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- CHARTING.ZIP
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- Version 4/15/92 6:46pm
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- This version is currently under development and should be considered
- a tester version. Please note that this documentation is brief and
- to the point. More complete documentation will be available as
- development continues.
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- NEW FEATURES & MODIFICATIONS
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- 4/15/92
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- - DEFAULT indicator module does not automatically load on start-up.
- To load, press <G> and toggle to DEFAULT.
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- - Pointer is turned off on start-up. Press <.> to toggle on and off.
-
- - <I>ncrement LN Scale. (LN stands for Natural Logarithm)
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- New feature which allows you to manually set grid to a log scale.
- The value you select represents the percent change between each
- grid line. If you set Increment=7%, you will notice that no matter
- where the stock price is on the graph, it moves 7% if it moves from
- one grid line to another. If you set Increment=1%, each grid line
- would represent a 1% move in the stock. To turn off the log scale,
- set increment=0%. TeleChart will then automatically scale the graph
- to fit the screen. This is the default value at start-up.
-
- There are several major advantages to viewing graphs on LN scales.
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- 1. You can see at a glance the percentage change of various price
- swings. Without even looking at the price scale, you can visually
- calculate the percent of a swing by counting the number of grid
- lines it passes through.
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- 2. A one inch move always equals the same return on your money. It
- doesn't matter whether the stock is $10 per share, $100 per share,
- or the stock is IBM or MSFT or an index, or whether you are looking
- at 1 year of history or 3 years. If you set increment=5%, one grid
- line will always equal a 5% move. Remember, because you are setting
- an absolute scale, if the stock is very volatile, it may not all
- fit on the screen. This will not cause an error, but your graph will
- run off the screen. If you wish to compress, simply set your
- increment percent higher.
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- 3. One of the biggest advantages to LOG charts is that when you scan
- from stock to stock, you get a good feel for each stock's true
- movement. For example, a stock trading between 10 and 20 will look
- twice as volatile as a stock trading between 15 and 20. Also, a
- stock which has gone from 10 to 30 (+200%) will look like it has
- gone up four times as much as a stock which has gone from 40 to
- 60 (+50%). The automatic scaling of the non-log graphs can be
- very deceiving by making non-moving stocks look similar in pattern
- to big movers.
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- 4. And last but not least, when using the new <->Superimpose feature,
- you will be comparing apples with apples, not oranges. For example,
- if you are looking at a chart of MSFT and you wish to see how
- it compares to the S&P 500, you <-> superimpose a graph of SP-500
- over MSFT. Since it is plotted on the exact same log scale, a one
- inch move in either graph represents the exact same percent change.
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- <-> Superimpose.
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- New feature which allows you to superimpose price graphs over
- each other. To invoke, simply press <-> while viewing a stock
- and select the symbol of the stock or index you wish to plot.
- It works just like the <J>ump feature. Note that any indicators
- you calculate after imposing another graph on top of your current
- graph are of the NEW IMPOSED GRAPH (NOT of the original graph).
- This allows you to superimpose indicators of different stocks
- and indicis as well. You can superimpose up to 3 different graphs
- on top of each other. At the current time, superimposed images are
- not built into the MODULE system. This means if you jump to another
- stock or change time frames, you will lose your superimposed images.
- Also, if you jump to another stock,
- any indicators which were calculated from the superimposed
- images will become calculated from the new stock price graph.
- This is only temporary as this feature is currently being built
- into the MODULE system and should be available soon.
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- <+> Stock Symbol List.
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- New feature displays a window of scrollable symbol list. This feature
- will probably display stock names as well fairly soon.
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- Check ELECTRONIC <W>ORDEN REPORT while viewing a chart for
- announcement of next version of CHARTING.ZIP on BBS. It
- will include bug corrections for this version including
- envelope channel miscalculation, volume bar scaling bug after
- long term price moving average, Momentum not storable in module.
- Preview of features in near future versions include keeping
- a separate 'WatchList' on the fly, MACD indicator, RANK#1 Stock
- Capsules, improve date bar scale, increase speed of charts for
- users w/o math coprocessors.
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- NO MORE CURRENT DOCUMENTATION AVAILABLE AT THIS TIME.
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- BUG FIXES
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- - 4/15/92
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- - fixed OVERFLOW error when calculating STOCHASTICS
- & RSI on stocks with low volatility.
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- - fixed ILLEGAL FUNCTION CALL error when calculating MOMENTUM
- with short moving average of 0.
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