| 1987 |
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Nirvana
Systems was founded by Ed Downs,
former Automation Design Engineer. The company's
mission was to Automate the trading process
for individual investors, money managers,
and brokers.
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| 1989 |
Nirvana's
first product was released; a
"software robot" named Klatu.
This robot could automate any DOS program,
reading the screen and driving the keyboard
to act as a user would. It also had an embedded
speech device from Texas Instruments that
allowed the system to communicate with a
trader at specific events. Traders who had
programming ability purchased Klatu and
began trading with market events remotely
from their computers.
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| 1991 |
The
Director Utility Series These
utilities, based on the Klatu Automation
System, performed specific tasks with programs
like MetaStock, AIQ, Telescan ProSearch,
Analyzer, Quicklink, and other programs.
The utilities would run automations such
as "run all symbols, with all systems,
through MetaStock and tabulate the results."
Investors and traders could instantly apply
them to their other trading software and
realize automation benefits.
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| 1994 |
OmniTrader
Version 1.0 Using data and information
from the Director Utilities, driving other
software, Nirvana created a software program
to do the entire job of automated signal
generation. The program also included a
trading simulator and portfolio to provide
a complete, automated trading package.
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| 1995 |
OmniTrader
Version 2.0 Special features for
Futures traders (such as Commitment of Trader's
display) were added to create the Futures
Edition.
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| 1996 |
OmniTrader
Version 2.5 Added more trading
systems plus
other features.
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| 1997 |
OmniTrader
Version 3.0 The user interface
was rewritten to take advantage of the Windows
95 features, providing a more configurable
program.
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| 1997 |
OmniTrader
Version 3.2 Our first 32-bit version,
dramatically sped up OmniTrader's analysis
by taking full advantage of the 32-bit system
operating.
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| 1998 |
OmniTrader
Version 3.5 New features included
the ChartBook and
Master Profile.
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| 1999 |
OmniTrader
Version 4.0 Support for Real Time
Charts was added for the new Real Time Edition,
supporting several Real Time data feeds. Additional
enhancements were made to the Focus List,
including the addition of a
Watch List.
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| 1999 |
OmniTrader
2000
Embedded content from Nirvana's Web Site,
SignalWatch.
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| 2000 |
OmniTrader
2001
Additional content from Nirvana's Web Site,
including the ability to download pre-run
profiles in the "Signals" section
of the software.
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| 2001 |
OmniTrader
2002 New features included Draw-in-Chart
features, and an "Eighths" Money
Management (Stops) Tool. System Confirmation
features were added, making it easy for users
to create their own "Vote Lines"
or confirm OmniTrader's signals with specific
systems. Finally, the program's speed was
improved by overhauling the signal engine,
making it possible to run faster scans and
larger profiles of symbols in Real Time.
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