This is help zero,  needed only to start 



the final help file

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If  you wish to plot the opening  prices 



you must press the `Y' key. If you press 



the `N' key or the the <return> key  the 



chart  will be drawn without the opening 



prices.   Plotting  the  opening  prices 



will give you more information,  but the 



chart   will  appear  more  crowded  and 



harder to read.
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Simply press the <return> key or the `Y' 



key  if  you would like volume and  open 



interest information plotted along  with 



your  price  information.    The  volume 



information  will be represented by  the 



solid  vertical  lines  just  below  the 



price plots.   The open interest will be 



represented by the dashes just below the 



price plots.   If you are using only one 



quarter  of  the  screen  to  plot  your 



chart,   the  volume  and open  interest 



will  be plotted in the same section  of 



the  screen as your  price  information.  



Therefore,  if  you  are using only  one 



quarter  of  the screen you  should  not 



plot the volume and open interest.
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You  may plot from one to  three  moving 



averages at one time.  

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The length of a moving average can range 



from  2  days to the number of  days  in 



your data file.   If the number of  days 



in  your  data  file  exceeds  299,  the 



maximum  length  of the  moving  average 



will be 299 days.

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Pressing  the `Y' key will instruct  the 



program  to plot the scale on the chart.  



You  will normally want the chart to  be 



scaled  unless you are plotting over  an 



existing indicator.  For example, if you 



are  about to plot moving averges over a 



bar chart you will not want to have  the 



scale  drawn on the chart since a  scale 



already exists for the bar chart.

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The  length of an exponentially smoothed 



moving  average may range from  .001  to 



.99.

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With  a  High  /  Low  Oscillator,   the 



following ranges will apply for long and 



short parameters:
 
          --  Range --

   Short    0      5
   Long    -5      0         
       
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The  size of the price change which  you 



wish  to use as a buy or sell signal  is 



completely  dependent on  the  commodity 



under  study  and  the  length  of  your 



Momentum  Indicator.   You should try to  



determine a price change which would  be 



slightly  extreme for the commodity  you 



are trading given the time interval used 



in  the  momentum  index.   The  maximum 



price change which can be charted with a 



Momentum Indicator is 32683.  In reality 



you  should never require parameters  of 



this  size.   The following ranges  will 



apply  to  buy/sell parameters  of  your 



Momentum Indicator.




parameters:
 
          --  Range --

   Short    0      5
   Long    -5      0         
       
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The  length of this particular indicator 



can  range from 2 to 299 days.   If  you 



have  less  than 299 days in  your  data 



file,  the  maximum length  will be  the 



number of days in your data file.

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If  you are plotting a moving average of 



another indicator such as an oscillator, 



the maximum length of the moving average 



will be the number of days in your  data 



file  (or 299 if you have more than  300 



days  in your file) minus the length  of 



the other indicator.   For example,   if 



your data file contains 100 days and you 



are  going to plot the moving average of 



a  25  day oscillator then  the  maximum 



length of the moving average will be 75. 

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When  naming a chart to be saved on disk 



you  must enter the disk drive  and  the 



path  name as the firt part of the  file 



name.   For example, if you wish to save 



your  chart  on the B drive in  the  sub 



directory  titled CHARTS,  and you would 



like to name your file GRAPH1,  you will 



enter the following name:


-->B:\CHARTS\GRAPH1

B: identifies the disk drive.
\CHARTS identifies the sub directory.
\GRAPH1 is the name of the file.

Note:  You  must  have a  sub  directory 



already  created  before you  enter  the 



High Tech program.  For more information 



about  sub directories consult your  DOS 



manual.

To simply save CHART1 on the B drive;

-->B:CHART1

If you type;



-->CHART1

The chart will be saved on the currently 



active drive.

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For  the limit move,  you must enter the 



maximum   number  of  points  that   the 



commodity can move in one day.   Be sure 



to  enter  this  value  in  points   not 



dollars.  For example, if the value of a 



limit  move is $3  you will enter it  as 



300 points since no decimals are used in 



the High Tech program.  

If you are using CSI compatible data you 



can  look up the limit moves in Appendix 



B.

Minimum limit move is one point.
Maximum limit move is 32683 points.

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An  Oscillator  is  an index  which  has 



values ranging from 1 to -1.  Therefore, 



since  a  short  signal is  given  by  a 



positive  value  and a  long  signal  is 



given by a negative value, the following 



paramater ranges apply:

parameters:
 
          --  Range --

   Short    0      1
   Long     0     -1       
       
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You  must decide for yourself the  value 



of  a percentage change in price   which 



indicates a new bull or bear market. New 



bull  markets  are  indicated  by  price 



increases and bear markets are indicated 



by price decreases.   Therefore you must 



enter  a positive value for a buy signal 



and a negative value for a sell  signal. 



