eSignal
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| Developer(s) | Interactive Data Corporation |
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| Stable release | ver. 11.3 / September 21, 2011 |
| Operating system | Windows |
| Type | Technical analysis program |
| License | {{GFDL-self}} |
| Website | http://www.esignal.com |
eSignal, an Interactive Data company, offers its eSignal suite of products and services, as well as trading education, global, real-time market data and decision support tools to individual and active traders worldwide. eSignal provides streaming data from financial markets and allows users to examine the data using fundamental analysis and technical analysis.
eSignal[1], a Windows-based application, uses JavaScript as the basis for the scripting language that programmers and traders can use for building custom indicators. This, in effect, includes eSignal users in the base from which to draw programmers for writing indicators.
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[edit] Add-ons
There are companies that provide add-on indicators that can be used in eSignal. Most of these add-ons are written in the eSignal EFS script language (a superset of JavaScript) with extensions written in any language and compiled to a DLL.
[edit] The eSignal EFS script language
The eSignal scripting language, EFS, a derivative of JavaScript, can be used to create new formula studies or modify the formulas and studies that come with eSignal.
[edit] The other eSignal products and services
eSignal[2] provides streaming, real-time market data, news and analytics. The other products offered under the eSignal brand include eSignal, Advanced GET Edition, and eSignal OnDemand[3], as well as a browser-based version -- LiveCharts -- and QuoTrek -- for use on mobile devices and smart phones.
The datafeed provides real-time, delayed or end-of-day data for stocks, futures, options, indices, foreign exchange and treasuries, depending on the package. eSignal Premier has real-time market data for stocks and futures from U.S. and international markets. eSignal Premier Plus adds options data to that. An end-of-day (EOD) product, eSignal OnDemand, is delayed snapshot data available on demand for one region or all regions.
eSignal, Advanced GET Edition[4][5], couples eSignal’s market data, back testing and trading strategy tools with a proprietary set of indicators, including the Elliott Oscillator, eXpert Trend Locator and False Bar Stochastic. Its rules-based set-ups include the signature Advanced GET Type 1 and 2 trades.
QuoTrek is global, streaming, real-time market quotes, charts and news accessible via the iPhone, BlackBerry, Android and Java-enabled devices. It can be added to eSignal, eSignal, Advanced GET Edition, and LiveCharts without incurring extra exchange fees so that users can stay in touch with the markets wirelessly.
The browser-based service -- LiveCharts -- provides streaming, real-time quotes from world markets, streaming charts, news, market depth and other tools to active traders. It also has a version of the software for the agricultural market.
[edit] References
- ^ eSignal 11 Review, Mark Dooley, TraineeTrader.com, February 11, 2011.
- ^ Software Review: A Modern Take on What Interactive Data's eSignal Does Best. www.tradersonline-mag.com, 03/2011.
- ^ Software Review: Three traders at different levels of experience test OnDemand, Ulla Decken, YTEmagazine.com, July / August 2009.
- ^ eSignal, Advanced GET Edition, Version 10, A Trader’s Toolbox, Trader's Magazine, November, 2007.
- ^ eSignal 10 and Advanced GET Edition, Parts 1 and 2, Technical Analysis of Stocks & Commodities, Volume 26, March 2008 and Volume 27, April 2008.
