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1. Page 3 Page 4 2 Financial Background and Terminology Intraday Data London Stock Exchange LSE and FTSE supply real time prices for UK listed shares and FTSE indices in ShareScope Pro The data is delayed by 15 minutes in ShareScope Plus All of ShareScope s US data NASDAQ NYSE AMEX and many international indices CAC DAX S amp P 500 and Dow Jones are supplied by Comstock a division of Interactive Data Corporation NYSE IDC Comstock is a leading provider of market data solutions to the global financial community lonic processes the data and within about a tenth of a second passes the data on to you Depending on your internet connection this data will be available on your computer within another two or three tenths of a second The data is input at numerous stockbrokers and market makers around the country and is not checked either by the LSE or by lonic Information before it goes out On rare occasions data is input incorrectly This may be corrected with a counter trade but it will always produce either a temporary or a permanent spike See Page 14 for a de spiking option to detect any one off price spikes Terminology Offer The best lowest quoted price available if you want to buy shares Bid The best highest quoted price available if you want to sell shares The Bid is usually higher than the Offer unless there is an auction taking place in which case they are temporarily reversed Mid The average
2. HERE 14 ratio 2 2 Tatie 2 EEE 9 esco One She Ma Desion 2 Ostion al Alarma Global Su Adame For Help press ft Al sectors Cur Port Alarms Global List Shares Connected When you are connected to the intraday feed incoming prices flash in the window as data is received As the default setting intraday prices will flash green when a price has risen yellow if the price stays the same and red if the price drops Prices can be displayed in pounds or pence with up to three decimal places right click over any price column heading mid bid or trade etc and select Numeric display from the context menu Of course currencies other than pounds can apply if the share is listed on an overseas exchange In this window you can also view micrographs These visually enhance your display and provide a variety of information including the share mid price the ratio of buy and sell trades and the bid offer spread More details on micrographs are available on pages 25 and 26 Page 21 Context Menu Right click in the list window to view the context menu Change List gt Change Window gt New Window gt Add selected share to portfolio My shares Add all shares to portfolio My shares Add all shares above to portfolio My shares Add all shares below to portfolio My shares Add to another portfolio gt New Highs Lows gt Select sector gt Graph whole list weighted by cap Graph whole list not weighted
3. ShareScopePlus SharescopePro User Guide O lonic Information Ltd 1997 2006 All rights reserved This guide and the program are copyright works of lonic Information Limited London England and are licensed in terms of our standard contract The data referred to herein is the copyright of the London Stock Exchange Hemscott PLC FTSE AFX News and others Reproduction in whole or in part without the express written permission of lonic Information Limited is prohibited Reverse engineering is also prohibited ShareScope is the trademark of lonic Information Limited lonic Information Ltd 3rd Floor 140 Goswell Road London EC1V 7DY Tel 020 7549 1100 Fax 020 7549 1101 Disclaimer Whilst every effort is made to keep this guide up to date the number and rapidity of enhancements to ShareScope means that there may sometimes be omissions and inaccuracies We apologise for any confusion this may cause and refer you to the What s New section of the on screen Help within the program itself which is updated with every new version The calculations and rankings given in this guide and in ShareScope should be used for guidance only lonic Information does not make any recommendations or endorsements on whether an investment is a suitable or wise investment or investment strategy Please check all figures independently before taking action Support Every effort has been made to make ShareScope easy and intuitive to use but comp
4. MACD checking for crosses RSI rise drop over set levels and Stochastic check for crosses and rise drops over set levels Underneath each tab are the available options Page 33 By ticking Check for golden crosses under the Moving Average tab for example you will activate the moving average alarm Once activated type in the number of intervals required one for the Short MA interval count and one for the Long MA interval count ShareScope will now search your selected source for any shares which cross in the two moving average periods selected Or by selecting Check for crosses in the RSI tab you can search for shares whose Relative Strength Indicator has crossed either above or below a certain value You can set these values in the three text boxes RSI interval count RSI high percent and RSI low percent You can also choose between Simple Exponential and Wilder Each interval length for alarms is 5 minutes For more details of each alarm tab please see the on screen Help Viewing Triggered Alarms To view intraday alarms which have been triggered select Edit Intraday alarms Triggered alarms This will bring up a dialog box with a list of all activated alarms To view options click Alarm Options at the bottom of the dialog box To display the triggered alarms dialog box every time an alarm is activated tick Display triggered alerts dialog under the When an alarm goes off options To set an audible alarm tick the
5. Once you have set alerts on news you can see all news alarms by right clicking over the news window and selecting News for triggered alarms To open a news window press Shift and or select Window New window News However if you do not wish to receive intraday news you can switch this option off To do this select Tools Options Intraday Feed From the dialog box that appears select the Disable intraday AFX news feed option To enable the news again deselect the tick box All the features and functions that are available in the news window are detailed in the ShareScope User Guide Section 11 Page 9 Intraday Price History Should you wish to recover data from previous days you can backfill the intraday history this will enable you to see intraday graphs for previous days You can download or backfill up to four weeks 20 trading days of data To do this select Update Backfill intraday history When the dialog box appears choose the exchanges required from the tick boxes and select the dates you wish to backfill then press Request Backfill progress is shown in the bottom right hand corner of the screen Double clicking on this area also brings up the Backfill intraday history dialog box Saving Your Data and Settings Your settings will be saved automatically provided you exit the program correctly The program will open on the last screen layout displayed before closing If you wish to manually save all yo
6. This ShareScope Plus and Pro User Guide does not cover definitions of technical analysis indicators fundamentals and stock market terms For more detailed explanations of some of the features available please refer to the on screen Help If after reading this guide and the on screen Help you need more information you can email us at support sharescope co uk or contact our support help desk 9am to 6pm Monday to Friday on 0845 045 0111 ShareScope Pro users should email pro sharescope co uk or call 0845 456 0545 User Guide Terminology In this guide buttons on screen and keys on your keyboard and menu items to select are written in bold If a menu item is followed by a colon this means you click on each item in turn For instance View Calendar means you should click View on the menu bar at the top of the screen and then click on Calendar to bring up the Calendar Click always means a single click on the left mouse button Right click always means a single click on the right mouse button This brings up a context menu relevant to the ShareScope window you are using and to the position of the mouse pointer Double click always means a quick double click with the left mouse button If you have problems double clicking you can alter the mouse response speed through your computer s Start Menu Settings Control Panel Mouse Click and drag always means click and then hold down the left mouse button while moving the mouse pointer
7. Closing messaging 41 Reading messages 41 Sending messages 40 Setting your profile 39 N News AFX news 9 Intraday news 9 Intraday news alarms 32 O OHLCV OHLCV data 5 OHLCV terminology 6 Q Quotes Adding trades quotes columns 38 Trades and or quotes list 37 Trades or quotes 37 T Terminology Intraday terminology 5 OHLCV terminology 6 User guide terminology 3 Page 49 Ticker 27 Closing the price ticker 30 Ticker design 28 Trade and or quotes list 37 Adding columns 38 WwW Windows 11 Adding and resizing windows 12 Intraday graph window 13 Linking windows 11 List window 21 Resizing windows 12 Windows layout 12 Page 50 lonic Information Limited 140 Goswell Road London EC1V 7DY Phone 020 7549 1100 Fax 020 7549 1101 Email info sharescope co uk Web www sharescope co uk