Buy  and sell signals must be entered in 



real numbers.   For example, if you wish 



to  buy when the price increases by  ten 



and  one  half percent  you  will  enter 



10.5.

The  following ranges apply for buy  and 



sell parameters.



parameters:
 
          --  Range --

   Short    0     -999
   Long     0      999

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You  must decide for yourself the  value 



of  a percentage change in price   which 



indicates a new bull or bear market. New 



bull  markets  are  indicated  by  price 



increases and bear markets are indicated 



by price decreases.   Therefore you must 



enter  a positive value for a buy signal 



and a negative value for a sell  signal.  



Buy  and sell signals must be entered in 



real numbers.   For example, if you wish 



to buy when the price increases by three 



and one half percent you will enter 3.5.

The  following ranges apply for buy  and 



sell parameters.



parameters:
 
          --  Range --

   Short    0     -50
   Long     0      50

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Percent  R  values will range from 0  to 



100.   Higher  values indicate  oversold 



conditions  in  the  market  and   lower 



values  indicate overbought condition in 



the  market.   Buy  and sell  indicators 



must  fall between 0 and  100,  and  the 



buying parameter must be higher then the 



selling parameter.

The  following  ranges apply for %R  buy 



and sell parameters.



parameters:
 
          --  Range --

   Short    0     100
   Long     0     100

Note:  Long  parameter  must be  greater 



than short parameter.


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The  length of a Relative Strength Index 



can  range from 3 to 299 days.   If  you 



have  less  than 299 days in  your  data 



file,  the  maximum length  will be  the 



number of days in your data file.

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The values for RSI will range from 0  to 



100.     Higher   values   indicate   an 



overbought  situation in the market  and 



lower   values   indicate  an   oversold 



condition.   Therefore  your buy  signal 



must be less than your sell signal.

The  following ranges will apply to  buy 



and sell parameters.

parameters:

            
             ----- Range -----
Long            0       100
Short           0       100


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Enter   the  data  drive  and  the   sub 



directory  which  contains  the  desired 



data.  For example, if you would like to 



access  data  on  drive  B:   in  a  sub 



directory named COMDATA, you enter:

-->B:\COMDATA

If  the  data is not in a sub  directory 



then simply type

-->B:

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To  select  the desired portion  of  the 



screen   for   your  chart,   move   the 



highlighted  selection up and down  with 



the  arrow keys on the numeric key  pad.  



Once you have made your selection  press 



the <return> key to execute.

Example:  to  have your chart plotted in 



the  upper  one quarter of  the  screen, 



press  the  down arrow seven  times  and 



then press the return key.

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To    select   the   desired   technical 



indicator  simply  move the  highlighted 



selector  around the menu with  the  up, 



down,  left, and right arrow keys.  Once 



you  have selected the desired technical 



tool you must press the <return> key  to 



execute.

Example;   To  select  Standard   Moving 



Averages,  press  the  right  arrow  key 



twice and hit the return key.

If you would like to exit the program at 



this  point,  press the F1 key and  exit 



the program from the Program Menu.

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To  select the desired tool simply  move 



the highlighted selector up and down the 



menu using the up  and down  arrow keys.  



To  execute a selected tool simply press 



the <return> key.

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To  load data for a particular  contract 



you  must move the highlighted  selector 



around  the Data Files Menu with the up, 



down,  right, and left arrow keys.  Once 



the desired data file is highlighted you 



must press the <return> key to have data 



from that file loaded.

If  the desired data file is on  another 



disk or in another directory,  press the 



F6 key and identify the drive.

If you would like to exit the program at 



this  point,  press the F1 key and  exit 



the program from the Program Menu.

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From  this  menu  you can  choose  which 



program you would like to  run.   Simply 



move  the  highlighted selector  up  and 



down  the  menu  using the up  and  down 



arrow keys and press the <return> key to 



execute the selected program.

If  you  would like to run the  Charting 



program, you have a choice of running it 



in  three different modes.   You can run 



the  program while creating an auto  run 



file  which  will  save  all  your   key 



strokes.   You  can run the program with 



an  auto  run file you  have  previously 



created.  Or, you can use manual control 



while  running the  program.   You  will 



normally  run  the program using  manual 



control.

The Data Management program will be used 



for entry and upkeep of your data files.

