BAR GRAPH PROGRAM - Description of Graph Screen (1 of 3)

The bar graph has two vertical scales; the upper part shows high/low/closing
prices and moving averages, and the lower part shows the sales volume in
THOUSANDS of shares.  Each vertical bar represents data for one trading period
(day or week).  Each price bar is directly above its corresponding volume bar.
The most current data is represented by the rightmost bars; the earliest data
is represented by the leftmost bars.

A price bar represents the low (or bid) and high (or ask) prices for that
period.  The closing price is shown as a tick-mark on the RIGHT side of each
price bar.  The short-term moving average (if used) is shown as a horizontal
dotted line, or a tick-mark on the LEFT side of the price bar.  The long-term
moving average (if used) is shown as a horizontal solid line.  The stock
prices and moving averages all use the same scale, on the right-hand upper
side of the screen.







Press ENTER to see next Help screen, or Esc key to go back to graph screen.
           BAR GRAPH PROGRAM - Description of Graph Screen (2 of 3)

The top line on the screen shows the stock name, symbol and exchange.
The second line from the top has various statistical information which is for-
matted as shown in the following example:

                   PE=aaa Y=bbbb   cc% TO ee%  ffx mm-dd-yy

     aaa  is the Price/Earnings ratio which is simply the most current stock
          price divided by the earnings.  If the P/E ratio is less than .1
          or greater than 99.5 it is shown as NMF or No Meaningful Figure.
    bbbb  is the Yield, which is Dividends divided by the most current stock
          price and expressed as a percentage.
cc% TO ee%  is the annualized potential return percentage (low and high val-
          ues), which represent stock price appreciation compounded annually,
          plus dividend yield.
      ff  is the maximum number of days or weeks of price data that can be
          kept by the system for this stock (not necessarily the number of
          days or weeks actually entered).
       x  is D for Daily price entry or W for Weekly price entry.
mm-dd-yy  is the date through which volume and prices are displayed.


Press ENTER to see next Help screen, or Esc key to go back to graph screen.
           BAR GRAPH PROGRAM - Description of Graph Screen (3 of 3)

Typing one of the following letter keys will invoke the corresponding function:

D  = DISPLAY numeric volume and price data for this stock.  The display screen
     also allows you to temporarily change the moving average periods.
P  = PRINT the chart on an IBM/Epson printer with the graphics option.
     The process will take about 5 to 8 minutes. The printed chart will appear
     identical to what is on the screen, except it will be rotated 90 degrees.
     To center the graph on a standard 8 1/2 by 11-inch sheet, set the top
     edge of the sheet even with the edge of the scale bar on the printer.
     After the Print function is invoked, additional prompts will appear on
     the bottom of the screen.  To cancel the Print function, respond No to
     the "Is printer ready" prompt; otherwise make sure the printer is ready
     first and then respond Yes.  Once the printing has started, you can Halt
     the process by pressing H.  Printing will then stop after the next line.
S  = SELECT another stock. This will take you back to the stock select screen.
     Moving average periods will revert back to their permanent values.
H  = HELP.  Displays the screens you are looking at now.
Q  = QUIT this program and exit to DOS, so you can run a different program
     system, make a backup copy of a disk, etc.


Press ENTER or Esc key to go back to graph screen.