Free technical analyisis softwere with real time data

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HI FRIENDS,
I HAE FOUND TWO FREE SOFTWERES, WITH WHICH I AM ABLE TO DO SOME BASIC TECHNICA ANALISYS ALNG WITH REAL TIME DATA FEED.

AS I AM NOVICE IN THS FIELD I WISH AN REQUEST THE SENIORS LIKE SAINT ( WHOSE BASIC LESSONS ARE WORTH THEIR WEIGHT IN PLATINUM / URANIUM) TO ASSES THESE AND ADVISE THE JUNIORS AND NEW BEES LIKE ME.

BELOW IS LINK AND INFORMATION FROM RELEENT WEBSITE\: -
http://www.stock-anal.com/ubb/Forum1/HTML/001403.html
Please click http://www.stock-anal.com/best-charts.exe to download and test the paid version 4.70.
What's new in version 4.70?

1. Indicator: Volatility Stop Loss.

2. Indicator: Adaptive Moving Average.

3. Get stocks data from QuoteTracker for USA and world stocks:

Please go to http://www.quotetracker.com/ to downlod the QuoteTracker.

3.1 Use the free QuoteTracker.

1) Select "NSE India Real-Time (Free)" in Site field in the toolbar of the QuoteTracker.

2) Select the "Portfolio->Edit Portfolio/Alerts..." menu. Click on the "Add" button, enter a name of new portfolio, and enter stock symbol "TCS" in symbol field. Click OK.

3) Select new Portfolio in "Portfolio->Select Portfolio" menu. Click Manual and Refresh buttons to refresh quote.

4) Right-click on TCS in the Portfolio and select "Historical Charts for TCS...". Right-click on the Historical Charts and select "Export Data". Creat a new folder with name "QT-Hist" and save the file "TCS.csv" in the folder.

5) Lauch the software "Best-Charts". Select the menu "Stock->Options..." and select "M-C\QT-Hist\" in the field "Historical Quote File Path".

6) Enter "TCS" in the "Symbol" field and click on the button "H". This software reads the file "C:\M-C\QT-Hist\TCS.csv" and displays the charts.

The file format is as following.
06/18/08,920.80,921.00,891.00,900.90,1607834
06/19/08,880.25,898.00,880.00,888.00,822267
06/20/08,899.90,899.90,841.55,863.85,2039440
06/23/08,863.85,879.45,843.00,858.45,893078
06/24/08,850.00,867.70,823.40,844.40,2321794
06/25/08,840.00,885.00,831.30,876.80,1478549
06/26/08,884.00,898.00,860.40,881.35,1757079
06/27/08,881.35,881.35,851.15,865.50,1565237
06/30/08,871.00,878.00,850.00,858.20,814511
07/01/08,865.00,872.00,835.05,847.70,1264904
07/02/08,850.00,867.75,840.00,854.80,315358

7) Right-click on TCS in the Portfolio in the QuoteTracker and select "Open Intraday Charts". Right-click on the Intraday Charts and select "Export Data". Creat a new folder with name "QT-IntraDay" and save the file "TCS.csv" in the folder.

8) Select the menu "Stock->Options..." , select "M-C\QT-IntraDay\" in the field "Intraday Quote File Path", and select "1 min" in the field "Time" in the software "Best-Charts".

9) Enter "TCS" in the "Symbol" field and click on the button "Int". This software reads the file "C:\M-C\QT-IntraDay\TCS.csv" and displays the charts.

The file format is as following.
06/25/2008, 05:59:44, 877.900000, 877.049988, 877.500000, 1463054
06/25/2008, 06:00:50, 882.000000, 880.000000, 882.000000, 1471351
06/25/2008, 06:01:53, 880.000000, 878.500000, 880.000000, 1478480
06/25/2008, 06:02:58, 880.000000, 878.500000, 880.000000, 1478480
06/25/2008, 06:10:00, 876.800000, 876.799988, 876.799988, 1478549
06/26/2008, 01:03:57, 874.000000, 874.000000, 874.400024, 170843
06/26/2008, 06:10:00, 881.350000, 881.349976, 881.349976, 1757079
07/02/2008, 01:45:23, 854.800000, 854.099976, 854.799988, 315358

3.2 If you are already registered QuoteTracker,

1) You must first enable the HTTP Server in QuoteTracker. The setting is on the Preferences screen, MISC tab.

