Getting Started with Screener 2011

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Getting Started with Screener 2011 Screener Layout Create a Screen View a chart of a stock in screen Results Save and Manage Screens Export Screener results to Excel Add viewable criteria to Screener Results Create a Fundamental System (or Active Screen) Restricting a Stock List to less than 50 stocks Creating a Stock List Search Variables

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Screener Layout
The Screener is split into three sections below the menu bar. Filters and filter parameters in the upper left pane; auto-updating results in the lower pane; and a slide in/out Stock List panel on the right. The Screener loads with a list of five default filter variables set at Min/Max values. The variables can be removed or adjusted; adjusting the variables automatically updates the Results pane.

Create a Screen
Click [New] to remove the default parameters and associated screener results. Then build the screen from the over 100 filter variables available. The Currency / Exchange / Sector dropdowns can also be used to filter, particularly if interested in results from a single exchange or wish to exclude a given sector, like Financials, from the screen results. Note: In the absence of filters a screen will return results for ALL exchanges. This may mean repeat entries; e.g. ADRs and listings of preference shares in screen results.

Each Filter heading offers a list of variables to choose from:

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Filter parameters can be adjusted by direct input of a range, or by use of the slider. Results update as the parameters change.

View a chart of a stock in screen Results

Click one of the stock icons in the Results panel to view a chart of that stock.

Save and Manage Screens

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The save menu offers an option to give a description in addition to a screen name.

Screens are managed from the Open menu option.

Export Screener results to Excel

You can export search criteria, results, both, or a selection of Results into a spreadsheet.

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Results are copied on a page-by-page basis. To maximise selection, ensure the number of displayed results in the Screener is set to 200 before copying Results; if there is more than one page of results you need to complete a copy process for each page.

When copying results, all viewable criteria are copied. Results can be configured to display additional criteria which can be copied as part of the Export process.

Add viewable criteria to Screener Results

In the Results pane is a [Settings] button. This open a list of up to 100 criteria which can be displayed - and exported - as part of the Results display.

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Create a Fundamental System (or Active Screen)
Fundamental Systems or active screens which run after the market closes and delivers results by email every day. The scan notifies when a stock is added or removed from the list. The first step to activating a screen is to ensure the screen is saved. Once a screen is saved the [Create Fundamental System] button will become active. Note: A screen can only be activated as a Fundamental System when there are 50 or fewer stocks in the initial Results panel. Over time, the Fundamental System can hold more than 50 stocks, but 50 is the limit at point of creation. Clicking the [Create Fundamental System] will open a naming dialog; the name given to the system will also be the name of the associated stock list.

To access a Fundamental System stock list, slide out the Stocklist panel and click the dropdown menu. Stock lists associated with a Fundamental System will have an icon next to them. Note: To delete a stock list hit the trash can icon. A Fundamental System stocklist can only be deleted after the Active component has been disabled from a saved Screen. To do this, follow the steps in Save and Manage Screens to remove an Active Screen. Once removed, the trash can icon will appear in the Stock List pane and the stock list can be removed. Dynamic stock lists created by a Fundamental Screener can be used to create Alerts.

Restricting a Stock List to less than 50 stocks

While Screener derived Stock Lists can be any length; to use a Stock List in a Trading Strategy (in StrategyStudio), the Stock List must hold fewer than 50 stocks. This can be achieved by adjusting the parameters of the screen. Alternatively, a single filter variable can be selected and the value of the variable in the 50th position used to define the filter in the screen. First step is to sort the chosen variable

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Next it's to set the number of viewable results to 40.

Then for the first page of results, scroll down to the bottom of list and use the value of the parameter in the scan to set the range condition.

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Creating a Stock List

To create a stock list, slide out the Stocklist panel on the right and click [New]. This will create a blank stock list. If you wish to add Results to a stocklist it's important to create a new stocklist to prevent appending Results to an existing stock list. To remove a stock from a stock list, click the trash can icon. To delete a stock list, click the trash can icon from the drop-down menu In the Results Pane, set the number of viewable stocks per Page Size to 200.

Check the box next to "Symbol" in the column header to select all stocks on the page.

This will activate the [+ Add to stocklist] button. Click this to append the stocks in the Results panel to the stocklist. Stock lists created by the Screener can be used in building Alerts.

Search Variables
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