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Analysis Capabilities

Once a stock has been selected from the stocks ranked by profitability, the indicator values can be adjusted to yield the maximum profit for that stock.  This strategy will then provide future buy and sell signals.  

The term ‘stock’ in addition to publicly traded shares could refer to mutual funds, futures, options, or currencies which you may wish to research.

BACKTESTING

Analysis results are derived by backtesting a strategy using varying indicator values or criteria.  The  date range, duration and period can also be specified.  Buy and sell indicator values can be set independently.  Indicators can also be combined using AND or OR operators.  As well, several stop loss criteria are available for analysis and for calculating stop prices for the next trading day.

Individual buy and sell transactions, a financial summary and supporting charts are displayed on the analysis page.  Transactions can also be displayed on the price chart, optionally with trade prices.

Multiple strategies can be named and saved for each stock.

TREND INDICATORS

These indicators have been carefully chosen for time-tested acceptance, their capability to each derive distinct information from the data and their ability to provide trade signals:

Two exponential moving average or simple moving average lines

Volume, number of trades, average trade size

Successive higher lows to purchase or lower highs to sell

MACD - indicator can be based on open, high, low or close

   signal cross

   MACD under/over 0 only (combined indicators)

   dual positive/negative slope terms (MACD & signal)

   MACD positive/negative zero cross (equals EMA cross)

   histogram positive/negative slope terms

Stochastic - optional EMA based calculation

   signal cross

   %K under/over percentage only (combined indicators)

   %K positive/negative cross percentage

   histogram positive/negative slope terms

RVI/RSI - indicator can be based on open, high, low or close

   positive/negative slope terms

   positive/negative cross percentage

   RVI/RSI greater/less than 50 percent

Stops

   trailing percentage - based on open, high, low or close

   maximum value less a percentage

   purchase price plus a percentage (target price)

   parabolic SAR

   volatility (ATR)

FAST AND EASY

Instant recalculation allows these indicators to be quickly tuned for maximum profitability.  One-click indicator value transfer between the analysis page and the charts with numerous navigation and visual aids support strategy optimization. 

A feature allowing comparison of up to four stocks or indexes simultaneously, both by chart and a percentage table, further supports analysis and trading research.  For example, a stock can be compared to the industry  sector performance.

ANALYZING MANY STOCKS

The monitoring function, described next, calculates analysis results for the strategies of groupings of stocks or for all stocks.