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  2.                          ADD A STOCK HELP SCREEN                               
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  4.    Selection B will add a stock in computer alphabetical order to the current  
  5.    directory.  Note that it is computer alphabetical, this would put ColPen    
  6.    ahead of Coleco.  This is because the capitol "P" in ColPen is ahead of     
  7.    the "e" in Coleco in the ASCII character set.  Also note that DOW and Dow   
  8.    would not be recognized as then same stocks since they are not the same     
  9.    character set.                                                              
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  11.    You must supply the following information to add a stock to the directory.  
  12.    The high, low, and close prices and the volume for that day                 
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  14.    You will then be asked to supply the number of days for the long and        
  15.    short term average calculations and the chord length.  A good starting      
  16.    point is as follows:                                                        
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  18.                      Long Term -------45 days                                  
  19.                      Short Term ------10 days                                  
  20.                      Chord Length ----5 days                                   
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  24.            PRESS F1 TO CONTINUE OR F2 TO RETURN TO THE PROGRAM.                
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