Resources include software applications for trading systems development, educational resources, data providers, utility applications, website building and hosting solutions.
BioComp Dakotaenables you to create adaptive systems with 100% walk-forward out-of-sample performance evaluation. Dakota "steps-forward" one bar at a time, recalcuating signals as though you were trading in real-life. If you have a favorite market timing indicator that you use in an application such as AmiBroker or MetaStock, try it out using Dakota and 'widen' the parameter ranges of your system to find out how robust it really is...
Quantitative Trading Systems by Dr. Howard Bandy supercedes the older books and thinking on technical analysis. As it says on the cover, Dr. Bandy presents practical methods for the design, testing and validation of trading systems. This book is a must have!
Pinnacle Data Corp. is a supplier of super-clean reasonably priced commodity futures data with update service -- also market breadth data, indices, bond rates, economic data and sentiment data including Commitment of Traders.
IObit Smart Defrag is a powerful, file defragmenter that works continuously, automatically and quietly in the background on your PC. Smart Defrag streamlines your file system, places the frequently used files and directories into the fastest area of the disk, enabling your computer to run at top speed with the most stability. It is absolutely free for your personal computers, business or enterprise servers. Thanks to IObit!
AutoIt v3 is a freeware BASIC-like scripting language designed for automating the Windows GUI and general scripting. It uses a combination of simulated keystrokes, mouse movement and window/control manipulation in order to automate tasks in a way not possible or reliable with other languages (e.g. VBScript and SendKeys). AutoIt is also very small, self-contained and will run on all versions of Windows out-of-the-box with no annoying "runtimes" required.
BioComp Profit 8 is an end-of-day financial market modeling tool that is designed to maximize profits and deliver smooth, consistent returns as it forecasts the rise and fall of your favorite securities. Use Profit to import raw securities data, build indicators then utilize those indicators as alternative inputs to an input and predictive model search process. Many models are built and the top N on a performance basis are brought into Profit to act as a "committee" of models. The models' signals are combined to create a "System Model". Profit outperforms the more antiquated neural based solutions.
The MarketSci Blog is authored by Michael Stokes and provides the reader with an education in the development of quantitative models for timing the shorter term daily trends of stock indices. The MarketSci trading strategy was the #1 Ranked U.S. Market Timer for 2006 and 2007 (by Theta Research) and Michael is the developer of MarketSci.
Connexions is a a place to view and share educational material made of small knowledge chunks called modules that can be organized as courses, books, reports, etc. Anyone may view or contribute. The content contains educational materials for everyone - from children to college students to professionals.
Software Applications for Trading Systems Development
Educational Resources
Data Providers
FileZilla Client is a fast and reliable cross-platform FTP, FTPS and SFTP client with lots of useful features and an intuitive graphical user interface. FileZilla supports resume and transfer of large files and features a powerful site manager and transfer queue. We have used many FTP clients and this one is the best.
Utility Applications
Advanced SystemCare PRO protects and speeds up your computer. It provides an always-on, automated, all-in-one PC Healthcare Service with anti-spyware, privacy protection, performance tune-ups, and system cleaning capabilities. This powerful and award-winning precision tool fixes stubborn errors, cleans out clutter, optimizes internet and download speeds, ensures personal security and maintains maximum computer performance automatically.
Business Continuity Planning
Mozy is the industry-leading solution for online backup. Chances are you have a lot of important stuff on your computer like financial documents, email, digital photos, music and more. Mozy is easy to use and runs your remote backups in a no-fuss, efficient manner.
Home users get 2 GB absolutely free! No setup fee, no monthly payments, no credit cards, no hassle. Both MozyHome and MozyPro (business) versions are totally pro solutions capable of playing a key role in anybody's disaster recovery plan.
Website Hosting
IPowerWeb provides affordible, reliable web hosting solutions. AdaptiveTradingSystems.com is hosted by IPowerWeb and we are very happy with the service. There is plenty of storage space and bandwidth. It's easy to create blogs, forums, MySQL databases, email accounts etc. The control panel is easy to use and the reporting is good. We have never needed to call on the 24/7 customer support - now that says something.