8. Hilton Group PLC era EERIERPRR Et OL Intraday Graph List FTSE 100 All sectors gt Setting 1 Linked OL Growl gt List FTSE 100 All sectors Setting 1 Linken Pounds 5 min bars Next PLC Pounds 2 month bars dyn Next PLC Volume Daily Ms EURER ER PETE 0 n 12 13 9 a 95 HRB D 05200 ISango IpjSeriro 2 iisen EE 9 Gracia One Shave Design 5 Options E3 Alums Gibal ey Alms fort m toko Alarms Gobal Corrected Linking Windows All graph and list windows can be linked giving you multiple information displays for one share To link a window provided more than one window is open right click on the title bar of the window you want to link and from the context menu that appears select Link window A dialog box will appear listing all the windows you can link to windows already linked to are not shown in this list Click on the window you want to link to If this is the only linked window the link will take immediate effect With additional linked windows a dialog box will appear offering the choice of maintaining only one link or creating multiple linked windows Once windows are linked changing a share in a linked window will change the selected share in all linked windows Page 11 To unlink a window right click on the title bar and from the context menu that appears select Unlink window Adding and Re sizing Windows To create a new window select Window New window Select
9. The top left of the graph shows the currency in which the share is traded and just below this is the current date The bottom of the graph shows the time scale in a twenty four hour format The share s EPIC is shown as a watermark You can add the bid offer prices as a watermark or remove the watermarks by right clicking and selecting Graph Design then choose the Style tab ope Pro 01 Intraday Graph List FTSE 100 All sectors Setting 1 Linked hareSc fie Edt Wew Graph Tools Graph Settings Portfolo Update Window Help ax u E a amp 3 w w Ww u C 1 450002 Senna 2 EE 0 racha ii One Share Design 3 Options Alame Gibal al Alarma ess f1 ou 1221 2 ShareScope Intraday graph window The left and right arrow keys can be used to scroll horizontally across the days displayed on your intraday graph Each key press will move backwards or forwards one day at a time Shift and the left or right arrow key adds or removes a day from your intraday graph Clearly you will need to have a number of days intraday data stored for this to be effective Page 13 Context Menu Right click over the intraday graph window to reveal the graph window context menu which offers you the following options Change List gt Change Window gt New Window gt Moving Averages Trend Lines Other Main Graph Features Add Indicator Add Market Graph Zoom Indicator Delete Indicator vvvvvr Lines and Text Invert Sc
10. and Thermograph down change the Thermograph micrograph colours Page 23 Adding Intraday Columns ShareScope Plus and Pro allow you to display many columns that are designed specifically for intraday data To select these columns place the mouse pointer over the grey column heading area and right click You will see the following menu Add General Column gt Add Intraday Column Add Price Column gt Add Result Column Add Rank Column Add Date Column gt Add Tran Column gt Add Separator column Change heading Borders amp shading Remove column Move column Fit width Set width Justify gt v Enable Data Tip Sort Column Dbl click On selecting Add Intraday Column from this list you will be given the following options Add an Intraday Column o C C C Li Cc ES Price mid Price from open Price from close Cancel Open Help High Low Close Volume Graph Thermograph All the headings that you see in the dialog box can be added as columns in the list screen and updated intraday Click the Advanced gt gt button at the bottom right hand corner of the dialog box for a greater choice of intraday columns Page 24 Add an Intraday column Prices Trades Graphs Open Close Price Price Type Value Add Now Mid bid offer Price Latest Value Cancel Bid High Change from open Help C Offer C Low from open C Spread C Range Change fr
11. oe Portfolio 1 Price change since close Si Down Portfolio 2 Dark default Light default Help Preview Cancel Price change since open lv lv M Volume Iv lv E m If you tick the Discard data older than 15 seconds box ShareScope will ignore any data not yet visible on the ticker that is older than 15 seconds Below this are two colour buttons No data background and Excess data background The first allows you to select a background colour for where there is no data coming through The second allows you to select a background colour for data older than 15 seconds unless you have already chosen to discard data older than 15 seconds see above Page 28 The Display details options allow you to add or remove display details such as Time EPIC Name Price and Volume by ticking or un ticking in the box next to each item You can also choose Price change since open absolute change in value from open Price change since open percentage change in value from open Price change since close absolute change in value from previous close and Price change since close percentage change in value since previous close If the last two are selected they will be displayed in brackets in the ticker The Format options offer you four alternatives for the format of the price ticker You can choose from 1 line One line of data is displayed scrolling horizontally from right to left 2 line Two lines of data are dis
12. share falls a certain percentage by ticking the percent from high box Whatever number you type in will be the percentage by which the price needs to drop below the high before the alarm is triggered The price used for the stop loss alarm will be the highest price after the date and time set in the boxes below Tick the News alarm on incoming stories box if you wish to be informed when a news story comes in for the selected share For each news story on your chosen share the triggered alarms dialog box will show the company name as well as the date and time the news story was received For more information on displaying triggered alarms please see Viewing Triggered Alarms on page 34 At the bottom of the dialog box is the Alarm note section If you wish to make any notes about the alarm for future reference type them in here You can also set alarms on lines you have drawn yourself To draw a line hold down the Shift key and click and drag the mouse Once the line is in place highlight the line and right click Select Alarm on line from the context menu Once the current mid price crosses either above or below the line an Alarm will be triggered For information on setting Closing Price alarms please refer to Section 9 of the ShareScope User Guide Page 32 Adding Global Alarms As well as setting alarms for individual shares alerts can also be set for groups of shares These are known as global alarms Global alarms can be add
13. specify the required times from the adjacent boxes In the lower half of the Analytics tab you can choose to have the analytic indicators flow between days if more than one day is displayed For example if you have two days of intraday prices displayed with a moving average you may wish to see the moving average calculated continuously across day 1 and day 2 so that at the start of day 2 the moving average will still be using prices from the end of day 1 This will affect all the intraday indicators available in ShareScope Plus and Pro including moving averages Bollinger bands RSI and MACD indicators Other options include Draw a timescale below analytic graphs No gap between analytic graphs and Show title on analytic graphs These options are also available for historical graphs and are detailed in Section 4 of the ShareScope User Guide The OHLC Data Summary shows the data source and the period length details that you are using for your indicators You can edit the source mid prices or trade prices in the Price tab You can edit the period length in the Time tab Intraday Analytics To add analytics to the intraday graph window right click over the graph and select Add Indicator or Add Market Graph from the context menu as shown on page 14 Among the many analytics available are ATR Average True Range RSI Welles Wilder s Relative Strength Indicator MACD Moving Average Convergence Divergence ADX Average Directional M
14. the type of new window you require from the sub menu that appears Alternatively you can right click on the screen and select New window from the context menu that appears All windows displayed in ShareScope Plus and Pro can be re sized to your exact requirements To do this simply place your mouse over the window border then click and drag To move a window around the screen click and drag on the title bar ShareScope can automatically arrange windows for you Click on the toolbar button with the picture of a multi window screen on it or select Window Arrange windows The windows will move and re size to fill as much blank space as possible To restore the default layouts select Window Window layouts Default layouts With multiple windows displayed you can maximise any one of the windows to fill the whole screen For example if the shares list window and intraday graph window are displayed on screen but you would like a closer look at the intraday graph double click on the intraday graph title bar and the window will fill the entire screen To return to multiple windows double click on the window title bar again When adding new windows in a blank area of the screen they will automatically be re sized to fit the space you have right clicked in taking into account the arrangement of the other windows Windows Layout As with graphs and tables you can save up to twelve different windows layouts Layouts are automatically
