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Address:	P.O.Box 12518
	Tallahassee, FL 32317-2518
Phone # for sales:	850 668 0635
Fax:	850 668 5937
Website:	www.fourcast.net
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E-mail address:	fourcast@fourcast.net

CATEGORY: SOFTWARE

General Information TOP

Product name: FOURCAST

Initial Price: $299

Brief product description:

FOURCAST is a computer program for forecasting stock, bond, commodity and index prices. FOURCAST will process several time series, regarding them as auto correlated (the association of each variable with itself over time) and cross correlated (the association between different variables).

System Requirements TOP

Operating system(s):

Windows98
Windows95
WindowsNT
Windows 2000
Windows ME
Windows XP

Minimum RAM required: 8 mb

Minimum hard drive space: 1 mb

Minimum modem speed: 2400

Mouse required?: Yes

CD-ROM used?: Yes

CD-ROM required?: No

Demo disk available?: Yes

Market Information TOP

Markets followed:

Stocks
Futures
Bonds
Industrial groups
Cash markets
Mutual funds
Indices
Options

Data TOP

Data type(s) utilized:

Intraday data
End-of-day data
Fundamental data
Historical Data

Sources for data:

Provided by an outside data source

Downloader:

Downloader provided
Auto-selecting of data to be downloaded
Unattended downloading

Data manager:

Editor for data
Split & distribution adjustments
Historical database included with purchase
Historical database available
Data exportable to other programs
Exporting of indicator values
Data printout
Refreshes and cleans data automatically
Custom symbols (e.g., spreads, crossrates)

Data Formats TOP

Formats read directly:

CSI
Dial Data/Track Data
TC2000 (Worden Bros.)
ASCII

Additional formats read directly:

N/A

Formats read after conversion to program useable data:

CSI
Dial Data/Track Data
TC2000 (Worden Bros.)
Telescan
ASCII

Additional formats read via conversion to program useable data:

Reads data available from www.msn.com, www.yahoo.com, www.cnbc.com. Reads data available from DIAL DATA(www.ddata.com). Reads data available from TeleChart 2000 (www.tc2000.com).

Charts TOP

Chart type(s) utilized:

Line charts
Overlay charts

Charting features:

Cycle remover
Horizontal lines
Log scale
Moving average bands
Open interest
Print charts
Scaling: % change
Scaling: automatic
Scrolling
Space weekends
User-defined chart groups
User-defined macros
Volume
Windows: multiple
Windows: resizable
Write text on charts

Built-in indicators:

Correlation analysis
Fourier transform
Moving averages: simple
Rate of change
Time series forecast
Show indicator values
Indicator explanations provided
User-defined indicators

Screening and Alerts TOP

Ranking based on:

Drawing Tools (e.g., trendlines)
Indicator and studies
Technical systems
Fundamental data

Screening based on:

Drawing Tools (e.g., trendlines)
Indicator and studies
Technical systems
Fundamental data

Alerts based on:

Drawing Tools (e.g., trendlines)
Indicator and studies
Technical systems
Fundamental data

Alerts displayed on charts?: Yes

Alerts displayed in table?: Yes

Screening by individual system per market?: Yes

Save tables?: Yes

Automated printing of tables?: Yes

Trading Systems TOP

Trading system features:

Stock system testing
System development and testing
Optimization
System performance reports

Options Analysis TOP

Options analysis features:

Projections/forecasting (what-if analysis)

Support TOP

Support features:

Automated installation
Online help
Manual
Phone support
Bulletin board
Tutorial

Manual page length (if applicable): 152

Additional Information TOP

Additional comments (please indicate additional indicators, special features and services here):

Buy/Sell signal is based on forecast percentage change. Sofware is download from www.fourcast.net.