eSignal 8.0 Offers New Global Market Data, News and Custom Studies.HAYWARD, Calif. -- eSignal, an Interactive Data (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange : IDC) business and a leading provider of streaming, real-time financial market data, news, analytics and decision-support tools for professional and individual traders, today released eSignal (R) 8.0. This latest version of the company's award-winning software provides additional market data from global exchanges, including expanded Forex Forex See: Foreign exchange and treasury data, as well as a host of product enhancements. "eSignal 8.0 is a much stronger analytical package now with additional global market data, enhanced information management, and a number of other remarkable features," said Robin Verderosa, senior director of product management. "Traders in equities, futures, Forex, or options will appreciate the efficiency of eSignal 8.0 in producing news and analytics through one of the most expansive user-defined feature sets available. As a long-time industry leader in providing innovative tools for investors, we are pleased to offer this new version of eSignal." eSignal 8.0 includes futures information from the Dow Jones Dow Jones the best known of several U.S. indexes of movements in price on Wall Street. [Am. Hist.: Payton, 202] See : Finance Commodities News Services, along with enhanced futures analytics ranging from continuous contracts to a fully customizable Quoteboard, electronic volume, settlement date, settlement price, and combined session symbols, as well as several new add-on studies. Finally, for traders who prefer to model and create their own individual studies or to perform additional ad hoc For this purpose. Meaning "to this" in Latin, it refers to dealing with special situations as they occur rather than functions that are repeated on a regular basis. See ad hoc query and ad hoc mode. analyses, eSignal 8.0 improves on its eSignal Formula Script (EFS EFS Encrypted File System (Microsoft Windows 2000) EFS Event Free Survival (survival rates in clinical trials) EFS Evangeliska Fosterlandsstiftelsen (Sweden) ) with major modifications designed to significantly reduce the amount of time needed to code. Data Content eSignal 8.0 expands the amount of market data available to its customers, bringing more than 20 points of additional market data from newly added exchanges and indices, including: --Bombay Stock Exchange and Indices --CME Globex --Caracas Stock Exchange (Venezuela) --Santiago Stock Exchange (Chile) --Hong Kong Futures Exchange Futures Exchange Traditionally, a term referring to a central marketplace where futures contracts and options on futures contracts are traded. More recently, with the growth in electronic trading, it is also used to describe the activity of futures trading itself. - Options --Jakarta Stock Exchange (Indonesia) --JASDAQ (Japan) --MEFF Renta Fija Futures --MEFF Renta Variable Futures --Osaka Securities Exchange - Nikkei Futures (Japan) --Philippines Stock Exchange --Russia SE Futures --Taiwan Stock Exchange --Taiwan OTC OTC See: Over-the-counter. OTC See over-the-counter market (OTC). Stock Exchange --Tokyo Stock Exchange - Futures (Japan) --Euronext Commodities --Euronext Equity and Index Derivatives --Euronext Interest Rate Futures --Hannover Commodities Exchange (Germany) --Italian Futures and Derivatives --London Metal Exchange Plastics --Vienna Futures and Options Exchange (Austria) --HotSpot FX Institutional & Retail --GTIS Forex (now by contributor) --GovPX US Benchmark Treasuries All Dow Jones Commodities News Services are now also available, including: --Dow Jones Commodities Service --Dow Jones MetalsWire --Dow Jones AgriWire --Dow Jones Mini Financial (miniFin) eSignal Formula Script 2 (EFS2) eSignal 8.0 contains a major update to EFS, eSignal's proprietary software for creating customized studies. Known now as EFS2, this simple JavaScript language allows traders to develop custom studies, access a series of customizable sample formulas, and test their trading strategies In finance, a trading strategy (see also trading system) is a predefined set of rules to apply. Usually, this refers to a means used to replicate an option in order to give it an arbitrage free value in the sense that the cost of buying some financial assets to give the same over days, weeks or years of historical data. Back testing back testing Using historical data to determine the relationship of specific variables. For example, a researcher might use historical data to determine if changes in the money supply have influenced changes in stock prices. is now simplified with EFS2 and the GUI (Graphical User Interface) A graphics-based user interface that incorporates movable windows, icons and a mouse. The ability to resize application windows and change style and size of fonts are the significant advantages of a GUI vs. a character-based interface. enhancements because the tabs and graphs are much easier to navigate, and designed to get the most out of this valuable data. eSignal 8.0 with EFS2 allows increased use of built-in studies, permits more concise coding, improves