Greetings
from NeuroDimension!
The World Leader in Neural Network Software
This issue
of the TradingSolutions newsletter highlights several new pieces of news for
TradingSolutions users and introduces you to the Super Solution.
In this issue you’ll find:
What’s New
and News?
* Valentine’s Day Financial
Book Sale
* TradingSolutions Real-Time
Pre-Orders Being Accepted
* NeuroDimension Is Hiring
Solution
Service Recap
* Working with Super Solutions
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TradingSolutions
Real-Time will soon be available for
general release. It is being introduced as part of the TradingSolutions v2.1
release, which adds real-time streaming data support,
programmable alerts, eSignal data support, and asynchronous processing
to TradingSolutions. At this time, it is
available for beta testing by current TradingSolutions customers.
People who
pre-order TradingSolutions Real-Time can access the beta version along with
current customers through the Licensed User Center in the Support section of
the TradingSolutions web site. However, it is recommended that you first
install and activate TradingSolutions v2.0. You may also want to view the demos and tutorials in v2.0
prior to starting with v2.1.
Not
interested in real time? TradingSolutions v2.1 will be available in two levels,
TradingSolutions Real-Time and TradingSolutions End-of-Day. Upgrading to
TradingSolutions v2.1 End-of-Day will be free from any previous version of
TradingSolutions. TradingSolutions Real-Time is priced at $1995 with upgrade
pricing covering only the difference in price.
NeuroDimension
is always looking for motivated individuals to assist in the development of our
cutting-edge artificial intelligence software products. We are currently
looking for a developer to join the TradingSolutions development team. For more
information about current job opportunities at NeuroDimension, see the
Employment section of our website at http://www.nd.com/employment/
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The Solution Service is a free service that provides
daily trading signals and commentary for a select group of stocks. These models
can be used directly as part of your trading strategy or used as examples of
how to generate your own winning signals. To access it, simply press the
“Update Solution Service” button in the toolbar of either the evaluation
version or registered version of TradingSolutions.
Since the last newsletter in early December, the
NASDAQ and S&P 500 have declined over 7%. During this time, the
Microchip Technology model gained over 30%. Overall, the Solution Service
models generated a small loss. However, this loss was several percent less than
that of the broader markets.
To improve
the performance of the Solution Service, previously profitable models that
were having tough times finding footholds in these changing markets have been
replaced with new models. Since the last newsletter, a total of three new
models have been introduced.
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This Issue: Working with Super Solutions
TradingSolutions includes a feature called “trading
solutions” that allows you to bundle together all of the fields required to
reproduce a signal or any other field. Trading solutions can then be applied to
other stocks to reproduce working approaches on new stocks. Alternatively, they
can be exported to be used in other portfolios on the same stock or other
stocks by you or anyone else.
The “Super
Solution”
People on the TradingSolutions users’ forum have recently
been talking about a new approach to model development called “the Super
Solution”. The Super Solution is a combination of about 20 different approaches
that have been shown to be successful on a variety of other stocks. By applying
the Super Solution, you can try each of these 20 approaches on a new stock (or
group of stocks) in one simple action.
Creating a
Super Solution
Trading solutions normally only include the fields necessary
to reproduce one signal, so how does this work? The trick here is to make all
of these separate approaches appear as one signal. A trading solution can then
be created based on this one signal, automatically including all of the fields
needed for the individual separate approaches.
The easiest way to do this is to use a committee. After you
have created all of the fields you would like to include in your super solution
on one stock, use a committee field to combine all of the signals into one
field. Once this is done, simply create a trading solution based on this
committee and it will automatically include all of the signals it requires,
along with any fields required to recreate those signals.
One important thing to note here is that you are typically
not interested in the output of the committee itself. Although it combines the
signals of many successful approaches, the combined signal of so many different
approaches can often be too watered down to produce a useful signal. In this
case, you are simply using the committee field as an easy way to create a list
of fields to include in your Super Solution.
Extracting
a Single Solution
After the introduction of the Super Solution concept on the
TradingSolutions users’ forum, several people have asked how they can take just
one of the approaches out of a Super Solution and apply it to other stocks.
They typically ask this after using the Super Solution and seeing great results
from a particular signal.
The easiest way to do this is to simply create a new trading
solution based on the one signal you’re interested in. Creating a new trading
solution is as simple as selecting “Define Trading Solutions…”, pressing “New…”
giving it a name, and selecting which field to base it on. In this case, simply
select that one signal and you’ll be able to apply that specific signal to
stocks (or groups of stocks) by itself. Now you’ve got a custom trading
solution with just the one approach you are interested in.
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Many TradingSolutions users read Technical Analysis of Stocks
and Commodities (TASC), the Traders’ Magazine. It’s a great way to trade
smarter with detailed information on trading strategies, charting patterns,
indicators, and computerized trading methods. As a free service to our users,
we arrange for the “Traders’ Tips” section of the magazine to include tips and
techniques for implementing many of the indicators found in the magazine in
TradingSolutions.
Each time a tip is included in the magazine, we also include
the implemented functions in the Solution Library on our web site. These
functions can be imported into either the full version or the evaluation
version of TradingSolutions and are completely free. Visit the Solution Library
now at: http://www.tradingsolutions.com/download/solution.html
If you aren’t familiar with Technical Analysis of Stocks
and Commodities, we encourage you to visit their web site at: http://www.traders.com
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 people
interested in TradingSolutions. You can visit Neural 101 at http://www.neural101.com. The
TradingSolutions message forum can be located using the “Message Forums” link
from the left-hand menu.
Have an event or product you would like to announce? Contact
us at newsletters@nd.com.
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