15. tick to the left of the column indicates that the item is already being displayed You can add columns to display Time the time the trade was executed or the time of a price movement the Bid Mid Offer and Trade prices Volume the total volume per trade Trade value trade price multiplied by volume Trade type as defined by the relevant stock exchange and Bought or sold whether the trade was a buy sell or unknown or Market Centre the market where the trade took place Further information on the Trade type column can be found in the on screen Help by pressing F1 in the Trades and quotes window Page 38 10 Messaging If you would like to keep in touch with other ShareScope Plus and Pro users have a technical query or would like to send us your ShareScope wishlist requests then the real time messaging facility is a convenient way for you to do this To view the real time messaging facility available in ShareScope simply select View Real time messages The real time message inbox window will appear Real time MESSAGE INBOX 16 messages ES Date Time From Subject 26 7 05 5 38 ShareScope support 0 8 6 05 10 01 ShareScope support LSE prices 08 06 05 update 8 6 05 08 45 ShareScope support LSE prices 08 06 05 13 4 05 13 02 ShareScope support New version of ShareScope Plus Pro Maintenar 1511 04 14 51 ShareScope support New version of ShareScope available 3111 04 13 26 ShareScope support AFX news feed 3 11
16. 04 11 8 04 09 24 ShareScope support LSE Data 11 August 2004 8 7 04 15 43 ShareScope support US Data Feed 08 July 2004 217104 11 10 ShareScope support US Data Feed 2 July 2004 Message 1 sent 15 38 26 7 05 from ShareScope support Dear ShareScope Plus Pro Member A We are happy to announce that Version 4 38 has now been released This version includes many new features on graphs such as Swing charts and new indicators as well as new options in Lists and Portfolios For full details please check the What s New section of the on screen help To receive the upgrade please disconnect from the intraday feed and do an end of day update Should you require any assistance or more information please do not hesitate to contact us on 0845 045 0111 for Plus help or 0845 456 0545 for Pro help You can also email us or send a real time message Kind regards Ss Compose Reply View outbox Contacts Profile sone Please note that you have to be connected to the intraday feed for messages to be sent or received Setting your Profile Before sending or receiving any messages you will need to set your user profile This is how you will be seen by other messaging users Click on Profile at the bottom right of the message inbox window to set your profile Page 39 After agreeing to the messaging policy you will need to enter a Nick name in the top text box of the profile dialog box This is how your name will be displayed in th
17. AQ and Indices and one for NYSE AMEX The agreements will appear when you connect to the intraday feed The level of delivery selected will affect the amount of bandwidth required If using a 56k Modem we strongly recommend using the normal or minimal settings Please note all LSE and FTSE data is supplied at the full level regardless of settings that you make in this screen You can change the delivery levels at any time by selecting Update Select intraday feed levels or by double clicking on the small bar graph at the bottom right of your screen Connecting to the Intraday Data Feed To connect to the Intraday data feed click on the Connect toolbar button lightning symbol or go to Update Connect to intraday feed The following dialog box will appear on your screen Connecting to intraday feed Connection status Close Success Connected to ShareScope Intraday SDEBNHIBENSERBEBEDENEHERBEHBENNI NYSE AMEX Market Data As your agreement for the receipt and use of market data provides the securities markets 1 reserve all rights to the market data that they make available 2 do not guarantee that data and 3 shall not be liable for any loss due either to their negligence or to any cause beyond their reasonable control Page 8 Once a connection is made the dialog box will automatically close and you will be connected To connect automatically every time the program is opened you need to select Tools Optio
18. Audio alarm box Underneath this are two options the first being System beep By selecting this your computer will beep every time an alert is triggered The wav file option allows you to create your own sound for the audible alarm Please note that you must have the right PC and software setup to be able to do this If you can record sounds to a wav file you can search for that file and set it as the audible alarm The Flash window tick box informs you of any activated alarms that are triggered even when you are using other programs As long as ShareScope is running you will see the ShareScope icon on your taskbar flash the minute your alerts are set off Finally by selecting Write alarms to log file you can set up a log file outside of ShareScope that will keep a record of all alerts that have been triggered This file will keep details of all historical alarms and you can also view them independently of ShareScope Two further options under Alarm options are Start alarms at Market Open and Start alarms at Market Open 15 min Choose when you want your alarms to start checking from due to the volatile nature of the markets in the first 15 minutes alarms from the market open can sometimes be misleading although data in the first 15 minutes is still valid trading information that you may want to include Page 34 Limit alarms to last X minutes allows you to limit the period of time ShareScope will check back for triggered alarms O
19. Sector Analysis Share s Directors Dealings Share s Dates gt Share s News Share s Trade Summary Edit share s news search Open the company s website List design Ctrl D List Design By selecting List design from this menu you can design the layout of your ShareScope Plus or Pro list window see the dialog box on opposite page On the left of the list design dialog box is the Wrap Columns if possible option If you were looking at a list of FTSE 100 shares showing the name and mid price columns only you would see a large gap to the right of the columns If you tick the Wrap columns box the columns will repeat themselves until either the entire FTSE 100 is shown or the window is full This feature allows you to see far more shares in one window Page 22 List design Table 1 Table 1 Whitespace Horizontallines Text Colours Pop up Graphs Micrographs I Wrap columns if possible Background Alternate background Selected text Selected background Heading text Heading background Negative numbers Historic shares Intraday data only c Imported items _Abe no end of day data Load save table From Ga Library Dark Default Light Default Preview Help Cancel The Text tab lets you change the colour of the text and background within the list window Click on the colour box next to any of the options listed and select the colour you want to use The Colo
20. ade and the mid bid and offer prices Right clicking over the window displays a context menu that allows you to select the information you want displayed If you want to see trades select Trades from the context menu If you wish to see changes to the mid bid and offer prices select Quotes If you want to see both in the same window select Trades and quotes Trade information is not applicable to indices such as the FTSE 100 S amp P 500 or FTSE AIM and will not be displayed Page 37 You have the option to view trades and quotes for previous days by selecting either Previous trading day Choose date or Next trading day from the context menu Using Ctrl and the left or right arrow key on your keyboard will also change the day you are viewing The Trades Summary dialog box can be accessed by double clicking in the window or from the context menu It presents an up to the minute breakdown of trade count value and volume for a share in terms of buys sells and unknowns The Trade Summary can also be accessed from the following screens List Portfolio News Directors Dealings and Data Mining by pressing the key on your keyboard Adding Columns To add columns right click over the column heading area Select Add Column from the context menu that appears The following menu will then be displayed v Time Bid Mid Offer v Trade v Volume v Trade value v Trade type v Bought or sold Market Centre Separator column A
