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(From The Jacket) – 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.