When you open a chart you'll notice new controls in the lower left...

From left to right;
Zoom out, zoom in, controlled zoom, list/edit and the calculator.

Zoom out and zoom in work just as they did when selected from the windows menu in the previous version (they are also there in Analyst V4).

Controlled zoom is a variation of our drag and zoom feature (still available). Clicking on that portion of the control will place a selection rectangle on the chart which can then be resized or moved through normal dragging with the mouse. Drag the right or left side to increase or decrease the size of the rectangle. Drag from inside the rectangle to move it to the right or left without changing its size. When the rectangle covers the horizontal area of the chart you want to zoom in on, press return or double click inside the rectangle and Analyst will create a new window with the selected data. The original window is left intact. Click outside the rectangle to remove it without creating a new chart.

List/Edit converts the chart to numbers for review and/or editing. Editing is still available directly on the chart. The suggestion was made that the List should have the newest data at the top, so it does. The control changes to . Clicking on the new control will convert the window back to a chart.

The calculator has the same functionality as before but now it can be left open and will automatically use the chart directly behind it whenever it is brought to the front.

In the lower right you'll find a new popup menu that allows you to switch the chart view (e.g., change from arithmetic bar to semiLog or candle). I think you will find this very useful.

New Compare Chart
Our new Compare chart allows you to view 1 to 4 separate data sets on a percentage change basis over a selected period of time. And, we think you will love the interface!

When you select Compare from the charts menu, the following dialog will appear...

If there are any other charts open, the dialog will contain the names of the first four unique securities. To delete a security from the dialog, press the Choose button to the left of the name, then press Cancel on the File Selection dialog. To add a file, press the Choose button to the left of the position, select and Open the file you want to add. Choose Daily, Weekly or Monthly from the popup, then press Compare. Here is the chart created from this sample dialog..

Once the chart is created, most of our point & click interface is active. You can change the start date, zoom levels etc. and, if you double click on the body of the chart, you can change the securities that makeup of the chart.

Using the down or up arrows with this chart in the foreground will replace the last security in the comparison with the next or previous one in your List. This will allow you to, for example, compare the DJ Industrials with each security in your List.

More Cool Interface Changes
While were on the subject of double clicking... double click on any study (e.g., stochastics) and the following dialog will appear...

This dialog allows you to control the smoothing, patterns, color choices and line thickness of whatever oscillator you double clicked on. In the case of Stochastics, we can also alter the formulation of the indicator to be Simple or Exponential.

More Cool Interface Changes Continued
Double click on the main body of the chart and the following dialog will appear...

This dialog allows you to control the upper and lower scale, grid spacing, patterns, color choices and line thickness of the main chart. The popup menu at the top of the dialog will allow similar changes to indicators overlaid on top of the chart. Menu items for indicators that are not currently on the chart are grayed.

Analysis tools that depend on a the identification of a significant high and low (i.e., fibonacci, gann, speedlines, and trident) offer the additional ability to change the date on which these two significant numbers were achieved...

Use the up and down arrow controls to change the dates or type in any valid date. When you release the mouse, the significant high or low will be updated in the dialog.

Analysis for SemiLog
All analysis tools are now available for use on semi-log chart scaling. I wish I could say more since this was a major piece of work. Suffice to say, you asked for it and we delivered!

Technical Screening
Technical Screening now has its own menu choice making it easier to discover and use. We have also added a few new choices (e.g., price) to the ways you can screen your List.

Sorting and Ranking
The biggest change here is, again, control. We borrowed Apple's concept of controlling the view by clicking on the title of a column. This led to three new ways to sort, by Open, High and Low. The Rank column creates a pop-up menu containing any sort and rank choices that are not displayed as column titles. Sort and rank options are still available through the List Mgmt menu. One additional change…we added the ability to sort by date last updated. This will make it easier to identify securities that are not updating.

Drag and Drop List Ordering
Simply drag the symbol where you want it in the List and drop. If you drag above the top of the List or below the bottom, the List will automatically scroll making it incredibly easy to put things in order. Changed your mind? Drop the symbol above or below the window and it will remain where it was.

New Master Analysis Summaries
We have added new Top Ten Gainers, Losers and Volume Leaders summaries to the end of the Master Analysis report.





Unlimited Manual Trendlines and DropLines
The previous version could store 6 trendlines. Analyst V4 can store as many as you want to draw.


Added Flexibility in MarketView Charts
Adjust the smoothing for Advance Decline, TRIN, et al through our new MarketView Setup dialog. All the added flexibility in one, simple to use dialog!

New and Improved Find Command
In the previous version , the Find command simply found the security in your List by symbol or name. With the ability to have literally hundreds of charts open at a time, we have enhanced the find command to find, and bring to the front, the graph containing the symbol or name. Command G will find the next incidence in either the List or the windows.

And there's more, several of you have written something similar to this "It would be fabulous to be able to use the keyboard to find stocks in a List. For example, press the letter y and have the cursor automatically go to stocks that start with Y". Consider it done!

Window Size and Placement
The previous version kept track of the size and placement of graphic windows globally by window number. That is, the first window you opened, regardless of content, would be the same size as the last time you used it. Analyst V4 remembers the size and placement by content, including the main List display. In other words, if you create a weekly chart of Apple computer and make the window small, the program will remember that.

Layouts
As you can imagine, creating layouts that can contain hundreds of windows requires a completely different structure than the previous version had, so these are the only files created by the previous version that can not be read by Analyst V4. The new format can even store our new Compare charts.

New Black-Scholes Options Calculator
We have completely revamped this invaluable tool to include:
Popup selection of expiration month.
Days to Exp which is the number of calendar days to expiration.
Theoretical values for each of the strike prices based on the one year volatility of the underlying security.
Target Values based on theoretical or implied volatility.
Delta how much the option price moves in relation to a one point move in the underlying security. A option that moves .75 points has a delta of .75 or 75% At the money options normally have a delta close to 50%.
Gamma is the delta of the delta.
Theta is the time decay per day to expiration.
To Double is the price the stock will have to achieve for the option to double in value.
Prob. is the probability, based on log normal distribution, that the To Double and/or target price will be achieved (max prob. is 50).





Experience the Difference!
These are just the major changes we've made in what truly is an all new product. There are literally hundreds of smaller improvements like increased List size, improved candle pattern analysis, enhanced date formatting, , decimalization and over 30 additional pages of documentation. Personal Analyst Version 4 is so fast, so smooth, so compatible, we decided we absolutely had to make a demo version so you can truly experience the difference.

Click here to down load the demo.

How much are the upgrades?
The upgrade is just $89 and includes our all new, 160 page manual, formatted for Adobe Acrobat reader.

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