People sometimes ask me, "Besides what you develop yourself, what other resources/products have you found that you would recommend?"  On this page, as time permits, I'll call out various sites, products and developers that I have a high regard for.  Some of these folks I know personally, some only through their work.  Either way, comments on specific products are based upon on my own experience with the principals and/or their products.  These are (some of) the recommendations I make to personal friends.  I hope and expect that you will find these references interesting, educational, and profitable!

Trading Journal Spreadsheet  Greg Thurman

A superbly crafted tool for defining, logging, and summarizing your personal trading campaign. You know you need to keep records, but have you settled on how?  Are your records telling you what you really need to know?  Greg has done the heavy research, thinking, design, and coding to make it easy.  More than a mere spreadsheet, TJS is practically an entire eco-system for managing your trading as a business.  Highly recommended.

StrataSearch  Avarin Systems

StrataSearch is a program that automatically seeks out new trading strategies from scratch, evaluates, optimizes them, and combines them into a self-improving multi-system which can generate daily signals for trading.  Powerful, unique, and easy-to-use, StrataSearch deserves the attention of anyone who is serious about trading system discovery using daily data for analysis.

Jurik Research

Mathematically superior indicators for those seeking the sharpest possible edge.  (Also note: CFT can support your custom programming needs using Jurik tools.)

JAM Strategy Trading

JAM offers several unique products, including GVStratControl, which can be used to provide a high level of user-driven real-time flexibility in the TradeStation auto-trading environment.  (Also note: CFT can support your custom programming needs using GVStratControl..)

MESA Software  John Ehlers

The "rocket scientist" of traders, John Ehlers is known for his application of digital signal processing techniques to market data.  For all you electrical-engineer/scientist types out there, if you want to see how your college education can be applied to the technical analysis of financial markets, John's books, articles, and lectures are the ticket.  Along with tons of technical information, the MESA site features the complete source code to the books "Rocket Science for Traders" and "Cybernetic Analysis for Stocks and Futures" for a very modest price. 

Unicorn Trading  Alex Matulich

Alex's site has several goodies, including a Monte Carlo position sizing tool, technical discussions, and free EL code.  I particularly like his take on expectancy.  So, check it out!  I think you will agree that this site is a real find.