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   BioComp Systems › Bits Newsletters › Volume 2 Number 8                                         September 28, 2007

 
Dakota 2.0


We have released Dakota 2.0 for end of day trading, with a number of new features to support the increasing sophistication of our customers. Dakota now has also a News and Tips window that keeps you informed about updates, forums discussions, "Hot Bot" trading systems that are being created and other useful information. You can check for updates via a simple menu selection, too. That way, you are always using the most recent version of the best adaptive trading system tool available.

Some of the more sophisticated features include support for Sentinel bots described below, a new multiple-flock adaptive algorithm, and the ability to counter-trade bot performance by trading the currently weak performers in the expectation of their gains as they revert to the mean performance of the system.

If you have been holding off from getting involved in a "1.0" product, jump on board with 2.0.

For existing customers, this is a paid upgrade unless you are a Dakota "Sponsor" or are leasing the end of day Dakota.

Dakota Product Information >>
 
Sentinel Bots


The Power of "Swarms" of Trading Systems
As you may or may not know, Dakota uses "Swarms" of trading systems. This really means it creates numerous copies of a trading system, each with different parameters, such as different periods for moving averages, or true-range, etc. Dakota "steps-forward" this collection of trading systems, optionally adapting each one to current market conditions. Just having a collection of trading systems gives you a significant advantage over other trading tools because you are not trading a single set of fixed parameters, but your systems are spread over a fruitful region, softening the effects of shifting markets. Second, in Dakota you can have these trading systems share information, "collaborate", about what parameters are profitable. Through this collaboration the trading systems' parameters move in profitable directions in order to seek improved equity growth.

Sentinel Bots: What are They?
A "sentinel" bot is a trading system that has fixed parameters that tells the other bots whether it's selected parameter values are making money. It acts as an anchored "Equity Lighthouse", advising of clear waters or equity rocks. The other bots can move towards or away from those parameters to improve their performance. In the most recent update of Dakota 2.0, since sentinel bots may be warning of equity "rocks", now you can ignore their signals and just "play" the signals of the bots that are adapting, or you can include the Sentinel's bot only if its performance is acceptable.

Sentinel bots are not a "Click-n-Do" feature of Dakota, but are implemented through programming or scripting. It isn't hard and there's a lot of discussion in the forums about how they work and how to do them.

Learn More about Dakota >>

 
Workshops:


Dev JAM
November 9-11 ...
Las Vegas ...
Sorry, FULL
You missed it! You might consider coming to our Dakota introductory workshop in Boca Raton in January or to Amsterdam. The Amsterdam workshop we may convert into Dev JAM Europe. Stay tuned...

Coming up...
Boca Raton, January
Amsterdam, March

P.S.  For you new folks, you get 1/2-off your Dakota license if ordered with a workshop.

Workshop Info >>

Dakota: Love It or Lease It


Did you know you can lease the end-of-day Dakota by the month? Not sure whether Dakota is for you? Don't want to fully invest at this time? Just lease it for 75 dollars per month and get the full forums privileges and upgrades and your last 2 month's lease payment count towards purchase. Join us and the community of Dakota users! We know you will be impressed.

Lease it >>
Drop down the "Level" option and select "Lease"


 

In This Issue
 

 
Other Items Of Interest
See Dakota Swarm TechnologyTM  trading systems perform on a wide variety of securities
You can build secure compiled trading bots for BioComp Dakota using Visual Basic 6.  Licensed customers to .Net!
 

 
Customer Quotes
About Our Products ...
"In my opinion, though, Profit and Dakota are the real deals. Those two programs, coupled with the background, intelligence and discipline to use them … and a pocket sufficiently filled with money … are all that is necessary for one to be consistently successful trading the S&P 500 Futures"
       - July 30, 2007

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
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These documents are provided for informational purposes only. The information contained in this document represents the current view of BioComp Systems on the material discussed as of the date of publication.  Materials written should not be interpreted to be a commitment on the part of BioComp and BioComp cannot guarantee the accuracy of any information presented after the date of publication.   INFORMATION PROVIDED IN THIS DOCUMENT IS PROVIDED "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND FREEDOM FROM INFRINGEMENT. Statements of equity performance are hypothetical and have not been substantiated by records of actual trading.  Hypothetical or simulated performance results have certain inherent limitations. Unlike an actual performance record, simulated results do not represent actual trading.  Also, since the trades have not actually been executed, the results may have under- or over-compensated for the impact, if any, of certain market factors, such as lack of liquidity.  Simulated trading programs in general are also subject to the fact that they are designed with the benefit of hindsight. No representation is being made that any account will or is likely to achieve profits or losses similar to those mentioned.

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