Qtstalker is a free technical analysis program . It is similar to commercial software such as Metastock, Supercharts and TradeStation, and keeps to a lean, simple design...
qtstalker is a free technical analysis program . it is similar to commercial software such as metastock, supercharts and tradestation, and keeps to a lean, simple design for speed, portability and low resource usage. qtstalker can be extended because it uses a plugin model.
features
a pointandclick objectoriented graphical user interface. chart types include line, bar and candlestick. customizable colors. logarithmic and linear arithmetic scaling. scale to screen. indicators plugins include macd, mas, bollinger bands, rsi, and dozens more. provides access to the talib library of common functions. a simple scripting facility to create custom indicators. this powerfully enables combination of different plots in one indicator and combining of other indicators and calculations. a special indicator "exscript" enables external scripts to pass indicator data in. an "indicator summary" tool shows a table of all indicator parameters from all active indicators. it also writes the data to xml output for use by external programs. chart drawing objects: trendlines, buy/sell arrows, horizontal and vertical lines, fibonacci retracement lines, text and cycles. quote plugins download data from online sources such as yahoo, cme, nybot. data import plugins for plaintext csv files. the "plugin" architecture for quotes and indicators enables easy future extensibility. minute, daily, weekly and monthly chart compression options. various data classes to support for investment types such as stocks, futures, indices, ratios and spreads. a back testing function allowing indicator performance tests using actual trading data. a very basic portfolio manager. good for tracking open positions. (suggestions welcome.) a scanner that can scan the qtstalker database for charts that meet a user defined criteria. a paper trading mode enabling users to practice trading without risking capital.
Productivity Business and Commerce
Discontinued stock stock-exchange
Stock charting software with backtester, optimizer, stock alerts, stock screener, custom drawing tools, customizable indicators and trade simulator.