The  Configuration program will be  used 



to  change  the default data  drive  and 



change  the  colors of your  charts  and 



menus.

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Value  for the Accumulation Distribution 



index will range from 0 to 100.   Higher 



values  indicate distribution and  lower 



values   indicate   accumulation.    You 



should  sell when the index is high  and 



buy when the index is low.

The  following ranges apply to long  and 



short parameters;

parameters:


                 ----- Range -----
Long               0          100
Short              0          100

Note: Long parameter must be  less  than 



short parameter.

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The  length of a Price Channel can range 



from  2  to the number of days  in  your 



data  file.   If you have more than  300 



days in your data file then the  maximum 



length of the index will be 299.

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The  value  of a percent band can  range 



from  .01 to 99.   If you would like  to 



plot  a two and one half  percent  price 



band, enter 2.5 and not .0025.

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The  length  of the Commodities  Channel 



Index can range from 2 to the number  of 



days  in  your data file.   If you  have 



more  than  300 days in your  data  file 



then  the  maximum length  will  be  299 



days.

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The value of the constant can range from 



.001 to 1.

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The  values for the Commodities  Channel 



Index  will  almost always fall  between 



200 and -200.   Higher values   indicate 



that  the commodity should be bought and 



lower values indicate that the commodity 



should be sold.

The   following  parameter  ranges  will 



apply to short and long parameters:

parameters:

             ----- Range -----
Long          200       -200
Short         200       -200

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The length of the Regression Slope Index 



can  range from 2 to the number of  days 



in  your  data file.   If you have  more 



than  299  days in your data  file,  the 



maximum length will be 299.

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Long and Short parameters for the Volume 



Open  Interest Index can range from  999 



to -999.   Higher values indicate buying 



conditions  and  lower values   indicate 



selling conditions.

The following ranges apply to short  and 



long parameters;

parameters:

                      ---- Range ---- 
Long                    0       999
Short                   0      -999

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The  length  of a  Directional  Movement 



Indicator  can range from 3 to one  half 



the  number  of days in your data  file.  



The maximum length will be 299 days.

If  the  program is  not  accepting  the 



length  you  are  giving  it,   you  are 



probably  specifying  a length which  is 



greater  than one half the days in  your 



data file.

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The  trading value of the ADX will  fall 



between 1 and 99.   Higher Values of ADX 



indicate greater directional strength.

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The  starting value of the  Acceleration 



Factor can range from .001 to .9.

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You   can  increment  the   Acceleration 



Factor  by .001 to .9,  depending on the 



starting   value  of  the   acceleration 



factor.   The  starting value  plus  the 



increment  value  must be less  than  .9 



which is the maximum ending value of the  



Acceleration Factor.   For example,   if 



you  have entered a starting value of .5  



you  cannot increment by .6.   The  most 



you  can  increment by is  .5.   If  the 



program is not accepting your  increment 



value,  your  starting  value plus  your 



increment value is probably exeeding .9.

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The  ending  value of  the  Acceleration 



factor   must  range  from  .001  to  .9 



depending  on the starting  value.   The 



ending value must always be larger  than 



the  starting value.   If the program is 



not   accepting   the  value   you   are 



entering,   than    you   are   probably 



entering a value which is less than  the 



starting value.

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For  the  limit move you must enter  the 



maximum   number  of  points  that   the 



commodity can move in one day.   Be sure 



to  enter  this  value  in  points   not 



dollars.  For example, if the value of a 



limit  move is $3,  you will enter it as 



300 points since no decimals are used in 



the High Tech program.  

If you are using CSI compatible data you 



can refer to  Appendix B.

Minimum limit move is one point.
Maximum limit move is 32683 points.

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The  value  of the Swing  constant  must 



range from 0 to 99.

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The  length of the Volatility Index  can 



range  from 2 to the number of days  you 



have  in  your data file.   If you  have 



more than 299 day in your data file then 



the maximum length will be 299.

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The  constant  for the Volatility  Index 



can  range from 1 to 9. 

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The  percentage  of  a  Retracement  can 



range  from  1 to 99.   The most  common 



retracement values are 25,  50,  and  75 



percent.

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You can plot one,  two,  three,  or four 



speed lines on the chart at one time.

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To  select  the item you would  like  to 



configure, move the highlighted selector 



up  and down the menu using the up,  and 



down arrow keys.  Once you have selected 



the item, press the <return> key.  After 



making  all desired  configurations  you 



must  move  the highlighted selector  to 



the last selection on the menu and press 



the    <return>   key   to   save    the 



configurations you have made.   Once you 



have  saved the configuration,  you  can 



press  the  F1  key and  return  to  the 



Program Menu.

