Parity Technical Analysis System -------------------------------- Version 1.3 GENERAL PROGRAM INFORMATION --------------------------- The complete Parity Technical Analysis System consists of two files compressed using PKZIP. PRTY13D1.ZIP Includes the actual program files and documentation or PRTYD1.ZIP required to run Parity. PRTY13D2.ZIP Includes the runtime files and configuration files or PRTYD2.ZIP which must be installed on a users system to permit Parity to execute. The most current version of Parity will be posted on CompuServe in the INVFORUM and WINADV forums. PRTYD1.ZIP and PRTYD2.ZIP total 700 KB. You can also receive a copy of the Parity program files for $5.00 if you send a check or credit card number to: Parity Software Systems Fax: (415) 546-9319 Two Bryant Street, Suite 200 CIS: 76655,2570 San Francisco, CA 94105 GEnie: RICKERT Voice: (415) 546-9316 Prodigy: GKHK06A PROGRAM DESCRIPTION ------------------- The Parity Technical Analysis System, Version 1.3, is a sophisticated and powerful stock charting and technical analysis program for Windows 3.x. Parity includes more than 40 of the most widely used indicators and provides full support for complex user defined formulas up to 500 characters long. Parity's chart types include HLC Bar Chart, Japanese Candlesticks, 12 types of Point and Figure charts, Arms Equivolume charts, Crocker type charts, horizontal bar charts of days at price and volume at price, line charts and histograms. Each Chart can include up to 9 indicators and 11 panes. Panes can be stacked or overlaid and maintain independent scales. Multiple indicators can be plotted in a single pane. Charts can contain up to 8100 data points for each indicator. Two stocks can be in memory simultaneously permitting spread and relative strength charting. Parity permits the user to define an unlimited number of chart types and configurations and up to 30 charts can be displayed simultaneously. Draw trendlines, Fibonacci Arcs and Channel Lines on any chart. A unique user interface allows automatic charting of Groups of Stocks, Batches of Studies, or a Cluster of Charts in a predefined screen layout. Program includes exhaustive online help and is a fully functional evaluation copy. Parity is fully compatible with MetaStock, CompuTrac, ChartPro, MegaTech, and comma delimited ASCII data files. Price data can be imported from, or exported to, text files, Excel and Lotus 123 spreadsheets. Parity also permits you to import non-price data which can be plotted or used within an indicator or user defined formula. Parity requires Windows 3.x running in standard or enhanced mode, a mouse, 2 MB of memory and a VGA or higher display. Registration is $79 plus $5 shipping and handling. INDICATORS AVAILABLE IN PARITY 1.3 ---------------------------------- Parity includes over 40 predefined technical indicators. These indicators can be included in a chart by clicking on their name or you can include any indicator in a complex user defined formula just as you would use any other function or variable. AD() Accumulation/Distribution ADX(p) Average Directional Movement Index ADXR(p) Average Directional Movement Rating ASwing(lm) Accumulation Swing Index BolBands() Bollinger Bands CCI(p) Commodity Channel Index CO() Chaikin's Oscillator DX(p) Directional Movement Index EquiVol(p) EquiVolume Indicator LinRegSlope() Linear Regression Slope Indicator MACD() MACD Indicator MDI(p) Minus Directional Indicator MFI(p) Money Flow Index MO(p) Momentum Indicator MOV(d, p, t) Moving Average MovLinReg(d,p) Moving Linear Regression NVI() Negative Volume Index OBV() On Balance Volume OSCP(p1,p2,t,r) Price Oscillator OSCV(p1,p2,t,r) Volume Oscillator PctDLine() %D Line Function PctKLine() %K Line Function PDI(p) Plus Directional Indicator PriceChannel(p) Price Channel Bands PVI() Positive Volume Index PVT() Price Volume Trend ROC(d,p,r) Rate of Change RSI(p) Relative Strength Index RSIX(d,p) Relative Strength Index of data array SAR(AF, MAF) Parabolic Stop and Reverse System STD(d,p) Standard Deviation Stoch() Stochastic Oscillator