2) Select "NSE India Real-Time (Free)" in the field "Site" in the toolbar of the QuoteTracker.

3) Select the menu "Stock->Options...", select "QuoteTracker" in the field "Intraday Quote Data Source", and select "daily, 1 min, ... or 60 min" in the software "Best-Charts".

4) Enter "TCS" in the "Symbol" field and click on the button "W". This software "Best-Charts" gets quotes of TCS from the QuoteTracker and displays the charts.

5) Select the menu "Stock->Options..." and select "QuoteTracker" in the field "Last Trade Data Source" in the software "Best-Charts".

6) Select the menu "Portfolio" to see the quotes of Indian stocks in the software "Best-Charts".

If you want to use Best-Chats to get data automatically from QuoteTracker, you must register QuoteTracker.
You must first enable the HTTP Server in QuoteTracker. The setting is on the Preferences screen, MISC tab.

3.2 If you are already registered QuoteTracker,try TCS charts(If you are a customer of banc of America, AskResearch, stockwatch..., you can get USA stock data).
1. Charts:

1) Launch QuoteTracker.

2) Select "NSE India Real-Time (Free)" in the field "Site" in the toolbar of the QuoteTracker.

3) Click Manual and Refresh buttons to refresh quote in QuoteTracker. Right-click on TCS in the Portfolio and select "Historical Charts for TCS..." in QuoteTracker to verify historical data.

4) Select the menu "Stock->Options...", select "QuoteTracker" in the field "Intraday Quote Data Source", and select "daily" in the field "Time" in the software "Best-Charts"; select "Online" in the field "Online or Offline".

5) Enter "TCS" in the "Symbol" field and click on the button "W". This software "Best-Charts" gets quotes of TCS from the QuoteTracker and displays the charts.

2. Portfolio:

1) Select the menu "Stock->Options..." and select "QuoteTracker" in the field "Last Trade Data Source" in the software "Best-Charts".

2) Select the menu "Portfolio" to see the quotes of Indian stocks in the software "Best-Charts".

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DOWNLOAD
1. Please click http://www.stock-anal.com/b-c-trial.exe to download Best-Charts trial version.
2. Select "Save this program to disk" and click "OK" in "File Download" Dialog.
3. When "b-c-trial.exe" shows as the "File name," click "Save" in "Save as" Dialog box.
4. Click "Open" in "Download complete" Dialog.
SETUP
1. Double-click on the b-c-trial.exe file.
2. Click "Yes" in "Setup" Dialog.
3. Select "Next>" in "Welcome" Dialog.
4. Click "Yes" if you agree to the "License Agreement."
5. Click "Next>" in "Select Destination Directory" Dialog to select the default directory.
6. Click "Next>" in "Select Program Group" Dialog.
7. Click "Install" in "Ready to Install" Dialog.
8. Click "Finish" in "Setup Completed" Dialog.

Directions for use:
1. Make sure you are connected to the Internet.

2. Click the "Best-Charts" icon on your Desktop to launch this software.

3. Analyzing stocks:
(1) Enter a stock symbol, for example, SAIL.NS, or ^BSESN in Symbol field on the Toolbar of this software.
(2) Click on the "W" ("Read quotes from website") button, the software gets live quote and historical quotes data of SAIL.NS, or ^BSESN and calculates and displays charts and buy / sell signals, Trend and the results of Back-testing in a window.
(3) A green o on a chart indicates a buy signal.
(4) A red x on a chart indicates a sell signal.
(5) Click on the "more" button to view more charts (EquiVolume, Point and Figure).
(6) Choose menu item "Stocks->Save analysis results" to save all analysis results to C:\M-C\results.txt. Users may analyze the results further with MS Excel.
(7) Click on the "123" ("Switch between historical quotes and charts") button, to read historical quote data or charts. You should pay attention to date and live quotes.
(8) Choose menu item "Stocks->Display candlestick chart signal list" to read Candlestick Chart Signals.
(9) Click on the "BT"(Back-testing) button to test indicator performance (Past performance is not indicative of futures results.)
(10) Click on the "AIO"(All Indicator Optimization) button to seek optimal parameters of all popular indicators. It takes 1-5 minutes.

Get stock data from QuoteTracker for technical analysis.

