Upgrade to investing software
UPGRADE -- Window On WallStreet has released 32-bit versions of its Investor series of software.
Window On WallStreet Professional Investor 5 ($295) contains professional-level tools. Deluxe Investor 5 ($129.95) provides tools for financial analysis and planning. Personal Investor 5 ($50) provides tools for individual investors.
Professional Investor and Deluxe Investor incorporate patent-pending RATE (Rational Analysis Technology Expert) techniques, combining fundamental and technical analysis methodologies for a comprehensive approach to security selection. All products in the series let users choose from multiple data sources via the Internet and include E*Trade online trading software, Netscape Navigator and Sprynet.
Window On WallStreet, Inc.
1820 N. Glenville Drive, Suite 100
Richardson, TX 75081
Phone 800-998-8439, 972-783-6792. Fax 972-783-6798
Internet https://www.wallstreet.net
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The software labels the charts it produces with Elliott wave counts following a strict guideline for identifying Elliott waves and also reports when a wave isn't present. It includes explanations of patterns, confidence ratings and back-testing. It forecasts long-, intermediate- and short-term price movement. A free program demo is available by mail or via the Internet.
Elliott Wave International
200 Main St. SW, Hunt Tower
Gainesville, GA 30501
Phone 770 536-0309. Fax 770 536-2514
Internet https://www.elliottwave.com.
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OPCALC Professional 3.5 features improvements to program usability, including some new data importing wizards. Data can now be imported from AustinSoft's end-of-day quotes service with one button click.
AustinSoft
2 World Trade Center, Suite 1888
New York, NY 10048
Phone 212 488-3100, 800 538-3822
Internet https://www.austin-soft.com.
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The new Signal allows subscribers to link to the Signal Private Network Internet site, which contains information on NASDAQ bulletin board stocks, a massive database of historical and fundamental data, charts, commentary, institutional-level research and information on thousands of public and private companies.
In other news, Data Broadcasting has launched AgCast Network, an Internet-based agricultural data service. The service costs $29.95 per month.
Data Broadcasting, 1900 South Norfolk Street, Suite 150, San Mateo, CA 94403. Phone 415 571-1800. Internet https://www.dbc.com.Data Broadcasting
1900 South Norfolk Street, Suite 150
San Mateo, CA 94403
Phone 415 571-1800
Internet https://www.dbc.comDBC Agcast Network
Regency West 2
1401 50th Street, Suite 105
West Des Moines, IA 50266
Phone 515-224-8100. Fax 515-224-8115
Internet https://www.dbc.com
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Users can update end-of-day stock, futures, index, mutual fund and options data daily through a monthly subscription to Primate's data service.
The price of the historical data CD is $49.95 plus $7 shipping and handling. Request futures or stock data when ordering. Monthly plans for the subscription service start at $19.95 with discounts for yearly signups and groups. Access to data is available through a toll-free phone number 24 hours a day.
Primate Software Inc.
1440 N. Harbor Blvd., Suite 721
Fullerton, CA 92635
Phone 714 879-8023. Fax 714 879-1676
Internet https://www.primate.com
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Zacks has added an online magazine featuring articles contributed by staff members as well as by reporters and investment professionals. A schedule of featured writers and chat room hosts will be posted on the events calendar .
Another new feature, the Mutual Fund Finder, provides links to several mutual fund home pages. This service can be accessed via the Stock Watch Page in the free section of the Web site.
Zacks Internet Services is a division of Zacks Investment Research and provides investors with daily E-mail alerts, a summary of brokerage research, interactive screening and a stock ranking.
Zacks Investment Research summarizes and analyzes the research produced by brokerage services.
Zacks Investment Research
phone 312 630-9880. Fax 312 630-9898
Internet https://www.zacks.com.
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It offers a graphical interface and acts as a standalone program with a built-in spreadsheet for data manipulation. It reads popular data formats including MetaStock, CSI, CompuTrac, Future-Source, Excel and ASCII files. The software performs tasks ranging from time-series forecasting to classification problems and is useful for predictive analysis, charting and presentations.
With NeuroForecaster, neural nets can be built with any number of input and user-specified complexity. Besides the 12 built-in neural network models, the GENETICA Net Builder creates and evolves a hybrid population of networks with an optimal or near-optimal number of hidden nodes, learning rate, tolerance and forecast horizon based on Darwinian evolution theory. The built-in models include include back propagation, radial basis function, and the proprietary FastProp and NeuroFuzzy.
NeuroForeccaster was designed to mimic human thinking, learn and forecast the movement patterns of stock, commodity, currency and property markets. It can help analyze data such as credit ratings, GDP and sales, and help problem-solve in areas such as fraud detection, fault diagnosis and other business and engineering applications.
A selection of neural products is described at NIBS's Web site. NIBS Inc.
62 Fowlie Road
Republic of Singapore 428501
Phone (+65) 344-2357. Fax (+65) 344-2130
E-mail midaz@singnet.com.sg
Internet https://www.singnet.com.sg/~midaz
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The Astrologers Fund will sponsor its fifth annual conference on astrology and stock market forecasting May 16-18 in New York City. Speakers include John Trepanier on the topic of planetary collaboration; Richard Mogey, director of the Foundation for the Study of Cycles, on the rhythms of the planets and the S&P 500; Tim Bost, editor of Financial Cycles, on astrological market analysis; and others.ASTRO ECONOMICS CONFERENCEThe cost of admission to the full conference is $295; the post-conference workshop is $95.
