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Wednesday, January 27, 2010

Tips For Selecting The Best Stock Picking Software

By Peter Skonctue

Knowing a bit about the ins and outs of stock picking software can be important for those who are contemplating getting into the stock market or are already in but may not have the time to work on identifying the most likely stocks for success. Also, software can help when one doesn't want to entrust one's entire portfolio to a broker who may or may not be engaging in "churning."

Churning is activity created by a broker that results in a constant stream of commissions to the broker based on numerous buying, selling or trading transactions that tend to benefit only the broker. Knowing something about the stock market these days really means knowing something about the software that can help one pick a likely successful stock and then how to buy or sell it or trade it.

Usually, software programs like these operate by automating their analysis and stock selection activities such that they will present stocks that have a high probability of solid gains. All that this means is that the software will help you do a better job at buying stock when it is low and selling stock when it is high. They work by taking real-time data and analyzing it before presenting it.

For the most part, there are several kinds of software out on the market. Each has its own set of features and benefits, though there are certain characteristics that are germane to all of them. Significance-based software works for those who have little time to evaluate the most opportune times to buy and then sell a stock. These types of software automate the process fairly efficiently.

Significance software works to scan stocks placed onto a list by the software user or an industry sector -- for example, automobile suppliers -- and will then analyze and present a list of stocks that it deems to be the best performing. It is able to gather its data and then present it by looking at current exchange reports and then laying them out so that traders can may their best decisions.

With functional software, the effort will be undertaken such that the software synchronizes to the up-and-down movements within the stock market and it will take these performance behaviors with an eye toward looking at stocks that are traded and at what prices. Working its way through a series of decision points it will come to a list of stocks that are the most valuable. It can also be customized.

General features that are usually common to a number of these different programs involve things like international quotes and stock tickers, which most every software program contains. Also, most such software programs can track a user's portfolio and then send out a customized alert if commanded. They all also have graphing and charting capabilities and can communicate via e-mail with their users.

Understand that the most common features to any stock picking software platform is that it will do its work by analysis and then selection of a stock or a number of stocks. This can make the job of buying, selling or trading much easier on investor but no software program can guarantee complete success. The final output, in other words, might not be fully accurate. - 23199

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