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Holiday Warehouse Sale - up to 95% off
The TradingSolutions Financial Book Store is currently featuring a Holiday Warehouse Sale with savings up to 95% and shipping is free for bookstore orders over $69!
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Dozens of Gifts UNDER $10!
- The Point & Figure Method - ONLY $6
- McMillan on Options - ONLY $9.98
- Trading Chaos - Only $9.99
- All About Technical Analysis - ONLY $8.95
Even More Gifts under $20
- Swing Trading Simplified - was $29.95 now $15.99
- Stock Market Wizards - NOW $10.50
- Day Trade Futures Online - was $35 ONLY $16.50
- All About Futures - now $10
But act now, this offer is only though December 31, 2004 and while supplies last. To visit the TradingSolutions bookstore, visit:
http://www.invest-store.com/tradingsolutions/tl120104.html
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Vote in the TASC Readers' Choice Awards
Voting ends December 31, 2004 for Technical Analysis or Stocks and Commodities (TASC) magazine annual Readers' Choice Awards. TradingSolutions is on the ballot in two categories:
- Artificial Intelligence Software (expert, neural)
- Standalone Analytical Software, $500 and More.
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If you subscribe to TASC and enjoy working with TradingSolutions, we would appreciate your vote!
TASC subscribers can vote online at: http://technical.traders.com/Products/ballot.asp
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Feature Spotlight: Optimizable Functions
TradingSolutions v3.0 introduces several new features to make it easier to create trading signals. One of the most significant is the addition of optimizable function inputs to predictions.
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In previous versions of TradingSolutions, any values you wanted to try as inputs to your predictions needed to be pre-created as fields. For example, if you wanted to try various length moving averages as inputs, you needed to create different size moving averages to use as inputs. Similarly, if you wanted to try different types of moving averages, you needed to create each different type as a field.
With TradingSolutions v3.0, this process is considerably easier. Now, instead of pre-creating the fields, simply select the functions and indicators you would like to try as inputs directly. Then, as part of optimizing your prediction, TradingSolutions will try different sets of inputs using optimized settings to the functions you select. At the end of the optimization process, TradingSolutions will create any fields it needs based on the selected functions automatically.
To take advantage of this new feature, simply create a prediction as you would normally. Select to "Add New Field" for a data or group, then select "Predict or Model a Value" and select a value to predict. On the "Select Inputs" page, change the "Available Inputs" list to display optimizable functions by selecting "Select from optimizable functions".
Note that you can select a function multiple times to try multiple inputs at the same time. For example, selecting "Percent Difference from Moving Average" multiple times will allow TradingSolutions to try multiple size moving averages simultaneously. You can also combine optimizable functions with raw data and previously calculated fields. For best results, limit the number of optimizable inputs to around 10.
For more information on optimizing predictions, see the help chapter "Performing Technical Analysis with TradingSolutions", "Optimizing Signals and Predictions" under the topic "Optimizing Prediction Inputs and Settings".
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TradingSolutions Live is an introductory online course in which a standard web-browser is used to view the instructor's computer screen.
The course provides a broad overview of TradingSolutions v3.0 covering everything from creating a "traditional" rule-based trading system to creating a powerful neural network trading system. Neural network systems have a distinct advantage over rule-based systems in that they learn patterns directly from historical data, allowing you to create systems with more accurate signals for entering and exiting positions.
More information and to sign up for a course, visit:
http://www.tradingsolutions.com/resources/tslive.html
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New Indicator Added
A new indicator has been added to the Traders' Tip section of the Solution Library based on article in the recent issue of Technical Analysis of Stocks and Commodities magazine (TASC).
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M.H. Pee's article "Trend Trigger Factor" in the December 2004 issue presents his trend trigger factor (TTF) indicator, which is a method of detecting uptrends and downtrends using a 15-day buy power and 15-day sell power calculation. Pee also provides sample criteria that can be used to create an always-in-the-market reversal strategy based on the TTF indicator.
All of 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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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 the beginning of November, the NASDAQ has gained about 3% and the S&P 500 has gained about 0.5%. Overall, the Solution Service models combined to generate a small loss of about 0.9%.
Several of the Solution Service models took losses during this period due to being short going into the presidential election and being caught on the wrong side of the post-election rally. The bulk of the losses were limited to one model, which will be evaluated for being removed in the near future if it does not begin to recover.
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