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To choose menu foreground and background 



colors   simply  move  the   highlighted 



selector  around the menu using the  up, 



down, right, and left arrow keys.  Enter 



the desired color by pressing the return 



key.

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The  value for this indicator can  range 



from 0 to 32683.   If the program is not 



accepting  this value,  you are probably 



enter a negative number.

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When  naming  an auto run file you  must 



enter  the disk drive and the path  name 



as the first part of the file name.  For 



example,  if  your auto run file  is  on  



the  B drive in the subdirectory  titled 



RUNFILES,  and  you  would like to  name 



your file AUTORUN1,  you will enter  the 



following file name:


-->B:\CHARTS\GRAPH1

B: identifies the disk drive.
\RUNFILES identifies the subdirectory.
\AUTORUN1 is the name of the file.

Note:   You  must  have  a  subdirectory 



already  created  before you  enter  The 



High Tech program.  For more information 



about  subdirectories  consult your  DOS 



manual.

To  simply  create or read an  auto  run 



file from drive B: enter

-->B:AUTORUN1

If you type

-->AUTORUN1

the  run  file AUTORUN1 will  be  either 



created or run on/off the default drive.

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You  can  display all data in memory  to 



the  screen by pressing the return  key.  



Or, you can enter the number of days you 



would  like  to have  displayed  on  the 



screen.   For example, if you would like 



to  display the last 10 days of data  on 



the screen, enter a 10.

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If  you would like the program to  pause 



after plotting each chart you must press 



the  `Y' key.   If you  do instruct  the 



program  to  pause between  charts,  you 



must  press  a key after each  chart  is 



completed.

You will typically not have the  program 



pause  between  charts if the  auto  run 



file dumps each chart to the printer.

If  the autorun file does not dump  each 



chart  to the printer,  you should  have 



the program pause between charts so that 



you get a chance to study it.

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When  entering the name of the commodity 



you are creating a data file for,  enter 



the name of the commodity only.  Do  not 



enter  the  expiration month  and  year.  



You  will  be  entering  the  expiration 



month and year in the next two prompts.

The  name of your commodity can  not  be 



more than 15 characters long.

If   you  have  finished  creating   all 



desired  data files,  press the <return> 



key before entering a commodity name and 



you   will  be  returned  to  the   Data 



Management Menu.

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Enter  the  expiration month with a  two 



digit  number.   For example,  to  enter 



June  as  an expiration month  you  will 



enter "06".   If you are creating a file 



for cash prices or stocks,  enter a  "0" 



for the expiration month. 

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Enter  the  expiration year with  a  two 



digit number.   For example, to enter an 



expiration year of 1985, enter "85".

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Enter  the  number  of weeks  which  you 



expect  this  data  file  to  eventually 



range over.   Typically this will be the 



number of weeks between the current date 



and expiration.

For example, if the current date is June 



1st,  1985,  and you are creating a data 



file for December 85 Live Hogs, the file 



will  eventually  contain data   for  24 



weeks.

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Enter  the date of the daily set of data 



in  the following  format  YYMMDD.   For 



example,   a date of March 2,  1985 will 



be entered as 850302.

If  you  press the <return> key  without 



entering a date you will be returned  to 



the Data Management Menu.

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The  day of the week will be represented 



by a single digit.  The following digits 



should  be  entered  in  place  of   the 



respective days of the week:

MONDAY    1
TUESDAY   2
WEDNSDAY  3
THURSDAY  4
FRIDAY    5

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Enter the day's opening price.  If there 



is  no opening price,  enter the closing 



price  or  any other price  which  falls 



between the daily high and low prices.

When   entering  prices,   do  not   use 



decimals.   A  price of 52.45 should  be 



entered as 5245.  If the price is quoted 



in quarters then a price of 3.52 and one 



quarter  will be entered as 3522.   A  2 



represents one quarter,  a 4  represents 



one   half  and  a  6  represents  three 



quarters.

Another example:  a per bushell price of 



corn  quoted  at 2.95 and  3/4  will  be 



entered as 2956.

The  highest  price  you  can  enter  is 



65366.   If  the opening price is higher 



than 65366 then drop the last digit.
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Enter the daily high price.  Be sure not 



to use decimals.  The price must be less 



than  65366.   If  the price is  greater 



than 65366, drop the last digit.

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Enter the daily low price.   Be sure not 



to use decimals.  The price must be less 



than  65366.   If  the price is  greater 



than 65366, drop the last digit.

