CQG Launches Web-Based Back Testing Solution

CQG, has released a new web-based testing site to experiment with alternate forms of data and Analytics Analytics Analytics may be defined as the detection, analysis, and relay of consequential patterns in data. Analytics also seeks to explain or accurately reflect the relationship between data and effective decision making. In the trading space, analytics are applied in a predictive manner in an attempt to more accurately forecast the price. This predictive model of analytics generally involves the analysis of historical price patterns that are used in an attempt to determine certain price outcomes. Analyt Analytics may be defined as the detection, analysis, and relay of consequential patterns in data. Analytics also seeks to explain or accurately reflect the relationship between data and effective decision making. In the trading space, analytics are applied in a predictive manner in an attempt to more accurately forecast the price. This predictive model of analytics generally involves the analysis of historical price patterns that are used in an attempt to determine certain price outcomes. Analyt Read this Term delivery to the trading industry. CQG Labs (cqglabs.com) has been optimized for broad-market overviews and provides exclusive forms of information from CQG that is not available in other CQG products. The platform leverages a Cloud Cloud The cloud or cloud computing helps provides data and applications that can be accessed from nearly any location in the world so long as a stable Internet connection exists. Categorized into three cloud services, cloud computing is segmented into Software as a Service (SaaS), Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS), and Platform as a Service (PaaS). In terms of trading, the versatility of the cloud service allows retail traders the ability to test out new trading strategies, backtest pre-existing conc The cloud or cloud computing helps provides data and applications that can be accessed from nearly any location in the world so long as a stable Internet connection exists. Categorized into three cloud services, cloud computing is segmented into Software as a Service (SaaS), Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS), and Platform as a Service (PaaS). In terms of trading, the versatility of the cloud service allows retail traders the ability to test out new trading strategies, backtest pre-existing conc Read this Term infrastructure to extend market data and analytics into the mobile realm.

CQG's growth strategy involves close communication with CQG Labs customers. Each new prototype will be analyzed based on customer feedback. "We want to regularly engage customers who use mobile devices to help guide development," said Marcus Kwan, Vice President of Product Strategy and Design at CQG. "On a long-term basis, we envision this as a community for traders where new applications and tools, and enhancements to existing features, come from the ground up with CQG playing the role of the facilitator, enabling such ideas to be developed."

CQG plans to evolve the testing site's content to include more creative CQG features as well as partner prototypes. The goal is to provide interesting market information to the user base from a wide variety of sources.

"CQG has a long history of partnering with clients and other industry innovators," Kwan said. "With multiple perspectives coming to the drawing board, we are able to get a bigger picture of where the industry is going to develop products and tools that truly drive change."

The cloud-hosted site is free to the public and does not require visitors to be current CQG customers. The view has been optimized to fit an iPad® in portrait mode, as well as other mobile devices.