Tutorial: Learning the Basics

Introduction

The TradingSolutions Interface

Understanding Fields

A Quick Example

The Solution Service

Welcome to the TradingSolutions tutorials!

i   Tutorial Task
Learn the basics of using TradingSolutions for swing trading.

This tutorial will provide you with the big picture of how you can use TradingSolutions for swing trading. It will show you how to generate a pre-created signal, analyze the performance, and track it for daily trading.

i   General Note about Day Trading
This tutorial addresses trading on a daily basis with end-of-day data. TradingSolutions Real-Time also supports streaming data real-time for day trading. In general, the concepts covered here apply equally to both types of trading.

Later tutorials will go into more detail and show you how to generate your own signals. Don’t worry if you don’t completely understand something right now – most basic questions are explained in the tutorial. After you have completed the tutorial, answers for advanced questions can be found elsewhere in the help.

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