Software for trading futures and future options
Software plays key role in finding most profitable trades. Other features of a good software include its ability to identify timing of a trade, analyzing profit loss graphs, super impose different strategies, providing greeks of positions, ability to trade on charts, back testing, facility to do paper trades, portfolio management, extensive reports, risk management data, SPAN margin calculations and p/l graph comparison based on underlying price movements or individual option volatility movement.
OptionVue and Track'nTrade continue to score high ranks among the software systems we analyzed. **
Compare Commodity trading Software**
| Software Features | OptionVue | Track N Trade | Optionetics PlatinumPro |
| Options on Commodities | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Profit loss graphs | Yes | No | Yes |
| Scan for trades | Yes | No | Yes |
| Trade on Charts | No | Yes | -UnKnown- |
| super impose different trades | Yes | No | -UnKnown- |
| portfolio management | Yes | Yes | -UnKnown- |
| Greeks of a trade | Yes | No | -UnKnown- |
| Off-line work | Yes | Yes | No |
| SPAN Margin calculation on multi leg trade | Yes | No | -UnKnown- |
| Back test different strategies | Yes | Yes | -UnKnown- |
| Historical volatilities of options | Yes | No | -UnKnown- |
| Greeks of whole position/ Portfolio | Yes | No | -UnKnown- |
| Portfolio reports | Yes | No | -UnKnown- |
| Analyze multi-leg trades with graphs | Yes | No | Yes |
| Software Cost -initial | $1495 - $3500 depends on features. | $197.00 | -UnKnown- |
| Recurring cost for data | $49/month for 20 minute delayed quotes | $20/month for End of day quotes | -UnKnown- |
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Links for Commodity trading software systems:
http://www.optionetics.com/platinum/features.asp
http://www.egartech.com/home1.asp
http://www.globalrisk.com/optiontrader
http://www.iqchart.com/features/
http://www.options-inc.com/master/master.html
http://www.prime-analytics.com/
** Disclaimer : Information provided here is based on our understanding of the product and for information purpose only. Please Check with the vendor for accuracy or recent updates.