21. ale Ctrl I Crosshair Legend Limit Time Range gt Graph Design Ctrl D Add a Share or Index Add FTSE 100 Remove Graph gt Add to another Portfolio Share s Directors Dealings Share s Dates gt Share s News Share s Trade Summary Graph Design By selecting Graph Design from the context menu a dialog box will appear as shown on the opposite page At the top of the graph design dialog box is the De spike slider From time to time rogue trades will appear in the form of an unusually high or low price This is often an error from a broker mis entering a trade on their screen The de spike facility prevents this giving a false impression of the day s trading If you set the slider to by moving the slider to the far left then ShareScope will not de spike the graph at all and all trades will be shown If you set the slider between and ShareScope will remove from some to most of the rogue trades for you although you will not get a warts and all picture of the day s trading The Dark default and Light default buttons allow you to display your intraday graph window with a white or black background and associated line colours The Preview button will let you view any changes that you have made to the graph before exiting the graph design dialog box Page 14 The Library facility allows you to save and restore individual graph settings which can be easily exchanged with o
22. awn across more than one day For information on the historical graph window that is not mentioned here please see the ShareScope User Guide Section 4 Shapes You can add Shapes to intraday graphs to mark or highlight areas of interest To add a shape right click on the graph screen select Lines and Text and then Draw a Shape Your cursor will then turn into a crosshair Click on the graph where you want the shape to start and drag the mouse to position and size your shape To edit the shape or its settings right click inside the body of the shape and select Colour and Style To display a shape on more than one graph setting right click on the shape and go to Select Display You can choose to apply a shape to All Settings Current setting only or Selected settings Page 19 Page 20 6 List Window ShareScope Plus and Pro list windows have several important extra features and functions ShareScope Pro 04 List Shares All sectors Table 1 Z Me Edt View List Tools List Tables Portfoko Update Window Heip ax 99340 2 cme Je er A O Mid Md Irtraday Thermograph Groot Spread Trade value Bandsell bar Trade valun Tick E kl from Volume sella buys changes doso Vodafone Group PLC 124042 652 im Se 020 07 15 ME 79 19 mejo BAA PLC era 209 Tom 013 49 20m MEN 70 67 terete Standard Chartered PLC E14 MAY 208 Sm ae 0 07 26 57 MS 25 76m ee Lloyds TSB Group PLC 3A 530 In 009 1740m E 26 19
23. d alarms 34 Analytics Intraday analytics 18 Cc Columns Adding intraday columns 24 Adding trades quotes columns 38 Fit width 26 Sorting columns 26 Context menus Intraday columns context menu 24 Intraday graph context menu 14 List window context menu 22 Trades quotes context menu 37 D Data Delivery levels 7 Intraday data 5 7 Licence agreements 7 OHLCV data 5 Dynamic Data Exchange DDE Creating a DDE link 43 DDE formulae 44 Examples 44 E Exchanges Selecting exchanges 7 Page 47 G Graphs Adding intraday analytics to graphs 18 Graph design 14 Intraday graph design 14 Intraday graph window 13 Lines on graphs 19 Micrographs 21 25 26 Shapes 19 Intraday Adding intraday columns 24 Alarms 31 Adding global alarms 33 Adjusting individual alarms 31 News alarms 32 Setting alarms on lines 32 Setting individual alarms 31 Triggered alarms 35 Viewing triggered alarms 34 Analytics 18 Connecting to the data feed 8 Data 5 7 Add or share intraday data 10 Graph window 13 Analytics 18 Context menu 14 Graph design 14 Lines 19 Shapes 19 List window 21 News 9 Price history 10 Terminology 5 Trades and quotes list 37 Windows 11 Page 48 L Library Opening the library 15 Saving and restoring settings 15 List window Adding intraday columns 24 Context menu 22 Fit width 26 List design 22 List window 21 Sorting columns 26 M Messaging 39
24. e Contacts list and when you send messages to other users This is the only obligatory entry so you can remain totally discreet The rest of the information is optional and you may enter as much or as little as you choose At the bottom of the dialog box are your Privacy options If you wish to be seen by other users make sure that the Allow others to contact me box is ticked If you do not wish to be seen make sure that there is no tick in the box If you do tick it you will then be able to enter details under Optional details You can add the following Actual name Email address Age Investment approach type of trader you are Investment Horizon long or short term Years with ShareScope Years Investing and Other any additional information you may wish to enter Under the Privacy options there is a second option Allow others to know if am connected If this is ticked ShareScope will let other on line users know that you are connected to the intraday feed and are therefore available for messaging The final option is Alert me to incoming messages Once selected this will alert you to any incoming messages the moment you receive them by displaying a dialog box The dialog box will tell you who the message is from what the subject is and gives you the option to read the message or ignore it Adding Contacts Before sending messages you will need to update your contacts list To do this click on the Contacts button at the botto
25. ed by selecting Edit Intraday alarms Edit global alarms A dialog box below will appear that allows you to set intraday global alarms At the top of this menu there is a Source option to choose the required data source You can choose between Shares equities only FTSE 100 FTSE 100 only or Other Next to Other is a drop down menu with a selection of other groups such as NASDAQ FTSE 30 and Foreign Exchange Another group available is User portfolio which can be found above All This allows you to set up global alarms on your own watch list of shares Once you have selected the source you will need to set the alarm limits You can limit global alarms to those triggered within a certain time period by ticking the Limit alarms to the last X minutes option and typing in the number of minutes you require ShareScope Plus or Pro to check back Set or edit global intraday alarm settings Source C Shares FTSE100 Limit alarms to the last minutes Other Cancel Help Percentages Moving Av MACD RSI Stochastic A Default Percentage increase in price Percentage decrease in price m 5 since open m ls since open jv fo in5days w fo int days muje jo There are five tabs in the Global Alarms dialog box that allow you to select different types of alarms The five options for intraday alarms are Percentages mid price movements over a specified period Moving Average dead golden crosses over set periods
26. ices Highest Value The opposite of the High calculations Last price of the day LSE calculate and distribute this value Their calculation method is complex Other markets Last trade before the market closes Indices Last value Number of shares traded that day Because of delayed trades this figure can change for several subsequent days Trades are normally reported within 60 seconds but big trades and some other trades can be delayed for hours or days Open high low close amp volume over a fixed time period A Japanese method of representing OHLC information Volume weighted average price Page 6 3 Intraday Information Intraday Data ShareScope Pro will give you up to the second information on Prices and volume for all UK equities and investment trusts listed on the London Stock Exchange LSE the Alternative Investment Market AIM US equities listed on NASDAQ the New York Stock Exchange NYSE the American Stock Exchange AMEX international indices S amp P 500 Dow Jones CAC DAX and most FTSE indices Foreign Exchange FOREX and AFX News ShareScope Plus data is 15 minute delayed and does not show NYSE AMEX or FOREX prices at all The following items are not updated intraday Some overseas indices e g Hang Seng Nikkei some other indices imported data Unit Trusts Directors Dealings amp Major Holdings gilts exchange rates commodities portfolios transactions and fundamen
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28. m right of the message inbox dialog box In this dialog box you should see a list of nicknames on the left hand side These are all the ShareScope users who are currently connected and ready to use messaging If you highlight any of the users listed you will see the user profile appear on the right hand side If you would like to send a message to any of these users first highlight the name of the relevant user Then using the radio buttons at the bottom right of the contact list dialog box select Include on my send list Repeat this for as many users as required Once you have added all the users you want close down the contacts list Sending Messages Click on Compose at the bottom left of the message inbox dialog box to open a new message From the compose message window use the To drop down menu to select the user you wish to contact Please note that ShareScope support ShareScope administration and ShareScope wishlist are automatically included on this list so you can contact us easily Underneath the default ShareScope addresses are the users you have added from your contacts list Page 40 To send a message select the name of the person you wish to send the message to Type the title of the message in the Subject box and the message in the space provided Click on the Post button in the bottom right hand corner of the window The message will be sent and it should reach the recipient within about five seconds depending on the
