visit http://www.traders.com
We also link to reviews of TradingSolutions on the web from our website. See http://www.tradingsolutions.com/reviews.html
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This edition of the feature spotlight covers some of the lesser known features of the Chart View. These features are described in the online help, but many are not covered specifically in the tutorials.
For example, the mouse can be used to quickly rescale either axis of the Chart View. Simply use the mouse to drag either axis. This will cause the nearest edge to the mouse to be adjusted as you move the mouse. This is in addition to the manual methods of adjusting the axes through context menus. Also, after it has been adjusted, the value (Y) axis can be reset to its automatic scaling by double-clicking on it.
Another way to select a sub-range of the chart is to drag the mouse across the area of the chart you want to see. This is a great way to zoom in on a specific area without having to check the dates associated with the values. To undo this (or any) scaling, simply select “Undo Last Scaling” from any Chart View context menu.
Horizontal and vertical lines (together, known as crosshairs) were added in TradingSolutions Version 1.1. To activate them, select “Tools” from the “Options” menu and bring up the Charting sub-page. Then, select to display Horizontal (Value) Lines and/or Vertical (Date) Lines under the mouse. You can see the value of the currently selected field for the date under the mouse on the status bar at the bottom of the TradingSolutions window. This status bar value is available with or without the crosshair lines activated.
Finally, when multiple sub-charts are open, the mouse can also be used to drag fields between sub-charts or to new sub-charts. The latter is accomplished by dragging a field from a sub-chart to the date axis below the charts. Entire sub-charts can also be moved up or down by dragging the area to the left of the value (Y) axis.
For more information on these and other features, see “Displaying Data in a Chart” in the online help.
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If you are like most equity investors, you have probably lost a significant percentage of your investment capital over the past several months – especially if you are heavily weighted in technology. Those who were smart or lucky enough to short some of those high flyers during this time made the money that others lost. With TradingSolutions and a good model that utilizes short positions, you don’t need to be smart or lucky to profit in a down market.
EMC Corp. is one of those high flyers that gained 75% from the beginning of the year until 9/20/00 and then lost 26% from that point until now. This stock has outperformed the NASDAQ and made money for the year, but wouldn’t it have been nice to avoid that recent loss? Actually, you could have done even better…
Bring up this image in your Internet browser:
http://www.tradingsolutions.com/products/emcequitycurve.gif
This is an equity curve for a TradingSolutions model for EMC across out-of-sample data (the Testing and Production date ranges). Note that the equity for the model (the green line) was similar to the buy-and-hold equity (the blue line) while the stock was rising, but model’s equity kept rising while the stock’s price went down.
We will likely add this model to the Solution Library section of our web site soon, but as a TradingSolutions newsletter subscriber you don’t have to wait. Import this model into your copy of TradingSolutions (licensed or evaluation) by first downloading the following file:
http://www.tradingsolutions.com/download/emc.zip
This zip file contains a trading solution file (*.tss), a small help file with basic instructions on importing and using a solution, and a file with the raw data for the corresponding stock (*.txt). Before using this model, please read the disclaimer at the bottom of the Solution Library:
http://www.tradingsolutions.com/download/solution.html
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Neural 101 is a free educational web site on trading stock and futures markets with neural networks. It includes message areas, links, trading indicators, systems and scans. The message areas include special forums on building trading systems, using neural networks, and even discussing tips, tricks, and ideas for using TradingSolutions.
NeuroDimension encourages the use of this free resource to foster discussions between TradingSolutions users. You can visit Neural 101 at http://www.neural101.com. You can go directly to the TradingSolutions message forum by selecting “Message Forums” from the top menu, then selecting “TradingSolutions” from the list of Specific Software Conferences.
Have an event or product you would like to announce? Contact us at submissions@nd.com.
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