4. Setting up a portfolio of stocks to monitor:
(1) Choose menu item "Portfolios->Edit List" in the software.
(2) Click on a List number (for example, List 1) and "OK" in "Select List" dialog box.
(3) Enter List name (for example, "hi-tech") in field "List Name."
(4) Enter stock symbols (for example, SAIL.NS, ^BSESN ) in the text box.
(5) Click "OK" in "Edit List" Dialog.

5. Getting quotes for a Portfolio:
(1) Choose menu item "Portfolios->List 1: hi-tech". The software gets quotes and displays them in the portfolio list.
(2) Click on the "Pf" button to refresh the quotes.

6. Getting Charts and News for the Portfolio:
(1) Click on the "Intraday MicroCharts" button. The software gets up to 40 intraday MicroCharts and displays them in a window.
(2) Select a stock symbol from the List. Then, click the "Intraday TA Indicators" button. The software gets 16 technical indicator charts for the stock and displays them in a window.
(3) Double-click on "News" in the List. Company News is retrieved from the Internet.

7. Performing Technical Analysis for a stock in the Portfolio:
Select a stock symbol from the List. Then, click the "TA" button. The software gets live quotes and historical quote data and calculates and displays technical indicator charts , buy / sell signals, Trend and the results of Back-testing* in one window.

Click on the "TA" button to analyze next stock in the List.

8. Analyze up to 40 stocks listed in a List with one click:
(1) Display a List (for example, choose menu item "Portfolios->List 1").
(2) Choose menu item "Portfolios->Analyze 40 stocks (quotes from Web)". This software analyzes up to 40 stocks listed in the List continuously and then displays a "TAsummary" list. It takes about 1-3 minutes.

9. Alternate Method for Performing Technical Analysis (a file per stock):
(1) Please create the folder C:\M-C\HIST
(2) Get historical quotes data of a stock (for example, SAIL.NS) at http://finance.yahoo.com/q/hp?s=YHOO
(3) Right click on "Download Spreadsheet Format" under the data list and save quotes to "C:\M-C\HIST\SAIL.NS.csv".
(4) Enter the Symbol SAIL.NS in "Symbol" field in toolbar of this software.
(5) Click on the "Read historical quotes from ASCII file" (H) button. This software displays charts immediately.

10. Analyzing historical quotes in other folder (ASCII file: txt, csv, prn ... ):
If you have saved historical quotes in other folder, you may set historical quotes file path in order that this software can read historical quotes from this folder directly.
(1) Choose menu item "Stocks->Set historical quotes file path ... ".
(2) Enter the file path in "historical quotes file path" dialog box.
(3) Choose menu item "Stocks->Options ... ". Select "Specified File Path" for Historical Quotes File Path in Options dialog box.
(4) Enter the stock symbol in "Symbol" field.
(5) Click on the "Read historical quotes from ASCII file" (H) button. This software displays charts immediately.
* The data format ought to be:
Date,Open,High,Low,Close,Volume
20050205,17.83,18.15,17.65,17.79,6493400
20050204,17.83,17.86,17.50,17.75,5960700
or
Date,Open,High,Low,Close,Volume
5-Feb-05,17.83,18.15,17.65,17.79,6493400
4-Feb-05,17.83,17.86,17.50,17.75,5960700
(with/without header row: Date,Open,High,Low,Close,Volume)

11. Analyzing end of day quotes (a file per trading day):
Another way to analyze the stock:
(1) Please download stock end of day quote data and save them to C:\M-C\EOD\ folder, for example,
C:\M-C\EOD\20020828.txt C:\M-C\EOD\20020829.txt ...
* The data format ought to be:
Symbol,Date,Open,High,Low,Close,Volume
^DJI,20021108,8585.75,8668.91,8503.36,8529.71,0
^IXIC,20021108,1376.37,1389.77,1354.28,1358.37,0
^GSPC,20021108,902.10,910.15,891.61,894.10,0
A,20021108,14.00,14.45,13.83,13.88,651100
AA,20021108,23.41,23.97,23.00,23.27,1677800
AAC,20021108,0.19,0.19,0.19,0.19,1000
AACE,20021108,8.15,8.15,8.00,8.00,2600
(with/without header row: Symbol,Date,Open,High,Low,Close,Volume)
(2) Enter stock symbol in "Symbol" field on the Toolbar.
(3) Click on the "Read end of day quotes from ASCII file" button.
(4) If you have downloaded 5 day end-of-day quotes, the software can display charts.