The Astrologers Fund
350 Lexington Ave., 4th Floor
New York, NY 10016-0909
Phone 212 949-7275. Fax 212 949-7274
E-mail afund@aol.com
Internet https://www.afund.com
The 10th annual World Conference of Astro Economics will be held in Chicago on October 18-19, 1997, sponsored by Astro Economics. Experts in technical, fundamental and planetary cycle analysis will participate in the show, including Arch Crawford, author of Crawford Perspectives financial newsletter; Robert Miner, developer of the Dynamic Trader Software and Trading Course; Jeanne Long, author of A Trader's Astrological Almanac and developer of computer software for trading and stock selection; and others.WEB SITE WITH STOCK FORECASTSAstro Economics Inc.
1415 W. 22nd St., Tower Floor
Oak Brook, IL 60521
Phone 708 636-3858. Fax 708 425-7380
E-mail astro@netwave.net
Internet https://www.AstroEconomics.com
R.M.C., publisher of MarketMaster price forecasting software for the PC, has established a Web site for traders and investors. The site provides price forecasts on 9,000 NYSE, AMEX and OTC stocks, updated daily. Stock forecasts project magnitude of price movement and price target for the near term. R.M.C. issues forecasts of precise price targets instead of advisories with rankings or oscillator readings. All ADRs of foreign stocks are forecast and available at R.M.C.'s Web site.
PO Box 60842
Sunnyvale, CA 94088-0842
Phone 408 773-8715. Fax 408 733-9341
Internet https://www.fastgain.com
CLASSES SPONSORED BY CBOT
The Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) will hold an intermediate-level options course covering the practical aspects of options valuation; put-call arbitrage; the significance of delta, gamma, theta and vega; and volatility. Trading strategies will also be covered. The seminar will run from July 23 through August 5, 1997, and the cost is $150 per person.In addition, a three-day minicourse on agricultural basics will introduce the basics of futures and options, present the structure and principles of international cash grain markets, and apply futures and options tools to cash grain risk management. The minicourse will run August 6-8 and the cost is $550 per person.
Mary Unger
CBOT Market & Product Development Dept.
141 W. Jackson, Suite 2210
Chicago, IL 60604
Phone 312 435-7207. Fax 312 435-7207
E-mail MUng@CBOT.com
DAILY NEWSLETTER
Securities Data Company offers a new daily newsletter called EquityXpress delivered via facsimile or E-mail. A one-week trial is free. An annual subscription is $995.The first page of each issue reviews the prior day's market activity with commentary. Page two of the newsletter covers one of the following topics: a recap of the prior week's equity activity; aftermarket performance; industry overviews; or manager profiles. The rest of the newsletter contains the prior day's listings for IPO, secondary and convertible pricings and filings; amendments; issues priced the night before for the following day; and issues filed after the bell. The newsletter also includes a two-week calendar for IPOs and secondary offerings.
Two Gateway Center
Newark NJ 07102
Internet https://www.secdata.com
HISTORICAL DATA ON CD
Momentum, in conjunction with Glance Market Data Services, offers a CD-ROM of futures and commodities data with daily historical data on more than 140 commodities over 9,000 contracts. The data on the CD is conveniently stored in three different formats: MetaStock, ASCII and Technical Tools. The price is $129.95.Momentum
7516 Castlebar Rd.
Charlotte, NC 28270
Phone 800 735-0565, 704 291-7225
ON SELLING COVERED CALL OPTIONS
Investing Without Fear: Options by Harvey Conrad Friedentag (1995, 135 pages, $27.95 softcover, ISBN 0-942641-65-5) from International Publishing Corporation emphasizes selling strategies, which is an area most often misunderstood, according to Friedentag. The author presents the income portfolio approach in selling covered call options, which has the goal of minimizing risk, diversifying the portfolio and maximizing options premium income and downside protection. Friedentag is a Registered Investment Advisor with the SEC.
625 N. Michigan Ave., Suite 1920
Chicago, IL 60611
Phone 800 488-4149
CONTROLLING RISK IN SPECULATION
The Speculative Strategist: High Returns From Controlled Risk Strategies in Stock and Futures Markets by Will Slatyer is from the McGraw-Hill Traders' Library (1996, 173 pages, $34.95 hardcover, ISBN 0-07-058143-6). The book uses pirate analogies to colorfully illuminate key aspects of trading strategies. The book's goal is to show the reader how to develop a consistent policy of controlled risk in speculation. It guides the reader on formulating an investing strategy that reflects the speculator's goals, capital, temperament, risk exposure and comfort level. It also describes modern computer-assisted methods for those with limited time.The book examines a range of key aspects of speculative trading, including strategy, tactical entry and exit points, charting the market with indicators, the Woodes Rogers model for speculation and intraday trading.
11 West 19th St.
New York, NY 10011
Phone 212 337-5951. Fax 212 337-44092.
