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PC-STOCK
A stock analysis program
for the IBM Personal Computer
Version 1.0
Charles Overton
P.O. Box 2610
Goleta, Ca 93118
Copyright (c) 1984 Charles Overton
PC-STOCK USERS GUIDE ---- PAGE 1
PC-STOCK
TABLE OF CONTENTS
GENERAL INFORMATION.................................2
CAUTION.............................................2
WHAT YOU NEED.......................................2
GETTING STARTED.....................................2
THE MAIN MENU.......................................3
F1 - APPEND DATA....................................3
F2 - MODIFY DATA....................................4
F3 - PRINT DATA.....................................4
F4 - TREND ANALYSIS MENU............................4
F5 - CHANGE STOCK FILE..............................5
F7 - INSERT DATA....................................5
F9 - DELETE DATA....................................5
F10 - EXIT TO SYSTEM................................6
THE TREND ANALYSIS MENU.............................6
F1 - LAST ANALYSIS..................................6
F2 - ON BALANCE VOLUME..............................7
F3 - HIGH ANALYSIS..................................7
F4 - AVG HIGH/LOW ANALYSIS..........................7
F5 - VOLUME ANALYSIS................................8
F6 - CHANGE ANALYSIS................................8
F7 - COMPOSITE ANALYSIS.............................8
F8 - SET MOVING AVERAGE.............................9
F9 - SET NUMBER OF PERIODS..........................9
F10 - EXIT TO MAIN MENU.............................9
DISCLAIMER..........................................9
USER SUPPORT........................................10
Copyright (c) 1984 Charles Overton
PC-STOCK USERS GUIDE ---- PAGE 2
GENERAL information:
PC-STOCK is a general purpose stock trend analysis program. It was
developed with ease of use and graphic presentation of data as the
primary objectives. PC-STOCK is entirely menu driven, making it very
easy for the occasional user as well as the professional user to enter,
modify, and obtain graphic trend analysis of stock data.
CAUTION:
PC-STOCK can be a valuable computing aid in the analysis of stock data
and can be of great assistance in making buy/sell decisions, but is NOT
a substitute for common sense or sound financial advice. It can simply
provide mechanical assistance to the user in the graphic presentation
of the data entered by the user. It places the responsibility for
making important financial decisions on the user.
WHAT YOU NEED:
PC-STOCK requires a 128k (or larger) IBM PC (or compatible) with high
resolution graphics (199 by 640 pixels) with DOS 1.1 or DOS 2.0, and at
least one disk drive. A graphics printer is optional.
GETTING STARTED:
PC-STOCK is contained in one file STK.EXE. To start the program, put
the PC-STOCK DISK in either drive and enter the drive name followed by
a colon and STK [A:STK]. The program will then display a list of the
.STK files on the default drive, and you will be prompted to input the
stock history file name. Enter the file name (.STK extension is not
required). A message will then appear "Initializing xxxx". If the stock
history file previously existed the data from the file will be loaded
into memory ready for analysis and modification. If the file did not
previously exist then a new file will be created. A menu of the
available functions and the associated function key will be displayed.
To select a function simply depress the function key associated with
the desired function. You will be prompted for any necessary input.
Copyright (c) 1984 Charles Overton
PC-STOCK USERS GUIDE ---- PAGE 3
THE MAIN MENU:
From the main menu the following functions are available:
1. Appending data to the current .STK file
2. Modification of the current .STK file
3. Printing the current .STK file
4. Selection of the TREND ANALYSIS MENU
5. Changing the currently active .stk file
6. not used
7. Inserting data into the current .STK file
8. not used
9. Deleting data from the current .STK file
10. Exit to the operating system
To select one of the above functions, depress the associated function
key.
F1 - APPEND DATA:
When this function is selected, a screen as follows will be displayed:
DATE (MM/DD/YY) :? __/__/__
VOLUME : ________
HIGH : ________
LOW : ________
LAST : ________
CHANGE : ________
Then you should enter the date(month/day/year) followed by <return>,
the Volume (in hundreds)<return>, the high<return>, the low<return>,
the last<return>, the change<return>. After entry of the data you will
be asked if the data is correct or not. If the data is correct, respond
with a "y" ,"Y", or a <return> and the data will be appended to the end
of the file. If the data is not correct, respond with a "n" or "N" and
the above sequence will be repeated and the data just entered will be
discarded. If you responded with a "y" , "Y", or <return> then you
will be next asked if you want to continue appending data. If you
respond with a "y" , "Y" or <return> then the entire above sequence
will be repeated to append another record to the file. If this is the
first time data has been entered in the file, you should append at
least two records to prevent possible loss of data on a subsequent
append. After you have finished appending data to the file, the
program will return you to the main menu to make another function
selection.
Copyright (c) 1984 Charles Overton
PC-STOCK USERS GUIDE ---- PAGE 4
F2 - MODIFY DATA:
When this function is selected, you will be prompted to input the
record number of the record to modify. After entry of the record
number, the following screen with the data from the selected record
will be displayed:
DATE (MM/DD/YY) :? mm/dd/yy
VOLUME : nnn_____
HIGH : nn.nnn__
LOW : nn.nnn__
LAST : nn.nnn__
CHANGE : nn.nnn__
Then you should enter the correct date(month/day/year) followed by
<return>, the Volume (in hundreds)<return>, the high<return>, the
low<return>, the last<return>, the change<return>. If the data in the
record is correct do not enter the data again, simply enter return and
the original data for that data element will be retained. If the data
is to be corrected, then enter the entire data element, do not correct
just one character. After entry of the data you will be asked if the
data is correct or not. If the data is correct, respond with a "y"
,"Y", or a <return> and the corrected data will be entered into the