Swing(lm) Wilder's Swing Index TR() True Range TRIX(p) TRIX Indicator TSF(d, p) Time Series Forecast ULT(p1,p2,p3) Larry Williams' Ultimate Oscillator. VAR(d,p) Variance VOL(pm, pr) Chaikin's Volatility Indicator, VOLW(p) Wilder's Volatility WC() Weighted Close WILLA() Williams' A/D WILLR(p) Williams %R ZIG(d,c,r) Zig Zag Indicator MATH AND STATISTICAL FUNCTIONS AVAILABLE ---------------------------------------- Parity includes a complete compliment of math and statistical functions which can be used to create complex user defined formulas. Each formula can be 500 characters long and you can include the result of one formula in another formula. Arithmetic Operators +, -, *, /, ^, Mod, \ Comparison Operators =, <>, <, >, <=, >= Logical Operators AND, OR, NOT, XOR, EQV, IMP Trig. Functions Cos(), Sin(), Tan(), ACos(), ASin(), ATn(), ATan2() Exponential Functions Exp(), Exp10(), Log(), Log10(), Sqr(), Sqrt() Rounding Functions Round(), Ceil(), Floor(), Abs(), Sgn(), Bool() Array Functions Sum(), Product(), RunTot(), Min(), Max(), IF test THEN data1 ELSE data2 Statistical Functions StatNorm(), StatPercent(), StatRegress(), StatMovTot(), StatMovMin(), StatMovMax() Data Functions DayOfWeek(), DayOfMonth(), DayOfYear(), MonthNumber(), YearNumber(), StrToDate() Pattern Recognition Bottom3Bars, Bottom5Bars, Bottom7Bars, Top3Bars, Top5Bars, Top7Bars, CrossAbove, CrossBelow ABOUT PARITY PLUS ----------------- In addition to the shareware version of Parity, we also offer an Enhanced Retail Version (ERV) called Parity Plus. Along with all the great features of the shareware version, the Parity Plus software includes sophisticated profit testing which lets you test the performance of the technical analysis strategies you devise. You can chart the results of a profit test against stock price to show the cumulative profit and the profit by position and display detailed trade information by security or summaries for each stock and group you are testing. Parity Plus even includes a new chart procedure, ChartProfitTest() which lets you include the results of a profit test on any chart you define. Parity Plus also lets you specify five variables that you can automatically "optimize" for by repeatedly running the profit test on each variable as it steps through the range of values you specify. If you've ever wondered whether you should use a 40 day moving average vs. a 53 day moving average Parity Plus will let you find out! Parity Plus also lets you filter a group of stocks and select just those stocks that meet the technical criteria you set and create a new group of just the ones that match. Or scan through all the stocks in a group and create a sorted table with output of your indicators. Parity Plus also includes cycle analysis that lets you set two cycle periods which are plotted right on any of your charts. Change the width and horizontal position of the cycles to find the perfect match to help you predict the dates for the next peak or trough in price. Complete data and file maintenance utilities are also built into Parity Plus. Use data maintenance to edit or manually update your data, adjust for splits and distributions, or insert and delete records. The data maintenance command will also convert 5-to-7 field files and vice versa. The file maintenance command lets you create, copy, delete or rename your data files. Finally, Parity Plus includes a very flexible data conversion utility that lets you convert data files to and from any of these formats: MetaStock, ChartPro/MegaTech, comma, tab, or space delimited ASCII files, Lotus WKS and Excel Spreadsheets. Parity Plus, Version 1.3, is just $179 and $5 shipping. Registered users of Parity can upgrade to Parity Plus at any time by paying the difference between their Parity registration and the current cost of Parity Plus. Parity Plus is available directly from ParTech Software Systems. TO ORDER CONTACT: ParTech Software Systems Fax: (415) 546-9319 Two Bryant Street, Suite 200 CIS: 76655,2570 San Francisco, CA 94105 GEnie: RICKERT Tel: (415) 546-9316 Prodigy: GKHK06A