Download Optimal Trader

Download Optimal Trader for a free trial period of 30 days.

The software will work as an evaluation version until you purchase Optimal Trader. The evaluation version expires after 30 days and can not be used on all stocks.

When you purchase Optimal Trader the software gains full functionality.

Download:

Optimal Trader 4.1.0

Download Now (18.3 MB) [2009-06-29]

Installation Instructions:

Download the above file "optim_install.exe" to your hard disk. The download takes about 1 minute with DSL/Cable and about 20 minutes with dial-up(56K).
Double-click the downloaded file "optim_install.exe" to start the Setup Program.
Follow the instructions of the Setup Program to complete the installation. You need to have administrator privileges on your computer.
When the installation is complete double-click the icon "Optimal Trader" on your desktop to run Optimal Trader.

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Detailed installation instructions

System requirements:

Operative system : Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 2000, Windows 98, Windows ME, Windows NT, Windows Server 2003

Hardware: PC, PentiumII 450MHz, 128MB RAM, 100MB available hard disk space, dial-up or network connection, 800x600 or higher resolution.

.NET Framework

Optimal Traders user interface is built on Microsofts .NET Framework 2.0. In the above installation file .NET Framwork is already included. Newer upgrades to Windows operating systems contain the Framework, so you may already have it.

Version history

Version 4.1.0
Expanded Best Models and Settings database, several minor diffeences, adapted to work with Windows Vista Standard User Account.

Version 4.0.1
New and improved criteria in Portfolio Scan

Version 4.0.0
New statistical indicator, new neural network, assorted new features, User Guide update

Version 3.4.0
Win Probability, Trading Horizon

Version 3.3.1
Expanded Portfolio Optimization functionality.

Version 3.2.5
Expanded Reporting (overview of all trading signals for all equities in one report) and Backtesting features. Faster Portfolio Optimization. Bug-fixes.

Version 3.2.1
Improved Best Models and Settings functionality

Version 3.2.0
Improved user interface, updated Best Models and Settings database. Currency Converter lets you analyze price data converted to another currency.

Version 3.1.5
Integration between Portfolio Optimization and Portfolio Scan. Expanded Portfolio Optimization functionality.

Version 3.1.1
Risk Management added based on Modern Portfolio Thery: Portfolio Optimization tool

Version 3.0.0
Best Models and Settings added. This feature helps you use the best models and settings based on empirical results for the current price behaviour pattern.

Version 2.4.2
Quad-core processor support and improved backtesting function.

Version 2.4.0
Trailing Stop-Loss Indicator added.

Version 2.3.2
Bug fixes

Version 2.2.8
Minor improvements, recommended update.

Version 2.2.0
Vastly expanded Portfolio Scan function with new factors (Beta Coefficient and Hurst Exponent) and new functionality. Export Portfolio option is addad making it easy to export your entire portfolio to an Excel or text file.

Version 2.1.3
Hurst Exponent estimation which gives you the option of classifying financial time series in terms of predictability, User Guide update

Version 2.1.2
Support for currencies.

Version 2.1.0
New version where you can manage several portfolios. This is especially useful with the Portfolio Scan feature. This update also includes several smaller improvements.

Version 2.0.9
Computing kernel optimized for multi-core processors. This doubles the speed of optimization and backtesting on many systems.

Version 2.0.8
Minor improvements

Version 2.0.6
Robust Parameters, Split Adjustment (manual and automatic) function, User Guide update

Version 2.0.4
First international release

Version 2.0.0
New function: Portfolio Scan, improvement of the neural network

Version 1.4.2
Minor improvements , solves problems with downloading from Yahoo! Finance. This update resets the Robust Optimization setting .

Version 1.4.1
Finetuning of the neural network, option of changing the chart period, update of user guide

Version 1.4.0
Forecasting with Neural Networks

Version 1.3.1
Faster computing kernel, several minor adjustments of the models

Version 1.2.9
New indicator: Stochastic RSI

Version 1.2.7
Minor improvements , i.e introducing the possibility to sort portfolios.

Version 1.2.6
Possibility to edit price data

Version 1.2.2
User interface adapted to user who have changed the DPI settings of their monitor

Version 1.2.0
New function: Manual Parameters

Version 1.1.2
Improvements on the Robust Optimization funktion

Version 1.1.0
New function: Robust Optimization

Version 1.0.4
Error correction of Limit Curve Fitting, change of default parameters for MACD Adaptive, improved Back Testing window

Version 1.0.2
Simplification of Create User Key, results information added to Back Testing