29. n the dialog box below the Intraday option tick Auto resort every five minutes and intraday columns will be refreshed at five minute intervals Many of the features available in the ShareScope Plus and Pro list windows are not described in this guide For further information please refer to Section 6 of the ShareScope User Guide Page 26 7 Ticker The ticker is a rolling window that displays trades and index values If it is not showing on your screen you can activate it by selecting Window New window Ticker Kingfisher PLC 2 55 12k 3 00p 1 19 HSBC Holdings PLC 9 13 526 3 25 0 35 Workspace Group PLC 2 57 1 2k 0 25p 0 10 LogicaCMG PLC 1 82 5k 2 00p 1 11 02 PLC 1 43 22k 0 GlaxoSmithKline PLC E132 Btk 3 00p 0 23 Cable and Wireless PLC 1 55 13k 8 00 4 89 Bovis Homes Group PLC 6 1 900 9 00p 1 50 Royal Bank of Scotland Group The PLC 16 2 400 3 76p 0 23 Tullow Oil PLC 2 081 913 1 65 0 79 SSL International PLC 2 95 134k 1 31p 0 45 The information can be displayed in a variety of styles Above you can see an example of a vertical scrolling ticker Each line shows the price volume price change since open and the percentage change since open for the given share Positioning the ticker gives you the flexibility to have it displayed anywhere on your screen To do this place your mouse pointer over the ticker window and click and drag to a position that s
30. nce ticked enter the required time period to be checked Triggered Alarms At the bottom of the Triggered Alarms dialog box there are four different buttons Alarm Options This allows you to review and edit your alarm settings in the same way as you can set alarm functions by selecting Tools Options Intraday alarms Edit Settings Select the Edit settings button to review and edit the highlighted alarm for instance to turn off date alarms If no alarm is highlighted then the global alarms dialog will appear Reset Alarm Select the Reset alarm button to reset the highlighted alarm allowing the alarm to trigger again Reset All This allows you to reset all the alarms that you have set It deletes all alerts and allows them to be triggered again Note that triggered alarms are forgotten by ShareScope when the program is closed Therefore if ShareScope is left open overnight triggered alarms will remain in the memory and include those from the previous day Page 35 Page 36 9 Trades and Quotes List The Trades and quotes list allows you to view all the trade and price movements for a share during the current trading day Select Window New Window Trades and quotes To view alist of Trades and quotes for a particular share you can either use the Find A Share function type the first few letters of the share you are looking for or you can link the Trades and quotes window to another window see Linking Windows
31. ns Intraday Feed and then select Auto connect to the feed Connection status is shown in the bottom right hand corner of the screen A standard internet connection is required when connecting to our intraday feed You will need to establish your internet connection before connecting to our intraday servers You cannot connect to intraday data via direct dial N B ShareScope Plus and Pro users still need to update the daily data regularly by pressing F9 or selecting Update Update historic prices amp fundamental data to download fundamental information and historical share prices AOL Customers Users who have AOL as their Internet Service Provider will need to make a small change to the ShareScope connection settings Select Tools Options Intraday Feed Towards the bottom of the dialog box make sure that the Use Winsock 2 if available tick box is not selected AOL is not compatible with Winsock 2 and will prevent connection if this is active Intraday News With ShareScope Pro the AFX News service can be updated in real time along with the prices ShareScope Pro delivers the AFX UK ProFeed a premium news service ShareScope Plus delivers news updates from the AFX UK Focus service This is the same news service used in ShareScope Gold but you receive the stories as soon as they are released by AFX If you wish to be alerted to news stories for a specific share please see ntraday Alarms on page 31 for further details
32. ns to vary the dot size and colour You can also tick the Show size option so that the size of each trade dot will correspond to the volume of that specific trade The Volume Histogram can be displayed in two ways Trade based which will add a volume figure for each individual trade as it happens Period based where the volume will be broken down into the Fixed period lengths selected on the Time tab see below If you do not wish to see volume select None If you have selected Period based volume a signal line can be added to the volume display This will add a moving average to the volume histogram based on the number of periods you enter in the periods box You can choose which type of moving average is used and you can change the colour and style of the line By default the volume bars are coloured black whether they are greater or lower than the previous traded volume but you can change these colours to suit your preference You can also tick the box to Colour volume bars by price up down movement Time Tab This gives you control over the time scale displayed in the graph window The Days viewed drop down menu allows you to view up to ten days intraday prices at any one time Please note that you will only be able to view the requested days if you have downloaded sufficient history see Intraday Price History on page 10 There are two date display options Today is last day and Display from You can choose a specific date b
33. of the bid and the offer Spread The difference between the bid price and the offer price Tick A change in the trade price Trade A transaction The LSE doesn t indicate if it is a buy or a sell this is inferred by how close the price is to the bid or offer Trade price The price of the last trade OHLCV Data There are a variety of different ways of calculating Open High Low Close and Volume For the LSE market we use London Market Information Link Recommended Display and Derived Information Guidelines This is currently available at www londonstockexchange com cmsattach 940 pdf For all other markets we use the local rules and guidelines See the LSE document for full details Page 5 Terminology SETS SEAQ Mid Open High Low Close Volume Delayed trades OHLCV Candlesticks VWAP Most liquid LSE stocks Less liquid LSE stocks Average of the bid and offer The first reliable price for the day LSE SETS The first uncrossing price or failing that first automatic trade LSE SEAQ Mid price when the market opens Other markets First Trade FTSE 100 250 350 amp SmallCap indices Value three minutes after the open Other Indices First quote LSE SETS Highest trade during market hours LSE SEAQ Highest mid price during market hours Other markets Highest trade during market hours S amp P Indices Index calculated on the highest values of constituents Other Ind
34. ographs These graphs are intended to give you a visual impression of the day s trading Page 25 These include Graph The mid price graph for the current day Spread graph Graph of the spread value between the bid price and offer price Tick changes Shows trade ticks by either increase or decrease Thermograph Bar chart showing the changes to the mid price over time Buy sell bar Bar chart displaying the day s trades as buys sells or unknowns This information is inferred from the price of the trade and the bid offer price at the time of the trade The fourth tab is Open Close This allows you to add a column showing the current day s open or close prices You can choose to show Open Close prices from several days ago by selecting Previous days from the Time options and typing in the number of days required in the box For further details about micrographs please see the on screen Help Fit Width The Fit Width option on the context menu will automatically set the column width required to fit the information displayed You can also do this by moving the mouse cursor between two column headings and double clicking Sorting Columns All list columns within ShareScope can be sorted by double clicking on the column heading The heading of the sorted column will be in bold text If you are sorting by intraday columns you can set these to be resorted automatically as data comes in Select Tools Options Lists I
35. om revious close C VWAP C Average En 3 revious close C Time p Select one option from each of the boxes to specify the intraday column lt lt Basic The choices on the Prices tab allow you to create custom columns based upon the bid and offer prices For example if you select Mid bid offer as the Price Price as the Price Type and Latest Value as the Value you will see today s latest mid price value Time shows the time when the bid and offer were last updated The various options are dynamic and will change depending upon your selection For instance if you choose High as the Price Type the third options box will change from Value to High Low options which are relevant to the price high and a new fourth option Time will appear If you select VWAP Volume Weighted Average Price you will see the second and third options disappear but the fourth option Time will appear When the Time option is showing you can show trades or prices from several days ago by selecting Previous days and entering a number of days in the box The second tab in the Advanced dialog box is Trades This allows you to adda column based on trades The choices available are Trade price Volume Value Count and Time Value is the number of shares traded times the price Count is the number of trades and again Time displays the time of the last trade The third tab in the Advanced dialog box is the Graphs tab which allows you to pick one of five micr
36. on page 11 The trades and or quotes for the selected share in the linked window will be shown 06 Trade List HSBC Holdings PLC Tuc ist Feb 2005 R No Time Trade Volume Value Buy Sell Trade Type a 1 9 50 39 0 76 10 0k 00k Duy Automatic trade 2 95031 075 192k 17k Sell Automatic trade 3 95821 FR7A NAk F18k Ruy Autornalic trade 9 50 19 0 76 60 0k 526k Unknown Automatic trade 5 9 50 19 507 2 50k 22k Unknown Automatic trade 6 9 50 19 0 76 20 3k 240k Duy Automatic trade 7 9 50 01 507 102 094 Nuy Automatic trade u 9 50 01 10 76 447k LJYk Duy Automatic trade 9 9 50 01 10 76 7 15k 63k Duy Automatic trade 1n 9 50 01 50 76 20 0k 175k Duy Automatic trade 11 9 57 32 0 76 2 50k 22k Duy Automatic trade 1 957 31 F078 25 0k 219k Unknmim Automatic trade 13 9 57 20 10 76 Z 5Uk 122k Duy Automatic trade 14 9 57 19 10 76 05 0k 752kDuy Automatic trade 15 9 57 19 8 76 14 2k 124k Buy Automatic trade 16 9 56 53 10 46 2 5Uk 122k Duy Automatic trade 17 9 56 52 sa 7h 750k 857k Nuy Automatic trade 10 9 56 52 LU 7b 25 Uk 1219k Gell Automatic trade 19 9 56 50 10 76 25 0k 219k Duy Automatic trade 20 9 56 50 8 76 2 5Uk E22k Unknown Automatic trade 21 9 56 40 10 76 2 5Uk 22k Unknown Automatic trade 22 9 56 48 8 76 19 6k E1 71k Buy Automatic trade 23 9 56 33 10 76 104k EY1k Duy Automatic trade Trades or Quotes ShareScope Plus and Pro can display the movements of both the price of each tr
37. ovement and Stochastic Oscillator indicators as well as Advance Decline Line and STIX market graphs You can display up to four indicator windows at a time with up to four indicators in each window They can be maximised and re sized independently and all are updated intraday The analytics and moving averages are based upon the Fixed period length set in the Time tab of the graph design dialog box see page 17 So if you set a fixed period length of 5 minutes a 20 period moving average will be based on the last prices in each of the twenty prior 5 minute periods The data source for your indicators can be viewed in the OHLC Data Summary see above For a full list and definition of all the indicators and market graphs available in ShareScope Plus and Pro please see the on screen Help menu Page 18 Lines You can add lines to the intraday graph window by selecting Lines amp Text from the context menu or using Shift and dragging with the left mouse button just as you can on your historical graph Using right shift and left click adds a horizontal line starting from the cursor Under the Lines amp Text sub menu there is also a choice of line studies available These include Fibonacci Arc Fibonacci Fan Fibonacci Retracement Gann Angles and Speed Resistance Lines You can also draw lines on the analytics windows and the volume histogram in the intraday and historical graph windows Line studies and manually added lines can be dr
38. ow latest will display the latest mid price on the right hand vertical axis of the graph Graph design Setting 1 Setting 1 FIR Horizontallines Yerticallnes Price irades time Lines amp text style Analytics i f us i White space 4 S De spike FT Offer Shade Y 3 I Bid v Mid line IV Stepped line Close line Up Down C OHC Candlestick Source ER Mid Trade prices Show opening price I Show latest Previous day s High I Low J Close pa Pee Me Loadjsave settings from J Library v Dark default Light default Preview Help Canol Page 15 Show opening price will display the day s opening price on the left hand vertical axis of the graph Previous day s high low close will overlay the previous day s high low or closing price as a horizontal line on each day of the intraday chart ShareScope will get prices from the historical price database If this is not available e g the historical data has not been updated or is not available for that share then your intraday data will be used as a source instead If the necessary data is not available from either source the line will not be shown Trades Tab Trades can be displayed as either a Line or Dots If you do not want to display trades select None If the Buy Sell option has been selected then there are two lines one for imputed buys and one for imputed sells unknowns are reported as dots Use the dot optio
39. played scrolling horizontally from right to left 4 line Four lines of data are displayed scrolling horizontally from right to left Vertical One or two lines of data are displayed depending on how many details you have chosen to display see above scrolling vertically from bottom to top Below the Format options are the Prices colour options Different colours can be chosen to indicate share price movements For example if you select Up as blue and Down as red then any prices that have risen will be displayed in blue and prices which have fallen will be displayed in red To the lower right of the dialog box the Share filters options allow you to select which groups of shares and indices are included in the ticker You can add or remove the FTSE 100 FTSE 250 and Indices among others Avery powerful feature is that you can select to display only shares from specific portfolios To do this tick the Portfolio 1 and Portfolio 2 options only available after you have created your own portfolios Then use the drop down menus to the right of these to select which of your portfolios you wish to view If you only want to see the shares in your portfolios in the ticker window make sure that all the other Share filters options are not ticked Page 29 To the right of the options are the colour and font selection buttons This gives you the opportunity to highlight companies from specific groups of shares For example to make FTSE 100 share
40. preadsheet figures changing as the prices change The sheet contains the combined total of several indices an example portfolio and all available details for one sample share HSBC plc Using the example spreadsheet will help you to understand the formula needed for the DDE link DDE Formulae To create your own DDE spreadsheet you will need to write a specific formula to extract each item of information required Select the cell you wish to add the data to then type in the following formula to point your spreadsheet to ShareScope Plus or Pro ShareScopeDDE EXCHANGE_EPIC A_B For A and B see page 46 A few examples of the different exchange codes include FX Foreign Exchange Forex LSE London Stock Exchange listed equities NAS NASDAQ Indices US UKI United Kingdom Indices e g FTSE 100 USI American Indices e g DJIA S amp P 500 For a full list please see the on screen Help For EPIC put in the code of the relevant company or index Then you will need to add the extra information for the type of data that you want to extract You can do this using the table on page 46 Page 44 Here are some further examples of formulae to help get you started FTSE 100 United Kingdom Indices Current Mid Price ShareScopeDDE UKI_UKX MID Vodafone Group plc London Stock Exchange Lowest Mid Price ShareScopeDDE LSE_VOD MID_LOW Microsoft Corp NASDAQ normal market Trade Price ShareScopeDDE NNM_MSFT TRADE Hilton Hotel
41. quality of the internet connection you are using Reading Messages Incoming In the message inbox dialog box you will see a list of all the messages you have received The title bar will tell you how many messages you currently have in your inbox For each message there will be the time and date of receipt the name of the sender and the subject heading To read a specific message highlight the relevant message in the list of messages You will then see the text of that message in the bottom half of the message inbox If you wish to reply to a message that you have received select the message you want to reply to and click on Reply at the bottom left of the message inbox window Alternatively you can right click over the message in the message list and select Reply message from the context menu that appears Outgoing To read outgoing messages that you have sent click on the View outbox button at the bottom of the message inbox window You will then see a list of all messages you have sent To read a specific message highlight the subject heading in the message list and the text will appear in the bottom half of the dialog box Closing Messaging To close the real time messaging facility click on the X at the top right hand corner of the messaging window or the Close button in the bottom right hand corner Page 41 Page 42 11 Dynamic Data Exchange DDE A Dynamic Data Exchange or DDE link allows you to e
