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- PC-STOCK
- A stock analysis program
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- PC-STOCK USERS GUIDE ---- PAGE 1
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- PC-STOCK
- TABLE OF CONTENTS
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- 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
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- PC-STOCK USERS GUIDE ---- PAGE 2
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- GENERAL information:
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- 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.
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- CAUTION:
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- 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.
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- WHAT YOU NEED:
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- 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.
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- GETTING STARTED:
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- 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.
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- PC-STOCK USERS GUIDE ---- PAGE 3
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- THE MAIN MENU:
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- From the main menu the following functions are available:
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- 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
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- To select one of the above functions, depress the associated function
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- F1 - APPEND DATA:
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- When this function is selected, a screen as follows will be displayed:
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- DATE (MM/DD/YY) :? __/__/__
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- VOLUME : ________
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- HIGH : ________
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- LOW : ________
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- LAST : ________
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- CHANGE : ________
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- 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
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- PC-STOCK USERS GUIDE ---- PAGE 4
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- F2 - MODIFY DATA:
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- 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
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- DATE (MM/DD/YY) :? mm/dd/yy
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- VOLUME : nnn_____
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- HIGH : nn.nnn__
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- LOW : nn.nnn__
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- LAST : nn.nnn__
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- CHANGE : nn.nnn__
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- 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
- file, the file reinitialized and the main menu redisplayed so you may
- select another function.
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- F3 - PRINT DATA:
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- When this function is selected, the data from the current stock record
- will be printed. Included in the print line is the record number, date,
- volume, high, low, last and change. When the listing of the stock file
- has finished printing, the main menu will be displayed where you may
- select another function. You should keep this listing of the stock for
- reference while modifying the file and obtaining the graphic displays.
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- F4 - TREND ANALYSIS MENU:
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- Selection of this function will cause the trend analysis menu to be
- displayed, where you may select other functions to graphically analyze
- the stock data. This menu is explained fully on pages 6 to 9.
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- F5 - CHANGE STOCK FILE:
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- When this function is selected, you will be prompted to input the disk
- (A,B,C, or D) which contains the stock data. After you have entered the
- drive, a list of all the .STK files on the drive will be displayed to
- you, and you will be prompted to select one for analysis. Enter the
- filename (minus the .STK extension) and press enter. A message will
- then be displayed indicating the new file is being initialized. During
- file initialization, the file will be first sorted by year/month/day
- and then the records loaded into program storage and made ready for
- analysis. If there is more data available than will fit in memory, only
- the latest data will be loaded and while the menues are displayed on
- the screen the number of records in memory will be displayed to you on
- line 25 of the monitor. After the file is initialized, the main menu
- will be displayed where you may select another function.
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- F7 - INSERT DATA:
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- When this function is selected, you will be prompted to input the
- record number after which a new record will be inserted in the file.
- After entry of the record number the following screen will be
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- DATE (MM/DD/YY) :? __/__/__
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- HIGH : ________
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- LOW : ________
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- LAST : ________
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- CHANGE : ________
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- 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>, and 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 inserted in
- 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 the
- stock file will be reinitialized, and the main menu displayed where you
- may make another function selection.
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- F9 - DELETE DATA:
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- When you select this function, you will be prompted for the record
- number from the current stock file to delete. After you have entered
- the record number, and the record you have selected has been deleted,
- the stock file will be reinitialized and the main menu displayed so you
- may make another function selection.
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- F10 - EXIT TO SYSTEM:
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- Selection of this function will cause PC-STOCK to terminate and return
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- THE TREND ANALYSIS MENU:
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- From the trend analysis menu the following functions are available:
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- 1. Analyze the last(closing) data
- 2. Analyze the low data
- 3. Analyze the high data
- 4. Analyze the average of the high and low data
- 5. Analyze the volume data
- 6. Analyze the change data
- 7. Analyze the a composite of the data
- 8. Set the moving average for analysis
- 9. Set the number of periods for analysis
- 10. Exit to the main menu
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- To select one of the above functions, depress the associated function
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- F1 - LAST ANALYSIS:
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- When this function is selected, a time series graphic plot will be
- displayed for the last (closing) price of the periods on display. The
- first time line to be displayed is the "raw" last price data taken from
- the "last" field in the the .STK file. The number of periods displayed
- will be as you selected using the F9 function key, or if you have not
- selected a number of periods, then the data for the number of periods
- in memory will be displayed. The second time line to be displayed
- (which is smoother and overlaid on top of the first line) is the moving
- average line. The number of periods for the moving average is as set
- by the F8 function key. If you have not used the F8 key, then no
- moving average will be displayed. The first period for the moving
- average is the first period displayed (set by function key 9) and not
- necessarily the first entry in the .STK file.
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- F2 - ON-BALANCE VOLUME:
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- When this function is selected, a time series graphic plot will be
- displayed for the on-balance volume during the periods on display. The
- first time line to be displayed is the cumulative total of the volume
- (divided by 100) in which the volume has been added or subtracted
- (depending whether change is a gain or a loss) from the previous
- on-balance volume. The number of periods displayed will be as you
- selected using the F9 function key, or if you have not selected the
- number of periods, the on-balance volume for the number of periods in
- memory will be displayed. The second time line to be displayed (which
- is smoother and overlaid on top of the first line) is the moving
- average line. The number of periods for the moving average is as set by
- the F8 function key. If you have not used the F8 key, then no moving
- average will be displayed. The first period for the moving average is
- the first period displayed (set by function key 9) and not necessarily
- the first entry in the .STK file.
