Qtstalker
 Qtstalker is a user friendly Technical Analysis package. It is similar to commercial software such as Metastock,
Supercharts and Tradestation.
Data can be imported from online sources (such as Yahoo!) or
from CSV (comma-separated values) files.
The software is lean, has a simple design for speed,
portability, and low resource usage. Qtstalker can be easily extended, as it uses a plugin model.
Features include:
- Point-and-click object-oriented 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 TA-Lib library of common functions
- Simple
scripting facility to create custom indicators. This powerfully enables
combination of different plots in one indicator and combining of other
indicators and calculations
- Special indicator "ExScript" enables external scripts to
pass indicator data in
- "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 plain-text CSV files
- "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
- Back testing function allowing indicator performance tests
using actual trading data
- Simple portfolio manager. Good for tracking open positions
- Scanner that can scan the qtstalker database for charts
that meet a user defined criteria
- Paper trading mode enabling users to practice trading
without risking capital.
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