42. s using Start with full period would begin each bar at the start of the hour Using Start with half period would begin each bar at half past each hour Lines amp Text Tab Allows you to edit all the colours text and lines in the graph window As different stock exchanges operate on different time zones the Time Zone Label can be used to identify the time zone for a specific share The label will display a code for the time zone and then the time difference in relation to Greenwich Mean Time GMT The Day Separator option allows you to choose how data is displayed for multiple days Gap will add a space between days Frame will draw a line between days and None will display continuous prices between days viewed Style Tab You can edit the background colour and add remove and style the watermark Watermarks that can be added include Epic Code Last mid price Mid price change Bid Offer prices Volume title Average trade volume Analytic title Last analytic value Page 17 Analytics Tab The calculation of analytics can be edited on an intraday graph when two or more day s history is displayed If you select the Use all data radio button this will use all available data for each day This includes price movements outside of normal market hours If the Use Graph time radio button has been selected the Analytics will be calculated using trading hours only To define your own set period select the User defined radio button and
43. s CP New York Stock Exchange Opening Price ShareScopeDDE NYSE_HLT RTOPEN US Cellular American Stock Exchange Previous Close Price ShareScopeDDE AMEX_USM CLOSE These examples show you how to combine the formula using the table on page 46 to add the necessary information to your spreadsheet Once the intraday data formulae have been added as required you are then free to use all the functions of a spreadsheet package to manipulate the information For more information on the functions of DDE links please refer to section 16 of the ShareScope User Guide and consult the Help menu in your spreadsheet package or the ShareScope on screen Help Page 45 Formula A NAME EPIC CURRENCY MID BID OFFER TRADE RT OPEN RT VOLUME MID MID BID BID OFFER OFFER TRADE PRICE or CLOSE OPEN HIGH LOW VOLUME Formula B Displays Share name Share s Epic Code sO Sharre s Currenc Current Mid Price Latest Bid Price Latest Offer Latest Trade Opening Price Lo Today s cumulative volume High Mid Price Low Mid Price High Bid Price Low Bid Price High Offer Price Low Offer Price High Trade Price Latest Closing Price fOpenPrice I High Price Ps Low Price Traded Volume Page 46 Index A Alarms Adding global alarms 33 Adjusting individual alarms 31 Alarms on lines 32 Intraday alarms 31 News alarms 32 Setting individual alarms 31 Triggered alarms 35 Viewing triggere
44. s stand out from any other shares simply click on the Abc button next to FTSE 100 change the colour choice for the background to yellow and click OK ShareScope will then display all shares from the FTSE 100 with a yellow background As the trade prices come in you can immediately tell FTSE 100 shares from the others Closing the Price Ticker To close the Price Ticker right click over the ticker and select Close ticker window from the context menu that appears Page 30 8 Intraday Alarms Setting and Adjusting Individual Share Alarms Alarms can be added to individual shares and monitored intraday Highlight a share and select Edit Intraday alarms This will bring up a sub menu with four options the first being Edit alarms for share name Select this and you will see the following dialog box Set or edit real time alarms for HSBC Holdings PLC Ord PIR HSBC Holdings PLC OK Current price 875 25 Pence Fixed price Cancel Help Default Percentage increase in price Percentage decrease in price VW 15 since open Vv 1 since open lv 25 in 1 days v7 25 in 1 days rn 0 since open i 20 since open i Stop loss Iv 5 percent from high fisvoi05 11 2240 Tue 18th Jan 2005 F News alarm on incoming stories Alarm note A Page 31 ShareScope will always show you the share name and its current price at the top left of the dialog box This will be the curren
45. saved when you exit ShareScope So for example if you wanted one layout showing simply the list and intraday graph of a particular share you could save this and call it List graph To rename the current window layout select Window Window layouts Rename window layout and enter the new layout name You can access this layout at any time by selecting Window Window layouts List Graph You can then save and use up to eleven other layouts so you don t have to rearrange the windows each time you want to change the layout You can add window layout toolbar buttons to any one of your toolbars for easy access to any of your saved layouts To find out more about customising your toolbars see Section 18 of the ShareScope User Guide Page 12 5 Intraday Graph Window To view the intraday graph window if it is not already showing on your screen select Window New Window Intraday graph The intraday graph window will initially display the current day s trades along with the bid and offer price The shaded area of the window below the trades line represents the bid price The shaded area of the window above the trades line represents the offer price Trades are represented as coloured dots You can change their colour and size by right clicking and selecting Graph Design then choose the Trades tab As with the historical graph window the share name is displayed at the top of the graph and the share type at the top right
46. t intraday mid price Just beneath the current price you can select a Fixed price increase or decrease Tick the relevant box and then type in the increase decrease figure to the right If the mid price moves above or below your fixed price options an alarm will be triggered Beneath this you can set Percentage increase in price or Percentage decrease in price alarms By default all alarms will be set to start from the opening mid price of the current day So if you tick a Percentage increase in price box and type in 5 an alert will automatically trigger when the share price rises more than 5 above the opening price If you wish to change the starting point for the alarm click on the since open button A dialog box will appear allowing you to select a new start point You can select between the Open Price current day s opening price Close Price previous day s close price as well as Minutes ago Hours ago and Trading days ago by typing in the number of minutes hours days you want in the box When you have made your selection the since open button will change to show the choice you have made You can select up to three price increase and three price decrease options per share Further down in the dialog box you have the option to set an alarm to trigger on a specified date and time tick the Timer option and choose the date and time for the alarm To the right of this is the Stop loss alarm You can set an alarm to trigger if your
47. tal data Data Delivery Levels and Licence Agreements When installing ShareScope Plus or Pro you will need to select a delivery level for the data received from each exchange You will be asked to choose a delivery level for NASDAQ NYSE AMEX FOREX and Indices Use the radio buttons to select your level of delivery Max Normal Minimal or None for each option With ShareScope Plus you can only select Minimal level for NASDAQ and Indices Intraday feed levels Select a delivery level for each exchange or data type Max Normal Min None NASDAQ E NYSE AMEX oe c Forex ce e Indices 2 Backfill Level C e e Es a Indicates the current receive level LSE amp FTSE data is always supplied at the Max level If you have not yet completed agreements for any of the selected exchanges these will be presented when you connect View Latest News amp Information on the Web Cancel Help Page 7 Max receives all available data including prices trades and volume for the selected feed in real time Normal will display snapshots of fifteen seconds including mid price movements and cumulative volume Minimal will display snapshots of one minute including mid price movements and cumulative volume None will switch off data supply for the selected feed If you wish to receive any level of data from NASDAQ NYSE AMEX or Indices you will need to fill in a licence agreement there are two separate agreements one for NASD