12. Intraday charts analysis for US stocks:
(1) Choose menu item "Stocks->Options ... ". Select 1 min, 10 min, or 20 min ....
(2) Enter the stock symbol in "Symbol" field.
(3) Click on the "W" button to download intraday quotes and analyze them.
* The data format is:
"date","time","open","high","low","close","vol"
050218,1030,14.670000,14.840000,14.630000,14.700000,1502561
050218,1130,14.710000,14.950000,14.650000,14.920000,1246614
050218,1230,14.920000,15.000000,14.820000,14.820000,2623704
(with/without header row: "date","time","open","high","low","close","vol")

13. Save hist. or intraday quotes in ASCII files:
(1) Choose menu item "Portfolios ->List x to display a portfolios.
(2) Choose menu item "Portfolios ->Save hist. or intraday quotes in ASCII files".

14. Analyzing currency
(1) Save historical prices of currency in C:\M-C\Currency, for example, C:\M-C\Currency\GBP.csv
(2) Type symbol (GBP) in Symbol field.
(3) Choose menu item "Stocks->Currency" to analyze currency.
* The data format ought to be:
Date,Open,High,Low,Close,Vol
04-28-05,1.9056,1.9159,1.9053,1.9071,1000
04-30-05,1.9071,1.9091,1.9065,1.907,1000
05-01-05,1.907,1.9072,1.8921,1.8947,1000
05-02-05,1.8947,1.8955,1.8882,1.8923,1000
15. Comparing Stock Charts:
(1) Select command "New" and "Tile" from the menu "Window" to compare charts of a stock.
(2) Select command "New" from the menu "File" and select command "Tile" from the menu "Window" to compare charts of several stocks.

16. Change the parameters of the technical analysis algorithm.
(1) Choose menu item "Stocks->Change Parameters of Indicators->Change Parameters Set 1″.
(2) Enter new parameters.
(3) Click on the "OK" button.
(4) Choose menu item "Stocks->Options ... ". Select "Parameters Set 1" for Indicators Parameters Set in Options dialog box. Then the software analyzes stock with new parameters.
(5) Choose menu item "Stocks->Change Parameters of Indicators->Change Parameters Set 5" to change parameters of EquiVolume, Point and Figure.

17. Optimal parameters:
(1) Save Optimal parameters:
(a) Analyze a stock.
(b) Click on the AIO button.
(c) Choose menu item "Stocks->All Indicator Optimization->Save Optimal parameters ... ".
(2) Use Optimal parameters: Choose menu item "Stocks->All Indicator Optimization->Use Optimal parameters in file ... " and then select a file. The software will find stock symbol in the file. If the symbol is found, the software use optimal parameters in the file for the stock. The default is opd.txt.
(3) Delete Optimal parameters: Choose menu item "Stocks->All Indicator Optimization->Delete Optimal parameters ... ". Enter stock symbol and select a file. Optimal parameters for the stock in the file will be deleted.

18. Multi-AIO:
(1) Choose menu item "Stocks->Multi-AIO ... "
(2) Type Number of Quotes for Multi-AIO in the fields in Multi-AIO dialog and click OK. This software will optimize the parameters of all Indicators for these Number of Quotes.

19. Buy / Sell signal forecast and estimation: Choose menu item "Stocks->Signal forecast and estimation .. ", enter a change%, for example, 6 or -6 in Signal forecast dialog box, click OK and then this software will forecast charts and buy / sell signal change next trading day according to change% supposed by users.

20. BBI indicator is number of "Trend: Bullish" of other indicators. Choose menu item "Stocks->Weights for BBI" to change the weights of incicators.

21. Click on button "Market Snapshot", "Market News" und "Market Update", you can read many good articles on markets and stocks.

22. There are many useful links in the menus "Markets" and "Stocks".

23. Options
Choose menu item "Stocks->Options" to change the settings.

24. If there is not C drive on your computer, this software will create a folder \...\M-C2. It has the same function as C:\M-C . You can find the folder M-C2 with Windows Explorer.



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OPE THSI WILL PROVE HELP FULL TO FELLOW TRADERS AND LEARNERS LKE ME AND MANY MORE.........:eek: