Global Strategy Land

Global Futures is excited to offer our development services to our customers with existing or new strategies.  Our GSTrader development team will develop your new strategy or translate your existing strategy into the GSTrader API.  You simply provide the information to our team and they take care of the work!

Strategy Automation Station (SAS)

If you want to automate and distribute your existing strategy running on third-party execution engines, this is the solution for you. SAS is an advanced server-based solution for automation, execution & distribution of trading strategies written in TradeStation, Excel, Visual Basic, WealthLab, .NET, Fix, COM, Java, C, C++ or any other proprietary platform to one account or to multiple subscribers.

• Who is it for?
  Traders, Systems Traders, Strategy Developers, CTAs, POAs, CPOs that want to automate their trading systems and trade on single account or distribute them to multiple subscribers.
• Single Account - How does it work?
  
  • Execution - Clients run the strategy in TradeStation (Excel, WealthLab, etc) and SAS routes strategy signals to the client's account.
  • Control - Client can monitor strategy execution through GSTrader Console.
• Multiple Accounts - How does it work?
  
  • Execution - The developers execute the strategy from within their platform (e.g. TradeStation) and SAS sends the strategy signal to the clients' accounts.
  • Distribution - The GSTrader server at the FCM's facility receives the signals and executes the trades for one or multiple subscribers in their individual accounts.
  • Control - Each individual subscriber can monitor and control the strategy execution through the GSTrader Pro console.
  • Manage - The broker can monitor and manage all subscribers' accounts from the GSTrader Manager tool.
• Features for Developers and Brokers
  
  • Control: Centralized subscription of clients. Centralized management of subscribers' orders and accounts.
  • Security: Distribute your trading strategies without revealing your code, and even the orders! Only authorized clients will have access to your systems. Check monthly - who was trading your system.
  • Simulated trading: Test your trading systems on our real-time trading simulator before moving to the real execution. Promote your systems to potential clients, by lettings them view real-time trading.
  • Advanced Orders: Synthetic orders, including Smart Orders, OCO orders, etc.
• Features for Subscribers
  
  • Hands-Free Execution: strategies are executed from our server at FCM's facilities, so clients internet connection and even your computer being shut, don't affect order execution.
  • Monitor trading performance in real time through GSTrader Pro trading platform.
  • Control strategies' execution in real time through GSTrader Pro trading platform.
  • Trade with multiple trading strategies on multiple markets.

Check our GSTrader's Development Studio, which offers you a flexible C++ strategy-oriented API.

Step 1: Protect Your Intellectual Property

Sign and fax the Non-Disclosure Agreement back to our office at 818-996-0401.  Don't forget to specify your return fax number.  We will sign the agreement and fax it back to you.

Step 2: Define Your Strategy

Download and complete the Strategy Description Form.  After completing the form email it to us at globalfutures@globalfutures.com.  We may give you a call to verify the details of your strategy.  We will follow up with a proposal for development within three business days.

Step 3: The Development Process

Once we receive confirmation and 50% of the quoted price we will start the development process.

Step 4: The Deployment Process

We will set up your strategy on our paper server for your review.  Upon your approval, we will set your strategy on your account for real, live trading.  Your GSTrader API C++ code will be available upon request.