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Wednesday, January 27, 2010

Hints And Issues To Remember When Selecting The Best Stock Picking Software

By Peter Skonctue

Knowing a bit about the ins and outs of stock picking software can be important for those who are contemplating getting into the stock market or are already in but may not have the time to work on identifying the most likely stocks for success. Also, software can help when one doesn't want to entrust one's entire portfolio to a broker who may or may not be engaging in "churning."

Churning is the actions taken by some brokers who are more interested in making money off of commissions rather than helping their clients make money off of timely buying and selling or trading of stocks. Some brokers will execute endless orders and their money comes from the commission charged on each order. Stock picking software is one way of eliminating this problem.

How stock picking software works is that it automates the process of selecting stocks that have a high probability for positive gain, meaning that it will help a person by a stock when it is low and then sell it when it is high, which is the basic meaning of positive gain. Most software synchronizes itself to real-time data and performance benchmarks to ensure it is as accurate as possible.

Generally speaking, there are a few different kinds of software available for use, with each having a number of benefits and features and also a number of similar characteristics among all types. The first one, significance software, is probably appropriate for those who don't have very much time to decide when the best buying and selling periods are. The process is completely automated with this particular software program.

Significance software works to scan stocks placed onto a list by the software user or an industry sector -- for example, automobile suppliers -- and will then analyze and present a list of stocks that it deems to be the best performing. It is able to gather its data and then present it by looking at current exchange reports and then laying them out so that traders can may their best decisions.

A type of stock picking software known as functional software also synchronizes itself to the daily ups and downs of a given stock market. It works to review performance behaviors in the market and then examines volumes of stocks bought and sold and the prices that they are bought and sold at to come to a decision on which stocks are the most valuable. This software is also customizable.

As far as general features that may be common to many different software programs, most come equipped with stock tickers and international quote generators. Additionally, many are able to track portfolios and deliver customized alerts to their users. There are also charting and graphing tools and a way to have the software notify its user via e-mail for anything the user deems important.

It's important to remember that any stock picking software program works by analyzing and then selecting a stock, which can make the task much easier on a user, though no software program can guarantee 100% success. They are all extremely good at gathering together data and analyzing it and presenting their case, but -- as always -- remember that the final output might not be fully accurate. - 23212

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