Package: qtstalker (0.32-3.2)

commodity and stock market charting and technical analysis

Qtstalker is a user friendly Technical Analysis package for GNU/Linux. It is similar to commercial software such as Metastock, Supercharts and Tradestation.

Qtstalker's features include:

 - A point-and-click graphical user interface.
 - Chart types include line, bar, candlestick, point and figure, swing.
 - Chart objects: trendlines, buy/sell arrows, fibonacci retracement, text.
 - Indicator plugins include MACD, MAs, Bollinger Bands, RSI and many more.
 - Custom indicators can be composed without programming.
 - Quote plugins download data from online sources like Yahoo, CME, NYBOT.
 - Data import plugins for plain-text CSV files and MySQL databases.
 - Intra-day, daily, weekly and monthly chart compression.
 - Can manage stocks, futures, indices, ratios and spreads.
 - Back testing function allowing indicator tests using actual chart data.
 - Scanner to filter symbols based on a user defined formula.
 - A basic portfolio manager.

This package contains the main program and plugins. Documentation is in the qtstalker-doc package.

Qtstalker is 100% free software, distributed under the terms of the GNU GPL. An active development community is continually adding new features. We appreciate your input towards creating a world-class GNU/Linux TA package. Please visit Qtstalker on Sourceforge.

Homepage: http://qtstalker.sourceforge.net/

Tags: Field: Financial, Implemented in: C++, User Interface: X Window System, Role: Program, Interface Toolkit: Qt, Purpose: Data Visualization, X Window System: Application