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THE MUTUAL FUND COMPOSITE AVERAGE CALCULATOR DOCUMENTATION
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If you download quotes from Prodigy, CompuServe, America Online, TC2000 or
use Stock-Watch, PTT, or PDL, this program will automatically calculate and
show you The Mutual Fund Composite Average used by The Mutual Fund Tracker.
When BUY and SELL signals get close to triggering a trade, you can easily see
what The Mutual Composite Average is, automatically.
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These are the files you need to be aware of:
MFCA.EXE - The main program.
MFCA.SYM - The symbol file. This file tells the main program what symbols to
look for. This is a TEXT file, so you may print or view it to get
the symbols for the funds in the MFCA. Make sure that you download
these fund quotes.
MFCA.DOC - This file.
FUND.NWS - This file is written to disk if there is a notation made by your
download service concerning a fund symbol.
PU.TXT
AOL.TXT
CIM.TXT
PROD.TXT
AOL-W.TXT - Sample QUOTES.TXT files. This file is discussed below.
MSP.PRN - Sample MSP.PRN file. This file is discussed below.
PDL.OUT - Sample PDL.OUT file. This file is discussed below.
PTTASC.PRN - Sample PTTASC.PRN file. This file is discussed below.
DREPORT.TXT - Sample DREPORT.TXT file. This file is discussed below.
MSP.PRN -
PDL.OUT -
PTTASC.PRN -
DREPORT.TXT -
QUOTES.TXT - These files contain your downloaded quotes. See below for
more information.
ERROR.MFT - A TEXT file written to disk if an error occurs. Explains what
went wrong.
RESULTS.MFT - A TEXT file written to disk showing what happened while the
program was running. This file will APPEND to itself each
time the program is run. This is so you can keep a record
or history of the MFCA.
COMMAND.LIN - A TEXT file written to disk if a command line parameter is
not present or an invalid command line parameter is given.
Same as the TEXT below.
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You must tell the MFCA.EXE program which utility or method you use to get
current quotes. You do this by using a command line parameter. At the DOS
prompt, where you type MFCA and press [ENTER] to run the program, you need to
place an abbreviation, or command line parameter, next to the program name.
For example, if you are using the CompuServe Information Manager to download
your quotes, you would type at the DOS prompt: MFCA CIM and press [ENTER].
The 'CIM' tells the program that a file named QUOTES.TXT exist and that you
use the CompuServe Information Manager to download the latest quotes. Below
is a list of the supported methods and their command line abbreviation. The
'File Containing Quotes' is the name of the file containing the latest quotes
used by the MFCA.EXE program for that method.
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Utility Program | Command Line Abbreviation | File Containing Quotes
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PTT | PTT | PTTASC.PRN
*PDL | PDL | PDL.OUT
TC2000 | TC2 | DREPORT.TXT
Stock-Watch | SW | MSP.PRN
*Prodigy | PROD | QUOTES.TXT
Pro-Util | PU | QUOTES.TXT
CompuServe | CIM | QUOTES.TXT
+America Online | AOL or AOL-W | QUOTES.TXT
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* Download 'Closing Prices' only.
+ Use AOL when using the AOL software for DOS or use AOL-W when using the AOL
software for Windows.