the ability to create studies based on different intervals and/or symbols, and adds support for building new studies. EFS2 is more accessible to traders of all levels and dramatically reduces the time necessary to develop additional customized studies. In one example, a stochastic By guesswork; by chance; using or containing random values. stochastic - probabilistic study that previously took 85 lines of code The statements and instructions that a programmer writes when creating a program. One line of this "source code" may generate one machine instruction or several depending on the programming language. A line of code in assembly language is typically turned into one machine instruction. to develop was completed with just 12 lines of code using EFS2. "eSignal continues to impress me by creating features that provide heightened visibility into very complicated markets that can be both risky and rewarding," said Keth Comollo, eSignal 8.0 beta user. "eSignal also makes it possible for me to create my own specialized tools as necessary. With this latest release, eSignal enables me to reach far beyond the basic software to define studies and views that give me insight into markets in just the way I want." Add-On Studies In addition to four new indicators, eSignal 8.0 includes three new add-on studies: --The eMini-Master POLR POLR Provider of Last Resort POLR Path of Least Resistance POLR Pokemon Online Revolution Series --WaveTracker --Price Gauge eSignal 8.0 also features enhanced Hamzei Analytics "HotSpots", a special application of the Support, Pivot and Resistance Levels, plus Intraday Intraday Another way of saying "within the day." Notes: This term is often used for the new highs and lows of a security. For example, "a new intraday high" means a security reached a new all-time high throughout the trading day, but then fell by closing. Volume Break Out (IVBO), Directional Volatility (DV), and Central Intelligence Difference (CI Diff) Indicators, as well as the EZ2Trade Charting Collection with EZ2 Pivots and EZ2 Trailing Stops Trailing Stop A stop-loss order that is set at a percentage level below (for a long position) the market price. The price is adjusted as the price fluctuates. Notes: This is such a useful tool, yet many fail to use it. . Each indicator brings investors an additional method for assessing and managing risk and for recognizing patterns within the equities or futures markets futures market, a commodity exchange where contracts for the future delivery of grain, livestock, and precious metals are bought and sold. Speculation in futures serves to protect both the developers and the users of the commodities from unfavorable and unpredictable . Also new to eSignal 8.0 is Teresa Lo's PowerTools, featuring new tools to back test and fine tune any trading symbol Trading symbol See: Ticker symbol and time frame. The position-sizing tool is designed to help traders plan a transaction with the appropriate number of shares and reduce size over time to maintain their specified equity risk. Futures Analytics eSignal 8.0 includes several enhancements to futures analytics, including continuous contracts and spreads. The continuous contracts feature, available for U.S. and international contracts, uses an intuitive symbol format designed to make it easier to follow the front and forward months by eliminating the need to change symbols between each contract's expiration. A newly enhanced spread engine allows users the flexibility to control the formatting of the data when creating user-defined spreads. Spread symbols, on the other hand, can now be used in combination with other symbols using the plus, minus, multiply or divide operators. These spread symbols can be entered into the quote and chart window for analysis. Other features for futures traders include enhancements to the basic point and figure charts, improvements to eSignal's market profile, and a new, fully customizable Quoteboard. With the new Quoteboard, users can bring up a full list of fields available simply by right clicking on any cell. Fields can be arranged in any order and cells can grow or shrink automatically based on the number of fields chosen. Availability eSignal 8.0 is available immediately at no cost to all registered users of eSignal and eSignal Pro(TM). Customers may download the latest version at www.eSignal.com. Additional services can be purchased online at www.eSignal.com or by calling, toll free, 800.833.1228. About eSignal The eSignal division (www.esignal.com) of Interactive Data Corporation (NYSE: IDC) (www.interactivedata.com) is a leading global provider of financial and business information to professional and active individuals. Building on a 20-year legacy of delivering time-sensitive financial information, eSignal provides streaming, real-time market data, news and analytics. eSignal's suite of products includes eSignal(R), Advanced GET(TM), QuoTrek(R), FutureSource(R), MarketCenter LIVE(TM), QCharts(TM), LiveCharts(R), and the Web portals See portal. , MarketCenter.com, FutureSource.com, Quote.com(R) and RagingBull.com. |
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