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- From: rfinch@water.ca.gov (Ralph Finch)
- Newsgroups: misc.invest
- Subject: Re: Stock Market Software
- Message-ID: <RFINCH.92Nov22142131@venice.water.ca.gov>
- Date: 22 Nov 92 22:21:31 GMT
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- In-reply-to: rfinch@water.ca.gov's message of 11 Nov 92 15:36:57 GMT
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- >>>>> On 11 Nov 92 15:36:57 GMT, rfinch@water.ca.gov (Ralph Finch) said:
- RF> I didn't see this in the FAQ in misc.invest: can anybody provide
- RF> recommendations for software to analyze stock market data?
-
- RF> Actually, I'm more interested in powerful plotting programs, rather
- RF> than mathematical analysis. So, if you are doing this, what's your
- RF> preferred source of stock market data (both US and international), and
- RF> what's your preferred software to examine the data?
-
- Here's what I've received so far.
-
- "Devin J. Hanson" <DHANSON@CC.UTAH.EDU> suggested MetaStock
- Professional as a very comprehensive analysis program. It's
- advertised in, e.g., *Investor's Business Daily*, phone 800-882-3040;
- $349; $5 for demo disk.
-
- I got an ad for ClearTrend, a stock market analysis and stock charting
- program. Here is a quote from the email ad:
-
- [Begin quote]
- To see what ClearTrend "looks and feels" like, send me your name & address
- and a free demonstration diskette will be sent to you. Please specify
- what size media you prefer (3.5" high density or 5.25" high density).
-
- Disclaimer: Employer (Caltech) is not responsible for this posting or
- the software (ClearTrend) that I am distributing for Nova Software, Inc.
-
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------
- gpw@antares.caltech.edu || gpw@cco.caltech.edu || Glenn Wyne
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------
- [end quote]
-
- Ivan hajadi@sgi.com said they get quotes from clari.tw.stocks, and use
- a spreadsheet to analyse and plot them.
-
- Russ Teasdale -- rteasdal@polyslo.CalPoly.EDU says:
-
- "I use AIQ StockExpert, just recently ordered, and like it quite a
- bit. If I'd followed its expert ratings more closely I would have
- made even more money the last few weeks! However, you may ignore its
- opinion at will and simply read the indicators and charts from your
- own perspective. I don't think it's an open system; you couldn't hook
- in a fractal analysis module."
-
- Doug dn15+@andrew.cmu.edu said:
-
- "I am currently using TradeStation 2.1 and FirstAlert System. These
- two programs are for professional traders. So they do cost a little
- money. ($2000 for TradeStation and $5000 for First Alert) They are
- great at what they do. For TradeStation you can test you own little
- model and do trades based on your model. (good for position trading)
- TradeStation is a great software. (With a few bugs) But FirstAlert is
- a Technical Charting software which provide you with great chart
- ability."
- --
- Ralph Finch 916-653-8268
- rfinch@water.ca.gov ...ucbvax!ucdavis!caldwr!rfinch
- Any opinions expressed are my own; they do not represent the DWR
-