Getting Started

The figure at the left shows the interface to the Profit securities analysis tool when it started. From here the 'Ticker Symbol' edit box allows you to add, delete, and sort your security symbols.

The 'Process Securities' button will start the analysis of all of the securities in the symbol list if the 'Single Security' button is not selected, or just analyze the highlighted security if the 'Single Security' button is selected. The results of the analysis are shown in the 'Results' display.

The 'Quote' button will retrieve a current quote of the highlighted security.

The 'Long' and 'Short' button correspond to whether or not you are looking to buy a security and profit from an increase in value (Long) or you are looking to sell short a security and profit from a decline in value (Short).

The 'Model Control' values control the money management features of Profit and will be explained in more detail later.

The 'Browse' button is used to set the data location of the historical securities data.

The 'Get Data' button is used to download historical securities data while you are connected to the internet.

- Setting The Data Location

- Adding Symbols To Your List

- Down loading Historical Data

- Setting The Model Parameters

- Processing The Historical Data

- Understanding The Results

- Other Features