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Enter the daily closing  price.  Be sure 



not to use decimals.   The price must be 



less  than  65366.    If  the  price  is 



greater than 65366, drop the last digit.

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Enter the actual volume for the previous 



day.   Since  the  actual volume is  not 



reported  until the following  day,  you 



must  enter yesterday's true volume  and 



the program will enter this volume  with 



yesterday's  prices.   The volume  which 



will  accompany  today's prices will  be 



the estimated volume.

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Enter  today's estimated  volume.   This 



value  will  be replaced by  the  actual 



volume tomorrow.

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Enter  yesterday's  open  interest.  The 



program  will  place this open  interest 



with  yesterday's prices.  Today's  open 



interest  will  not  be  reported  until 



tomorrow,  therefore,   the program will 



also  use yesterday's open  interest  as 



today's  open interest.   When you enter 



the  new open interest  tommorrow,  this 



value will be replaced by the true  open 



interest.

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You must enter the date in the following 



format  YYMMDD.   For example,  to enter 



the date of July 1,  1985 you will  type 



850701.   If  you press the <return> key 



without  entering a date,  you  will  be 



returned to the Data Management Menu.

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To select the piece of data to be edited 



you must enter the corresponding number.  



For example,  to edit the date press the 



"1" key and enter the correct date.   To 



edit  the opening price,  press the  "3" 



key and enter the correct opening price.

When   you  have  finished  editing  all 



incorrect  data press the  <return>  key 



and  you  will be returned to  the  Data 



Management Menu.

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To  change a value,  enter the new value 



and press the <return> key.

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Use  the  up  and  down  arrow  keys  to 



highlight   the  desired  selection  and 



press the <return> key.

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Use  the  up  and  down  arrow  keys  to 



highlight  the desired function and then 



press  the  <return>  key  to   execute.  



Press  the  F1 key if you would like  to 



move  to  the Program Menu and  run  the 



Charting program.

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You  have chosen a file to  be  deleted.  



If you are sure you would like to delete 



this file, press the `Y' key.  If you do 



not wish to delete this contract,  press 



the `N' key.

Note:  Once  you delete a contract there 



is no way to reclaim it.  

Be Carefull !!!!!!

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To select the desired color, simply move 



the highlighted selector around the menu 



using  the up,  down,  left,  and  right 



arrow  keys  on  the  numeric  key  pad.  



Press  the  <return>  key to  enter  the 



selected color.  Press the F6 key if you 



would    like   to   return    to    the 



CONFIGURATION  MENU without changing the 



color.

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If prices are quoted in 32nds then enter 



"32",   otherwise enter "100".    Common 



commodities   which   trade  in   thirty 



seconds are:

T. BONDS
GNMA's
CD's
TEN YEAR NOTES

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This message is to make you aware of the 



fact  that  all  commodities  quoted  in 



32ands  (such  as  T.   BONDS)  must  be 



adjusted  to  compensate for  the  gaps.  



For  example,  a  gap  will  occur  when 



prices  rise  one point from  6931,  the 



price will jump to 7000 even though  the 



increase was only one point.  These gaps 



must  be  removed or the bar chart  will 



appear  jagged.   Gaps will  also  cause 



false  signals to be given by almost all 



technical indicators.   The disadvantage 



to  eliminating the gaps is that  prices 



will  no longer match the quoted  prices 



for  each day.   To compensate for  this 



problem, we have compromised a bit.  The 



prices  displayed  in  the  upper   left 



corner  of the screen are the  unaltered 



prices.   The  unaltered  prices  appear 



only  for the last day.   If you use the 



cursor  keys to report  statistics,  you 



will  see the altered prices printed  in 



the upper left corner of the screen.


NOTE:  Due  to the alteration of prices,
the  scaling on the Bar Chart  will  not 

match today's quoted price.

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If  you  would like the portion  of  the 



chart  which  is to be occupied  by  the 



chart  you are now  constructing,  press 



the <return> key.   For example,  if you 



would  like your new chart to occupy the 



upper left corner of the chart, and that 



portion is currently occupied by another 



chart,  press  the <return> key to  have 



the old chart erased.

If you would like to draw the new  chart 



over  the old,  press the `N' key.   You 



will  typically press the `N'  key  when 



plotting  a  moving average over  a  bar 



chart.

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You   have  the  choice  of  using   two 



different  sets  of  colors.    You  can 



either  use Green,  Brown,  and Red,  or 



White,  Cyan,  and  Magenta.    Use  the 



cursor   keys  to  select  the   desired 



palette of colors.

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