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THE STOCK MARKET
Presented by Serengeti Enterprise
Introduction
The purpose of this program is to give the user the basic feel and
knowledge for the stock market. This program creates an atmosphere of the
average business man who check over the "Wall Street Journal" every night and
calls his broker to place his orders and sales hoping to strike it rich. The
user starts with $9000 and is allowed to buy and/or sell stock at his/her
discretion. The stock listing given in this program follows the "Wall Street
Journal" format and is updated daily.
This program requires an IBM-PC with the files :
STOCK.EXE
STOCK.DAT
STOCK.DOC
Starting the game
To start the game, after your machine has booted, type the name
STOCK <ENTER>
This will load the file "STOCK.EXE" and will execute it for you.
The first screen to appear after the introduction is the stock listing. It
has a total of 60 stocks with 20 stocks on the screen at all times. To scroll
up and down through the stock listing use the function key F1 and F2. Function
keys F8,F9,F10 will place you in the top,middle or bottom of the stock pages
respectively. With 60 stocks and 20 shown at a time, there are only 3 pages of
listings. The stock listing is divided up into 10 columns. The first column is
the name of the company which is shown in its ticker symbol. This name may turn
to BAKRUPT if the company goes under during play. The next column is the
dividends the company is giving to its shareholders. Next to that is the yield
percentage. This is the companies current yield. SALES next to that is in the
hundreds and tells how many shares were sold that stock day. The HIGH and LOW
tells how high or low the stock went during that day. CLOSE refers to the price
the stock was at the markets closing. NET tells how much it went up or down
from the previous days trading. The column after that is used for the stock
pointer. INDUSTRY after that tells you what industry the company is in.
You as the user are given the stock listing AFTER the days trading but
before trading begins for the next day. You call up your broker, in this case
the computer, and place you buying and selling orders. At the end of each stock
day you may buy and/or sell as much as you want.
Buying Stock (F3)
To purchase a stock use the F1 and F2 keys to move the stock pointer,
located in the column before INDUSTRY, to the position next to the stock you
wish to buy. Once that is accomplished press F3. The computer will then ask you
how many shares you wish to purchase. Enter your number the press enter. Next
the computer/broker will ask you to enter limit order amount. A limit order
tells the computer/broker to purchase that companies stock at the price you
enter or lower. This prevents the computer/broker from buying the stock the,
next trading day, at too high a price if it jumps. You can also enter a very
low amount so the computer/broker will wait until the stock reaches that price
and then once it does will buy it. If you do not wish a limit order then just
enter 0. If you do enter an amount then the computer will ask you if you want a
day order. This means that your order will last only one trading day and if the
stock was not purchased at your limit order price or lower then the order is
canceled. If you do not want a day order then type "n". That will assure that
you order will stay active until it is filled. The last question asked is to
enter a stop loss amount. This tells the computer/broker that after the stock
is purchased and you own it if it ever drops below the price you entered as a
stop loss the stock will be sold. This prevents you from losing all you money
if a stock plunges and you happen to miss seeing it in time enough to sell.
Once you own a stock it will be place in you portfolio and will be
highlighted in the stock listings.
Selling Stock (F4)
To sell a stock move the stock pointer to the highlighted stock (which
indicates that you own at least one share of it) then press F4. The computer /
broker will then ask you how many shares you wish to unload. Once you enter a
number you will be returned to the stock listings.
Waiting (F7)
Once an order has been placed the only way for it to be executed by the
computer/broker is to press F7 and enter the number of stock days you wish to
wait. Each stock day represents one complete trading day and returns you with an
updated stock listing for that days trading.
Portfolio (F5)
This keeps track of the stock you own. There are seven column of
information. The first column is the ticker symbol of the stock you own. The
second is the price you bought the stock at. After that is the current value of
the stock. The fourth column, RETURN%, tells your current daily return on that
stock using the standard formula without the dividends calculated in since that
would require annual ownership. DIV is the companies dividends. SL stands for
the stop loss number you placed on your order. Last is the number of shares you
own.
Remember folks, this program is a proto-type and has not been debug or
fully completed. The features mentioned in this doc do work, but the program
full capabilities are not fully explained.
or
fully completed. The f