Thank you for using Stock WatchTower.
The following are some very brief suggestions to get you started. Click
on this link to see a list of all of the tips,
which also serves as the online manual. There are also QuickTime movies
that you can download to see detailed demonstrations.
- You can use the software while it is downloading the data. There
is no need to wait for the downloads to complete.
- The data are highly compressed so that they take up a minimum of disk
space. All 4000 stocks require about 150 Mb of disk space.
- The time required depends on your download speed. A connection at 200
kbytes/sec (see the Stock WatchTower status field for your speed) will
update the S&P 500 in less than 10 minutes.
- The Universe of stocks is initially set to the S&P 500. You may
change this setting with the Preferences window.
Download a QuickTime movie showing exactly what happens on the first launch
of Stock WatchTower.
Click here for a list of all tips