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End-of-Day Users can try TradingSolutions Real-Time for Free!
Current users of TradingSolutions End-of-Day can try the features of TradingSolutions Real-Time free for 30 days. This increased functionality allows you to stream intraday data directly into your portfolio and generate custom alerts.
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To begin your 30-day evaluation, simply press the “Stream Intraday Data” button on the toolbar or select it from the Data menu. Or, create an alert field. In either case, you will be asked if you would like to begin your 30-day evaluation.
After you have finished evaluating the increased functionality of TradingSolutions Real-Time, you can upgrade your software by contacting us. The current cost to upgrade is simply the price difference between the two versions, which is $1000.
$9.99 Financial Book Store Red Tag Sale
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The TradingSolutions Financial Book Store is currently featuring a $9.99 Red Tag sale that includes free shipping on bookstore orders over $49. Dozens of bestsellers are now on sale for $9.99, including:
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Stock Market Strategies that Work (reg. $16.95)
You Got Screwed! Why Wall Street Tanked… (reg. $20)
Profiting from Bull and Bear Markets (reg. $29.95)
The Conservative Investor's Guide to Trading Options (reg. $34.95)
Trading, Sex and Dying (reg. 39.95)
Day Trading Smart Right From the Start… (VHS reg. $64.95)
Micro Trading Tactics (VHS reg. $99)
All of these titles and many more are only $9.99 each and shipping is free for bookstore orders over $49. But act now, this offer is only though March 1, 2004 and while supplies last. To visit the TradingSolutions bookstore, visit:
http://www.invest-store.com/tradingsolutions/tl020104.html
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Trader's Portfolio Returns over 25% in One Month Using TradingSolutions
Keith Hill is a retired computer engineer who is currently focusing on developing trading systems. About two years ago, Mr. Hill discovered TradingSolutions and has since used it exclusively for his model development efforts.
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Mr. Hill worked on testing and refining his models for several months before trading and the performance during his first month of trading was quite impressive. Trading only stock options on an end-of-day basis with no leverage, he and his partner earned a return of over 25% in one month.
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More details about this interview are available in our new Customer Interview section, including details on his innovative approach to modeling. Read it now at: http://www.tradingsolutions.com/news/hill.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-December, the NASDAQ and the S&P 500 have gained around 4.5%. During this time, the Microchip Technology (NASDAQ:MCHP) model gained over 25%. Overall, the Solution Service models combined to generate a profit of over 2.5%.
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TradingSolutions Terminology
For most users, TradingSolutions features a variety of new terms to learn and become accustomed to. Optimal signals, models, trading solutions, and other concepts all play key roles in the usage of TradingSolutions. Since we get occasional technical support calls from users who are confused about the terminology, we would like to take this opportunity to clarify some of the key terms used in TradingSolutions.
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Entry/Exit Signal
An entry/exit signal is a market-timing signal that indicates when to enter and exit the market in the long or short direction.
Optimal Signal
An optimal signal is a historical entry/exit signal that is calculated by looking forward into the future to determine what action should have been taken. Although it cannot be traded directly, it is very useful for training neural networks.
Model of the Optimal Signal
A model of the optimal signal is a neural network model that predicts what action should be taken in the market. It does this by predicting what the current value of the optimal signal should be based on a selection of inputs.
Trading Solution
Trading solutions are bundles of one or more fields that include all of the information needed to recreate a signal or other field. This information includes any calculated inputs, optimal signals, predictions, training weights, or custom functions used to create the target field.
These and many other terms are listed in the Glossary of the TradingSolutions help. The TradingSolutions glossary includes links for many terms directly to relevant chapters dealing with that information.
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Heikin-Ashi Technique
A new indicator has been added to the Traders' Tip section of the Solution Library based on an article in a recent issue of Technical Analysis of Stocks and Commodities magazine (TASC).
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Dan Valcu's article “Using The Heikin-Ashi Technique” in the February 2004 issue presents a technique for calculating smoothed values in candlestick charts. These calculations have been added to the Solution Library.
After downloading the files from the Solution Library, they can then be imported into TradingSolutions using “Import Functions…” from the “File…” menu. The Traders' Tip section of the Solution Library is located at: http://www.tradingsolutions.com/downloads/tasc.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
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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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