COMPUCHART TECHNICAL/GRAPHIC MARKET ANALYZER.
MSDOS (will run in an MSDOS window [click here for MSDOS NOTES] under Windows).
COMPU/CHART is an extensive and powerful tool for performing technical market analysis based on graphical representations. It is applicable to both short term and long term trading, and can be used by novices and veterans alike. Data is quickly and painlessly down- loaded by modem (from the Hale System/Track service). If desired, you can be analyzing the day's results within minutes of the market closing.
Historical market files can hold up to 7 months (daily) to 33 months (weekly) of data on any of the stocks, indices, or funds which you care to follow. This product is very well thought out, and contains many fine-touch features. For example, the level of your last trade is displayed on the chart, and you are alerted when your trade-target has been reached. You are also reminded of X-dividend dates, where you left off in the last session, etc.
Other features include:
o Inter-day monitor with dynamic bar
o Back scan
o Last trade slider on chart
o Menu-diven
o Last trade status report
o User-assigned targets and alerts
o Percentage below max display
o Price factoring
o Automatic data retrieval, with instant report
o Changeable communica- tions parameters
o Portfolio maintenance
o "On-the-fly" moving averages and oscillator periods
o Status report on: file high, low, and deviation; market condition; last volume indicators
o Adjustments for stock splits, divi- dend distributions
o And much more!
The graphics are very nice. Resolution is 640x350, with a 16-color palette for differentiation of trendlines. There is zoom on two axes, and an oscillator screen with 6 windows.
The capabilities of this product are so extensive that space limitations make it difficult to describe them in the detail we would like to
For downloading by telephone, a Hayes (or compatible) or Racal Vadic modem is necessary.
Price: $299.95
MOVING AVERAGE CHARTS: 3 moving averages, 2 changeable; exponential average divergence (EXAD, MACD); inter-day monitor (plot last bar in real time); back scan; channel lines; line charts; targets, alerts, last trade slider and status; sentiment readings (hi/lo:volume).
PRICE/VOLUME: On-balance volume; volume trend; daily volume index; 22-day average volume; negative/positive volume indices; up:down volume ratio.
OSCILLATOR CHARTS: Stochastics (variable long and short); change to range (%R) oscillator; rate of change (variable period); momentum oscillator (50 point); relative strength index (variable); moving average oscillator (10- 3); hi:lo oscillator.
POINT AND FIGURE CHARTS: Price movement analysis without the factor of time; user-assigned increments; direction and month interval differentiated by color.
COMPARISON CHARTS: Variable periods to 144 points; variable percentage ranges; spread (ratio) between two or more markets; color coding; file names and percentages sorted.
MULTI-CHART SCANNER: Quicky check your portfolio after an update; 9 charts per screen.
REVIEW COMMENTS:
Larry Hufty, Operations Manager, Merrill Lynch: "COMPU/CHART is a dream come true for the market technician. Rewards can be substantial for those who can identify major market peaks and valleys... superior buy."
John Sweeney, Editor, Technical Analysis of Stocks and Commodities: "This is a solidly utilitarian value and worth getting."
USER COMMENTS:
"So far COMPU/CHART has paid for itself... I do love the program." - E.D., Ohio
"You've done a lot of good work to produce such a program... I'm very impressed!" - L.R., Colorado
"I have had great success in buying calls and selling puts at COMPU/CHART's alert levels." - D.W., California
"I'd never seen a technical analysis program before and had expected it to be kludgy. I was amazed by how quick and clean COMPU/CHART runs, putting what you need in front of you directly with no complication!" - J.N., Michigan