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New TradingSolutions Build Available!
TradingSolutions v2.1 Build 030611 is now available from the TradingSolutions website. This build adds several usability enhancements and improvements, as well as fixing several issues that were encountered in the previous builds of TradingSolutions v2.1.
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Key improvements in this build include:
- Speed improvements in many sections of the program, including importing and processing.
- End-of-Day users can now try TradingSolutions Real-Time features for 30 days.
- FOREX data can now be streamed with prices displayed to four decimal places.
Key fixes in this build include:
- Fixed problems with charts hanging when exchange set to “<none>”.
- Fixed problems with fields with incorrect inputs not finishing processing.
- Fixed problems with signal analysis “since beginning of day/week” values.
A complete list of new improvements and fixes can be found in the Product Updates section of the TradingSolutions website.
The Evaluation version, End-of-Day level, and Real-Time level can all be updated for free by downloading an update patch from the following link:
http://www.tradingsolutions.com/downloads/updates.html
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Solution Service Recap
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 TradingSolutions toolbar.
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Since the last newsletter in mid-April, the NASDAQ gained around 16% and the S&P 500 gained over 10%. During this time, the Texas Instruments model gained over 30%. In fact, since its introduction five months ago, it has gained around 100%. That's doubling an investment in five months with less than three trades per month.
A total of three new models have been introduced since the last newsletter, including models for Bank One, Ford, and International Paper. The Bank One and Ford models join the Chiron model as examples of using stops for loss protection in the Solution Service.
Overall, the Solution Service models combined to generate an over 3% profit. The profits produced by the more successful models were limited by unsuccessful models which have since been removed. In addition, several trading-oriented models took temporary losses during the broad-market rally. Based on previous trading, these models will recover these losses quickly after the underlying prices even out.
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Quick Tips: Back Up Your Work
NeuroDimension technical support receives many requests for assistance from people using TradingSolutions. We clarify basic concepts, provide assistance writing formulas, and even make sure the occasional bug gets fixed as quickly as possible. However, the one problem that we can't help you with is hard drive failure.
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Over time, the surfaces used in a hard drive can become less receptive to data, eventually causing them to fail. This can manifest itself initially as files being corrupted and no longer readable. Eventually, the hard drive (and your computer) can be rendered completely unusable if key files needed by your computer become unreadable.
Because of this, we strongly recommend that you periodically back up TradingSolutions portfolios, as well as your other important files. This process typically takes only a few minutes and can save a lot of headaches if things happen to your computer.
To back up your TradingSolutions portfolio, you will first want to compact it using "Compact Portfolio Files..." from the “File” menu. Then, use "My Computer" or "Windows Explorer" to copy the "Work" directory from your "C:\Program Files\TradingSolutions 2.1" directory. If you have made additional Work directories, you will probably want to back these up as well.
The ideal places to copy your work are a CD-ROM, another computer, or another physical drive. However, if none of these are available, making a backup copy to the same hard drive can often help you recover from many unexpected problems.
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TASC Traders' Tips in Solution Library
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 any level of TradingSolutions and are completely free to use. Visit the Solution Library now at:
http://www.tradingsolutions.com/downloads/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 Website
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.
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