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Opalesque Exclusive: Belgium firm introduces `enhanced` FX trading system, more profits by extending holding period Belgium-based AIM Trading on Tuesday announced the launch of ASC ENHANCED, a new systematic currency trading program. According to a letter obtained by Opalesque, the idea was to develop purely systematic trading systems that work well on an overnight basis, rather than purely intraday, which is the main difference compared to AIM`s previous trading programs.

AIM believes the program could be of interest to "every institutional investor who would like to add currency traders to their portfolio. After a full year of extensive research we have developed a very robust and well diversified portfolio combining over 40 trading systems across 9 different currency pairs (all G10).

AIM also said that the performance of their previous ASC program - which traded only intraday systems - came under pressure from 2005 onwards, the team was obliged to make necessary changes: "Our idea was to develop purely systematic trading systems that work well on an overnight basis, rather than purely intraday. Therefore the main difference compared to our previous program is the fact that our time window has been enlarged, but nevertheless our time horizon is still very short term (from a couple of hours - intraday - to 3-4 days/per trade). But more importantly our trading style remains exactly the same, which means that also in this program our trading is......................

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