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B R O K E R V E R S I O N 1.0 Copyright 1994, Patrick Gordon Leblanc
=============================== * gif is a trademark of Compuserve *
* Please feel free to give a copy of broker to all your friends and enemies.
All I ask is that if you like my program and find it usefull, that you be
a pal and send me a bit of money for my efforts. 5 or 10 dollars is plenty
as I'm not greedy, just a starving student. Also, feel free to send
suggestions regarding my program.
Send your donations Patrick G. Leblanc
or suggestions to: 1215 15th St. S.E.
Calgary, Alberta
Canada
T2G 3L5
How do I run broker in Dos or in Windows?
Chances are that if your reading this file, you have enough
computer knowledge to figure this out on your own. But, just
in case..........
- FIRST:
- copy all the files you've unzipped into their
own directory. Or, for that matter, unzip them
into that directory in the first place, like this:
md broker [Enter]
cd broker [Enter]
pkunzip [drive]:[path]\broker.zip [Enter]
- THEN...
- TO RUN FROM WINDOWS:
- Start Windows.
- Click anyplace on the program group where you want
broker to be placed into. (example: Applications)
- Go up and click on the [file] menu choice in Program
Manager.
- choose [New] from the menu that appears.
- It will ask you to choose between adding a new program
group or a new program item. Choose the new program
item option and then click on the [OK] button.
- Now, ignore all those confusing empty boxes and such, and
just click on the [browse] button.
- Now click on the part that chooses the drive letter, then
choose the right drive for where you installed the broker
files into their own directory.
- Now look for the directory where you put the files and
double click on it.
- broker.exe should show up in the little box on the left.
click on the filename once to highlight it. Then choose
the [OK] button.
- The box with the confusing choices will appear again.
But just ignore them all again and choose the [OK]
button.
- There, it's set up for Windows. Run it like you would
any other icon, with a double click....
- TO RUN FROM DOS:
- At the Dos prompt, change into the directory where you
put the broker files.
- Now type:
broker [Enter]
- that's it....
What is broker anyway?
- Broker is a program that allows you to track your stock
purchases (up to 20 at a time).
- STORES STOCK DATA SO YOU DON'T NEED TO REMEMBER
all the gritty details.
- STORES DATES. Sometimes we forget when exactly it
was we picked up a stock. Gawd, when did I buy ....?
- PERFORMS A NUMBER OF SIMPLE CALCULATIONS to do with
profit margins and commissions. These calculations
can be usefull when deciding the price that you want
to achieve before selling. Some of these calculations
take into account the current price of the stock, which
can be updated by you at any time.
- LETS YOU PRINT OUT YOUR FULL PORTFOLIO for use as a
quick reference. Or, you can send your portfolio to
a file instead (folio.dat), to be viewed by you later
with a text editor. This second approach can save a
lot of paper.
- broker has been written to be VERY QUICK AND VERY SIMPLE
to use. It is largely a book-keeping tool, so I have
avoided, with the exception of the opening screen, a lot
of flashy and slow graphics. The program works quickly so
you can use it, then get on with more important things.
What doesn't broker do, or do very well?
- Broker is NOT a stock market crystal ball program. As far as
making predictions with regard to trends, or giving advice as
to when to buy or sell a stock, broker is useless. But then so
are programs that try to do these things. Computers still get
whipped by people at chess, so how could a computer hope to do
a better job than us on the market?
- Broker is not that accurate when it comes to predicting buy
or sell commissions. Real life brokers tend to give their
clients deals in many cases on the commission, or use mind boggling
mathematics otherwise. That's why there exists the option of
entering the exact amount of commission for the PURCHASE if you
happen to know it from your statement. The out-going commission
is always a prediction, because it would be pointless to enter the
exact amount (you don't know the exact amount until after you sell).
So, to make a long story short, keep in mind that computed estimates
are just that.
- Broker will not serve you breakfast in bed. But it may help you
organize and track your investments in the stock market, thereby
possibly enabling you to hire someone to serve you your breakfast
in bed.