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- F3 - HIGH ANALYSIS:
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- When this function is selected, a time series graphic plot will be
- displayed for the high price during the periods on display. The first
- time line to be displayed is the raw data taken from the "high" field
- in the the .STK file. The number of periods displayed will be as you
- selected using the F9 function key, or if you have not selected a
- number of periods, the high price data for the number of periods in
- memory will be displayed. The second time line to be displayed (which
- is smoother and overlaid on top of the first line) is the moving
- average line. The number of periods for the moving average is as set by
- the F8 function key. If you have not used the F8 key, then no moving
- average will be displayed. The first period for the moving average is
- the first period displayed (set by function key 9) and not necessarily
- the first entry in the .STK file.
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- F4 - AVG HIGH/LOW ANALYSIS:
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- When this function is selected, a time series graphic plot will be
- displayed for the average of the high and low price during the periods
- on display. The first time line to be displayed is the average of the
- data taken from the "high" and "low" field in the the .STK file. The
- number of periods displayed will be as you selected using the F9
- function key, or if you have not selected a number of periods, the
- average price data for the number of periods in memory will be
- displayed. The second time line to be displayed (which is smoother and
- overlaid on top of the first line) is the moving average line. The
- number of periods for the moving average is as set by the F8 function
- key, if you have not used the F8 key, then no moving average will be
- displayed. The first period for the moving average is the first period
- displayed (set by function key 9) and not necessarily the first entry
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- F5 - VOLUME ANALYSIS:
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- When this function is selected, a time series graphic plot will be
- displayed for the volume ( in hundreds ) during the periods on display.
- The first time line to be displayed is the raw data taken from the
- "volume" field in the the .STK file. The number of periods displayed
- will be as you selected using the F9 function key, or if you have not
- selected a number of periods, the volume data for the number of periods
- in memory will be displayed. The second time line to be displayed
- (which is smoother and overlaid on top of the first line) is the moving
- average line. The number of periods for the moving average is as set by
- the F8 function key. If you have not used the F8 key, then no moving
- average will be displayed. The first period for the moving average is
- the first period displayed (set by function key 9) and not necessarily
- the first entry in the .STK file.
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- F6 - CHANGE ANALYSIS:
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- When this function is selected, a time series graphics plot will be
- displayed for the change in price during the periods on display. The
- first time line to be displayed is the raw data taken from the "change"
- field in the the .STK file. The number of periods displayed will be as
- you selected using the F9 function key, or if you have not selected a
- number of periods, the volume data for the number of periods in memory
- will be displayed. The second time line to be displayed (which is
- smoother and overlaid on top of the first line) is the moving average
- line. The number of periods for the moving average is as set by the F8
- function key. If you have not used the F8 key, then no moving average
- will be displayed. The first period for the moving average is the
- first period displayed (set by function key 9) and not necessarily the
- first entry in the .STK file.
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- F7 - COMPOSITE ANALYSIS:
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- When you select this function, the four main elements plus moving
- average, if enabled, are displayed in one time series plot. Near the
- bottom, a bar chart will be displayed showing the activity of the
- volume of stock traded during the period. Near the middle of the plot,
- bars connecting the high and low for the stock are displayed.
- Connecting the vertical bars of the high and low are horizontal bars
- indicating the last price for the period. Overlaid on the price
- combination bar chart is the moving average (if a moving average has
- been set with F8) of the average of the high and low of the stock.
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- F8 - SET MOVING AVERAGE:
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- When you select this function, you will be prompted to input the number
- of periods for the moving average. If you input a value of 1, then the
- moving average feature will be disabled and no moving average line will
- be overlaid on the analysis displays. If you select a value greater
- than 1 then a moving averaging for the number of periods you selected
- will be a applied to the "raw" data, and the resulting moving average
- data will be overlaid on the plot of the "raw" data on the analysis
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- F9 - SET NUMBER OF PERIODS:
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- When you select this function, you will be prompted to input the number
- of periods for analysis. You may enter a number less than the number of
- records currently in memory. After entry of the number of periods,
- the program will return to the main menu where you may select another
- function. When you select an analysis function only the latest number
- of periods which you entered will be used for moving averages and for
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- F10 - EXIT TO MAIN MENU:
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- When you select this function, the program will exit back to the main
- menu where another file may be selected for analysis, or modification
- of the current file may be made.
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- DISCLAIMER
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- In no event will the author be liable for any damages, including any
- lost profits, lost savings or other incidental or consequential loss
- or damages arising out of the use of or the inability to use this
- program -- even if the author has been advised of the possibility of
- such damages. The author makes no warranties, either express or
- implied, respecting the software, its quality, performance,
- merchantability, or fitness for any particular purpose.
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- USER SUPPORT
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- If you are using this program and finding it of value, your
- contribution ($30 suggested) will be appreciated.
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- Charles Overton
- P.O. Box 2610
- Goleta CA. 93118
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- Regardless of whether you make a contribution, you are encouraged to
- copy and share this program.
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- Anyone may request a copy of this program by sending a blank, formatted
- disk to the author. An addressed, postage-paid return mailer must
- accompany the disk (no execeptions, please). Contributing users will
- also receive a copy of the program source.
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- Regardless of whether a contribution is made, the user is encouraged to
- copy and share the program with others. Payment for use is
- discretionary on the part of each user.
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- NOTICE -- A limited license is granted to all users of this program,
- to make copies of this program and distribute them to other
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- 1. The program is not to distributed to others in modified
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- 2. No fee (or other consideration) is to be charged for
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