Building Winning Trading Systems with Tradestation, + Website, 2nd Edition: 542 (Wiley Trading) - Hardcover

Pruitt

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1118168275 ISBN 13: 9781118168271

Publisher: Wiley, 2012

Synopsis

The updated edition of the guide to building trading systems that can keep pace with the market

The stock market is constantly evolving, and coupled with the new global economic landscape, traders need to radically rethink the way they do business at home and abroad. Enter Building Winning Trading Systems, Second Edition, the all-new incarnation of the established text on getting the most out of the trading world. With technology now a pervasive element of every aspect of trading, the issue has become how to create a new system that meets the demands of the altered financial climate, and how to make it work.

Giving voice to the question on every trader and investor's lips, the book asks, "How can we build a trading system that will be paramount for our increasingly stressed markets?" The answer? Establish mechanical trading systems that remove human emotion from the equation and form the cornerstone of a complete trading plan and with greater agility, characteristics that are more important than ever given the kinetic pace of the markets.

• Presents an all-new strategy for trading systems that will show traders how to create systems that will work in the twenty first century
• Expert advice from highly respected trading authority, George Pruitt
• Includes a new website featuring updated TradeStation code and shows how to use the world's best investment software platform to develop and utilize trading systems that really work

Once again paving the way for traders who want to adapt to their environment, Building Winning Trading Systems, Second Edition combines expertise in indicator design and system building in one indispensable volume.

About this title

About the Author

GEORGE PRUITT is Director of Research for Futures Truth magazine. He has written for Futures magazine and has had his research published by the Wall Street Journal and Barron's. Pruitt holds a bachelor's degree in computer science from the University of North Carolina at Asheville and co- programmed the Excalibur testing software. He has coded over 1,000 different trading methodologies and is the coauthor of The Ultimate Trading Guide (Wiley).

JOHN R. HILL is President and founder of Futures Truth magazine, a leading periodical that analyzes and rates trading systems. He holds a master's degree in chemical engineering from The Ohio State University and is the coauthor of The Ultimate Trading Guide (Wiley).

From the Back Cover

Given the increasingly frenetic pace at which the stock market is changing, traders are turning to new and ever more powerful tools to help them better manage their investments. Chief among these is TradeStation^®, the premier investment software on the market today. In Building Winning Trading Systems with TradeStation^® + Website, Second Edition, systems experts George Pruitt and John Hill walk you through the ins and outs of this remarkable platform, giving you the tools, expertise, and advice you need to put it to work for you.

A user's manual for anyone looking to learn the fundamentals of creating and utilizing trading systems with TradeStation, the book explains EasyLanguage^®, the proprietary, easy-to-use programming language that allows you to build customized trading strategies. Covering the essentials of successful programming, the book addresses program structures, how to measure trading system performance, and much more.

Filled with practical examples, including the code you need to put them to use, this Second Edition of Building Winning Trading Systems with TradeStation^® + Website covers the key topics from debugging and output to analysis techniques that you need to master in order to trade in the stock, futures, commodities, and other major markets. Also exploring how to use TradeStation as a research tool, and offering insightful interviews with some of the top developers in the trading industry, the book is a truly comprehensive manual to using the TradeStation platform.

In addition, in-depth appendices and a supplemental website featuring updated code make this fully revised and updated edition of Building Winning Trading Systems with TradeStation^® + Website the ultimate guide to using the world's best investment software to develop and utilize trading systems that are nimble enough to help you profit in today's fast-moving markets.

From the Inside Flap

Given the increasingly frenetic pace at which the stock market is changing, traders are turning to new and ever more powerful tools to help them better manage their investments. Chief among these is TradeStation^®, the premier investment software on the market today. In Building Winning Trading Systems with TradeStation^® + Website, Second Edition, systems experts George Pruitt and John Hill walk you through the ins and outs of this remarkable platform, giving you the tools, expertise, and advice you need to put it to work for you.

A user's manual for anyone looking to learn the fundamentals of creating and utilizing trading systems with TradeStation, the book explains EasyLanguage^®, the proprietary, easy-to-use programming language that allows you to build customized trading strategies. Covering the essentials of successful programming, the book addresses program structures, how to measure trading system performance, and much more.

Filled with practical examples, including the code you need to put them to use, this Second Edition of Building Winning Trading Systems with TradeStation^® + Website covers the key topics from debugging and output to analysis techniques that you need to master in order to trade in the stock, futures, commodities, and other major markets. Also exploring how to use TradeStation as a research tool, and offering insightful interviews with some of the top developers in the trading industry, the book is a truly comprehensive manual to using the TradeStation platform.

In addition, in-depth appendices and a supplemental website featuring updated code make this fully revised and updated edition of Building Winning Trading Systems with TradeStation^® + Website the ultimate guide to using the world's best investment software to develop and utilize trading systems that are nimble enough to help you profit in today's fast-moving markets.

Edition details

• Publisher: Wiley
• Publication date: 2012
• ISBN 10: 1118168275
• ISBN 13: 9781118168271
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 448