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General Information |
| Product name: FOURCAST
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| Initial Price: $300
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Brief product description:
FOURCAST is a computer program for forecasting stock, bond, commodity and index prices. FOURCAST will process several time series, regarding them as auto correlated (the association of each variable with itself over time) and cross correlated (the association between different variables).
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System Requirements
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Operating system(s):
| Windows98
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Windows95
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WindowsNT
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| Minimum RAM required: 8 mb
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| Minimum hard drive space: 1 mb
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| Minimum modem speed: 2400
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| Mouse required?: Yes
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| CD-ROM used?: No
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| CD-ROM required?: No
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| Demo disk available?: Yes
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Market Information
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Markets followed:
| Stocks
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Futures
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Bonds
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Industrial groups
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| Cash markets
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Mutual funds
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Indices
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Options
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Data
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Data type(s) utilized:
| Intraday data
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End-of-day data
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Fundamental data
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Sources for data:
| Provided by an outside data source
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Downloader:
| Downloader provided
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Auto-selecting of data to be downloaded
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Unattended downloading
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Data manager:
| Editor for data
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Split & distribution adjustments
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Historical database included with purchase
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Historical database available
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| Data exportable to other programs
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Exporting of indicator values
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Data printout
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Refreshes and cleans data automatically
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| Custom symbols (e.g., spreads, crossrates)
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Data Formats
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Formats read directly:
| CSI
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Dial Data/Track Data
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TC2000 (Worden Bros.)
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ASCII
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Additional formats read directly:
N/A
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Formats read after conversion to program useable data:
| CSI
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Dial Data/Track Data
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TC2000 (Worden Bros.)
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Telescan
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| ASCII
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Additional formats read via conversion to program useable data:
Reads data available from www.msn.com. Reads data available from DIAL DATA(www.ddata.com). Reads data available from TeleChart 2000 (www.tc2000.com).
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Charts
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Chart type(s) utilized:
| Line charts
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Overlay charts
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Charting features:
| Cycle remover
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Horizontal lines
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Log scale
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Moving average bands
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| Open interest
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Print charts
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Scaling: % change
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Scaling: automatic
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| User-defined chart groups
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User-defined macros
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Volume
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Windows: multiple
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| Windows: resizable
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Write text on charts
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Built-in indicators:
| Correlation analysis
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Fourier transform
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Moving averages: simple
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Rate of change
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| Time series forecast
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Show indicator values
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Indicator explanations provided
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User-defined indicators
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Screening and Alerts
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Ranking based on:
| Drawing Tools (e.g., trendlines)
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Indicator and studies
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Technical systems
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Fundamental data
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Screening based on:
| Drawing Tools (e.g., trendlines)
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Indicator and studies
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Technical systems
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Fundamental data
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Alerts based on:
| Drawing Tools (e.g., trendlines)
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Indicator and studies
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Technical systems
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Fundamental data
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| Alerts displayed on charts?: Yes
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| Alerts displayed in table?: Yes
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| Screening by individual system per market?: Yes
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| Save tables?: Yes
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| Automated printing of tables?: Yes
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Trading Systems
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Trading system features:
| Stock system testing
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System development and testing
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Optimization
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System performance reports
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Options Analysis
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Options analysis features:
| Projections/forecasting (what-if analysis)
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Support
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Support features:
| Automated installation
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Online help
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Manual
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Phone support
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| Bulletin board
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Tutorial
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| Manual page length (if applicable): 152
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Additional Information
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Additional comments (please indicate additional indicators, special features and services here):
Buy/Sell signal is based on forecast percentage change.
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