• GAIN Capital has launched its new margin-trading platform, FOREXTrader for Windows. The platform is now available free to GAIN Capital clients. FOREXTrader for Windows can be accessed at www.gaincapital.com and www.forex.com. Designed for professional users and active retail traders, the platform is built on Microsoft’s .NET framework, providing a robust and secure internet-based trading solution. FOREXTrader for Windows provides enhanced charting capabilities, a redesigned interface, advanced customization, auto execution capabilities, order management, an integrated real time news feed, up-to-the minute market commentary feeds, daily and weekly research, a streaming ticker of major market indices, audible alerts, and security features.

  • GFT Global Markets UK Ltd. Has expanded its global product offerings for online financial derivatives trading, ranging from new European indices to additional Australian individual equities. The spread betting, CFD, and spot forex provider, which officially opened for business in the third quarter of 2006, has realized a significant increase in the number of customers and trading volume. The increased demand prompted GFT Global Markets to not only expand the number of products that are available to its CFD and spread betting customers, but also to enhance its customer tools and services that are unique to the company’s platform. Traders can place guaranteed stops (for an additional fee) on some of the most commonly traded pairs. GFT’s advanced risk-management systems automatically adjust margin requirements to reflect the limitations on risk that are offered by guaranteed stops. All products can be accessed through GFT Global Market’s free trading platform, DealBook 360. For more information, visit www.gftuk.com.

  • InstantBull has launched a new feature that displays a matrix summary of all the latest posts from the Web’s most popular stock message boards. From one site users can now access posts from Yahoo Finance, Silicon Investor, Investors Hub, RagingBull, ClearStation, InvestorVillage, and MarketWatch. The upgrade also includes a new button for all-in-one message board access sorted by time of posting, pagination buttons, one-click access to “most active boards” on both the aggregated services and on InstantBull, and an aggregated search feature for the most comprehensive list of stock market blogs on the Web. InstantBull’s free upgrade is available at www.InstantBull.com.

  • Patsystems has released Pro-Mark 3.9, the front-end system for high volume, professional traders. New features include advanced charting functionality accessible directly from the live quotes screen. The flexible charting tool offers fully-configurable technical indicators, chart styles, and representations including Market Profile. For more information, visit www.patsystems.com.

  • VantagePoint Intermarket Analysis Software’s release of version 7.0 includes a diverse selection of new market categories and features designed to improve traders’ VantagePoint user experience. For the first time since its inception in 1991, VantagePoint now forecasts individual stocks. Version 7.0 makes predictions on approximately 100 stocks, representing major companies in the following sectors: basic materials, conglomerates, consumer goods, financial, healthcare, industrial goods, services, technology, and utilities. Along with the additional market forecasting capability, VantagePoint 7.0 also has added new features. Information about specific contracts, including the data provider symbol, data file start and end dates, and actual values for specific days can now be displayed. Several new leading technical indicators have been added, which can be used as confirmation filters to assist in trading decisions. Different settings can now be applied to charts and reports individually rather than only universally. For more information, visit www.tradertech.com.

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