48. ther ShareScope users To save a graph setting click on the Library button and select Add current settings to library You can then name and save this setting in your Library folder or save to another location To restore a graph setting at a later date click on the Library tab and select from the list or choose Open library folder The Library facility can also be used to save and restore List screen settings To access the Library in a List screen select List design from the context menu Price Tab This allows you to choose what data to display You can add or remove the Offer and Bid prices by ticking unticking the relevant boxes To the right of these choices you have the option to change the line colour and style You can also turn the background shading option on or off and choose the colours You have the option to chart the current share by Mid line the average of the bid and offer Close line or OHLC open high low close bar chart or in Candlestick format If you do not wish to see any of the above select None You can choose to use mid prices or trade prices as your data source The Mid line and Close line can be displayed in two formats If the Stepped line option is ticked the mid and close price levels remain constant until a new price is received Once the new price is received the graph will step up or down to reflect this If this option is not ticked then the line will move directly between each price Sh
49. uits you The size of the ticker can also be increased or decreased to suit your preference To do this place your mouse pointer over the window border and then click and drag to the required size Page 27 Price Ticker Display You can adjust the information and display of the price ticker window by right clicking over the ticker and selecting Ticker design You can also select Ticker Ticker design when the ticker window is selected In the ticker design dialog box that appears you have a number of options from which to choose enabling you to set the price ticker to display exactly the information you want to see At the top are the Speed settings the first being Variable speed With this option selected the ticker speed will vary according to the amount of data flowing through Next is Constant speed with this selected you can adjust the speed irrespective of the amount of data coming in Adjust the constant speed by using the range slider to the right Ticker design Setting 1 Speed White space More Variable speed Slower Faster f Y x y No data background Excess data background Display details Format Share filters Constant speed yJ Discard data older than 15 seconds Time C 1line V Indices EPIC C 2lne jv FTSE 100 Name C Aline FTSE 250 Pri Vertical fice ertical Small Cap Prices Fledaling Up Other Price change since open i i 3 T Potio O d Price change since close
50. ur data and configuration settings while the program is in use select File Save This will save portfolios cash accounts imported data configuration settings and intraday data Add or Share Intraday Data Each day s intraday price history is stored in a unique file You can archive these files and retrieve them when required to save on disk space Files are stored in ShareScope s Data RT directory and use the naming convention histyymmdd dat e g hist060308 dat will include the intraday history for 8th March 2006 Simply drag and drop these files into your archive media Note that intraday files will only include data for the periods when you were connected to the intraday feed For whole days that you have backfilled the file will be complete including the open and close values Page 10 4 Windows ShareScope Plus and Pro allow users to view multiple windows at one time With multiple window viewing there is no limit to how many windows you can to add to your screen The diagram below illustrates multiple windows in ShareScope Pro hareScope Pro Fle Edt View Graph Tods Graph Settings Portfolo Update Window Help Kazakhmys PLC 10 31m m Centrico PLE 1292 z un 395m ME National Grid PLC Br 2 5 33m MINI Kelda Group PLC eur Next PLC MES Royal amp Sun Alliance inss kl 172 International Power PLC 2794w 2 British Land Co PLC 11 09 Imperial Tobacco Group 17832 Old Mutual PLC ser REXAM PLC iss
51. urs tab offers options to edit the appearance of the list window You can alter the colour of the Vertical and Horizontal lines as they appear in the list screen The Arrows options allow you to change the colour of the Up Down and Same directional arrows The Flash Colours settings can be used to edit the colours of the incoming prices as they flash in the window For each price movement there are two options One is for the colours of the selected or highlighted share Price up selected Price same selected and Price down selected the other is for the rest of the shares in the list Price up Price same and Price down The Pop up Graphs tab allows you to change the size font colour and layout of Pop up Graphs in the list screen Final forecast and announced results can be coloured differently and actual results may be marked with a symbol You can set graphs to use daily data where available or just results day data The Micrographs tab gives you the option to change the colours of the various micrographs that can be added to the list window see pages 25 and 26 for further information on micrographs The Buy Sell and Unknown options relate to the Buy sell bar micrograph and you can change the colours of this graph to suit your personal preferences Tick up Tick down and Tick same allow you to change the colours for the Tick changes micrograph Graph will change the colour of both the Spread graph and Graph micrographs Thermograph up
52. uters and the stock market can be complicated Use the on screen help for any technical questions Our free lifetime support is there to help you ShareScope Plus users Email support sharescope co uk Telephone 0845 045 0111 ShareScope Pro users Email pro sharescope co uk Telephone 0845 456 0545 Contents How to Use This Guide Financial Background and Terminology Intraday Information Windows Intraday Graph Window List Window Ticker Intraday Alarms oO oOo N O AOA A W N Trades and Quotes List 10 Messaging 11 Dynamic Data Exchange DDE Index Eighth Edition April 2006 11 13 21 27 31 37 39 43 47 Page 2 1 How to Use This Guide This guide explains how to use the extra features available in ShareScope Plus and Pro It is intended to be used in addition to the ShareScope User Guide which details the features that are common to all ShareScope programs The features described in this guide are generally common to both Plus and Pro but in some instances a feature may be exclusive to ShareScope Pro The text will always clearly identify any such instances Since this guide was published new features may have been added Please refer to the What s New section of the on screen Help Less experienced computer users should refer to Sections 2 and 3 of the ShareScope User Guide for step by step tuition before reading the more detailed information given in this guide
53. xport intraday data into a spreadsheet such as Microsoft Excel or Lotus 1 2 3 and watch the data update continuously ShareScope aims to provide all the information that you need for trading in the program However should you wish to make your own calculations based on our data you can do so by using a spreadsheet with the DDE function This is designed to add extra flexibility to ShareScope Plus and Pro Below is an example of a working Dynamic Data Exchange Ru Seele 10 Latest Total Value 28 169 38 HSBC Holdings PLC LSE HSBA p 07625 676 EELEE Creating a DDE Link With ShareScope Plus or Pro running open your spreadsheet software and a new worksheet this will normally happen as soon as you open the program Once this worksheet is open you can begin to write in a formula to collect the data from ShareScope Page 43 Examples If you want to see a fully working Dynamic Data Exchange spreadsheet an example is provided with the program It is called ShareScopeDDE xls and the file can be found in the ShareScope Plus or ShareScope Pro folder on the hard drive of your computer e g C Program Files ShareScopePro It is the spreadsheet shown on the previous page Before opening the spreadsheet make sure that ShareScope Plus or Pro is open and connected to the intraday feed A dialog box will appear asking if you want to update all linked information click on the Yes button You will now see the s
54. y selecting the Display from radio button and entering a date in the date box beside it Page 16 The following three time scale options are available Show all data will display all trades over a twenty four hour period including trades outside of trading hours Market hours will display trading hours only this will vary depending on the exchange that the share is listed on User defined hours lets you choose the period that you want to see this can be useful to eliminate trading spikes caused by opening and closing auctions To customise the required time period for each exchange use the Define button to the right of the User defined hours radio button Remember that you can quickly zoom into a selected time period by clicking the left mouse button dragging across the graph and releasing double click to return to full view The Fixed period length drop down menu can be used to set the time periods for the period based volume for OHLC bars candlesticks analytics and indicators such as moving averages and RSI For example if you select 5 minutes from the drop down menu and have already selected period based volume from the Trades tab see page 16 the volume histogram will show the cumulative volume figures for each five minute period rather than for each and every trade that comes in The Start with full period and Start with half period options change the starting point of each period bar In the case of sixty minute period

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