How does it work? Simply stated, TradeStation enables you to communicate your own custom trading ideas directly to your PC in very much the same way you would to another trader. Once it knows the buy and sell criteria you are looking for, it can then perform a historical simulation — covering years of data — and reveal within a matter of seconds how your strategy could have performed over the period tested. Once you're satisfied with your historical evaluation, it can then actually automate the monitoring of your trading strategy in real-time.

TradeStation®2000i is based on the premise that emotions are one of your greatest obstacles to trading success.

TradeStation 2000i's unique strategy testing and automation capabilities truly represent a quantum leap in trading software: One designed to harness the power of your PC to help you make more informed and knowledgeable trading decisions, and to make them more quickly than ever before.

It gives you the power to rely less on emotions and more on an objective plan that you have carefully developed and evaluated historically. Of course, past performance doesn't guarantee future success. But wouldn't you like to know how a strategy could have performed in the past before putting your money on the line? Not just how much money it could have made, but how often it may have traded... what kinds of drawdowns it could have experienced and much, much more.

With TradeStation®2000i you can finally have the answers to these and other vital questions without having to hire a staff of computer programmers. While other trading services and software packages can offer you basic analysis tools and indicators, TradeStation 2000i goes a step further. Using a variety of powerful features and an extensive database of historical market data, TradeStation 2000i gives you the capability to develop your own trading strategies and perform a historical simulation to reveal how your strategy could have performed over the tested period.

Through TradeStation 2000i's easy-to-use StrategyBuilder, you'll be able to create countless trading strategies based on close to 100 built-in entry and exit signals. Or, you can create your own from scratch using EasyLanguage®, our proprietary trading language which uses everyday trading terms to describe your trading ideas. Packed with powerful analysis and charting features, TradeStation 2000i will then help you analyze your strategies from almost every conceivable angle. Plus, TradeStation 2000i includes HISTORYBANK.COM® Financial Database, which includes over 30 years of historical data that you can use to back-test your strategies to see if they could have been profitable over time.

TradeStation®2000i's state-of-the-art technological features give you the power to create, test and automate your own trading strategies right from your own computer. TradeStation 2000i makes use of the power and stability inherent in a 32-bit application. And, we've gone beyond that, offering you technology to capitalize on that power and take your trading strategies to a higher level...all on your home or office PC. Here's how:

Microsoft COM Architecture. TradeStation 2000i is built from the ground up with a Microsoft COM architecture that lets you open anything from an Excel spreadsheet to an Internet Browser seamlessly within any workspace. This technology actually lets you incorporate any "Active Document" in your workspaces. That includes all Microsoft applications and 3rd party applications and add-on products that you can choose to view right alongside your charts and quotes.

Seamless Internet Integration. TradeStation 2000i was engineered from the ground up to make use of the Internet. Thanks to TradeStation 2000i's open architecture, you can access any Internet trading site directly from your workspace.

Internet Research. Conducting Internet research in TradeStation 2000i is as easy as a click of the mouse. Simply right-clicking on a chart automatically brings up a smart browser that takes you to an Internet research site for that particular symbol, so you'll always have news and current data on the symbols you are tracking. And best of all, you can do it all from within your workspace so you won't lose sight of the symbols you're tracking.

Streaming Data. TradeStation 2000i is capable of receiving streaming real-time data or downloading end-of-day data over the Internet. With real-time or end-of-day data from your Internet data provider, the full power of TradeStation 2000i is realized. TradeStation 2000i will track this information for you, so you'll be able to take action on market moves in real-time or end-of-day.

Minimal-Maintenance GlobalServer®. The GlobalServer is the heart of TradeStation 2000i, handling all aspects of your data maintenance. With it, you'll be able to collect tick-by-tick data on 50,000, 100,000 or even 200,000 symbols at once—as much data as your datafeed transmits and your hardware will allow. The GlobalServer will even add new issues for you automatically and store bid and ask. And if you prefer to filter the symbols you collect, a simple click of your mouse takes you to preloaded Data Collection Templates which allow you to choose all stocks, or all futures, or a host of other combinations. How much or how little data you choose to collect is entirely up to you, and the power of your PC.

Unique Charting Capabilities. With TradeStation 2000i, you'll be able to evaluate historical bar charts containing as many as 100,000, 500,000 or 1,000,000 bars. So, your analysis power has no bounds. This is especially crucial if you're looking at extended periods of tick, 1-minute or 5-minute bars.

Multiple Processor and Multi-Threaded Application Support. This feature allows you to unleash the full potential of the latest operating systems by working with up to eight CPUs on the same machine. How can this help your trading? It can insure that you get maximum power and speed, and that your computer will work more smoothly.