The service enables OneChicago Web site visitors to perform quantitative research of potential securities trades using fundamental data and technical analysis. Users of the service also can build customized portfolios and analyze the performance of those portfolios against relevant benchmarks and economic indicators.
OneChicago Analytics incorporates a historical database of prices for over 3,000 common stocks and derivative instruments as well as historical stock index data and company financials.
The service is powered by QAI's leading MarketQATM financial software and has been customized to support the analytic needs of traders, brokers and other financial professionals participating in OneChicago's security futures markets.
"Our primary objective for OneChicago Analytics is to encourage the use of security futures products by offering a comprehensive research capability on our Web site," said William J. Rainer, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of OneChicago. "With this service, we will provide market participants with analytic tools they can utilize to form opinions about the potential behavior of these instruments."
The service is now available at no charge to registered users of OneChicago's Web site.
OneChicago is a joint venture of the Chicago Board Options Exchange® (CBOE®), Chicago Mercantile Exchange Inc. (CME) and the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT®). Trading in OneChicago security futures began Nov. 8 with 21 single stock futures contracts. Today, the Exchange lists 85 single stock futures as well as futures on the DIAMONDS Trust. Futures on narrow-based indices are scheduled for launch in February 2003.
All products listed to date are physically settled at expiration, electronically traded on the CBOEdirect® match engine and accessible through the CBOEdirect and GLOBEX® platforms. All security futures can be held in either a securities or a futures account.
For more information about OneChicago and its products, please access the OneChicago Web site at www.OneChicago.com.
Quantitative Analytics Inc., a leading financial software company, develops and markets the MarketQA™ financial research and portfolio management system and related tools for the financial professional. Additional information regarding QA and its products can be found at www.qaisoftware.com.
