MetaStock Scans Added

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Metastock Syntax and Lookup Tables

Industry Code

Exchange Code

Sample of MetaMarket+ in MetaStock Exploration

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MetaStock Scans Added

Note: MetaMarket Plus sans for MetaStock will only work with MetaStock Version 8.0 or higher.

PTUS-01- Basic Materials Sector This scan ranks the "percentage change" performance of the Basic Materials Economic Sector over the last 10, 20, 30, 40, 50 and 60 days.

PTUS-02- Capital Goods Sector This scan ranks the "percentage change" performance of the Capital Goods Economic Sector over the last 10, 20, 30, 40, 50 and 60 days.

PTUS-03- Conglomerates Sector This scan ranks the "percentage change" performance of the Conglomerates Economic Sector over the last 10, 20, 30, 40, 50 and 60 days.

PTUS-04- Consumer Cyclical Sector This scan ranks the "percentage change" performance of the Consumer Cyclical Economic Sector over the last 10, 20, 30, 40, 50 and 60 days.

PTUS-05- Consumer/Non-Cyclical Sector This scan ranks the "percentage change" performance of the Consumer/Non-Cyclical Economic Sector over the last 10, 20, 30, 40, 50 and 60 days.

PTUS-06- Energy Sector This scan ranks the "percentage change" performance of the Energy Economic Sector over the last 10, 20, 30, 40, 50 and 60 days.

PTUS-07- Financial Sector This scan ranks the "percentage change" performance of the Financial Economic Sector over the last 10, 20, 30, 40, 50 and 60 days.

PTUS-08- Healthcare Sector This scan ranks the "percentage change" performance of the Healthcare Economic Sector over the last 10, 20, 30, 40, 50 and 60 days.

PTUS-09- Services Sector This scan ranks the "percentage change" performance of the Services Economic Sector over the last 10, 20, 30, 40, 50 and 60 days.

PTUS-10- Technology Sector This scan ranks the "percentage change" performance of the Technology Economic Sector over the last 10, 20, 30, 40, 50 and 60 days.

PTUS-11- Transportation Sector This scan ranks the "percentage change" performance of the Transportation Economic Sector over the last 10, 20, 30, 40, 50 and 60 days.

PTUS-12- Utilities Sector This scan ranks the "percentage change" performance of the Utilities Economic Sector over the last 10, 20, 30, 40, 50 and 60 days.

PTUS-13- Example Industry Scan This is an example scan which ranks the "percentage change" performance of the Advertising Industry over the last 10, 20, 30, 40, 50 and 60 days.

PTUS-14- Exchange Code This scan allows you to identify which exchange a security is listed/traded on. 1 = ADR 2 = AMEX 3 = NASD 4 = NYSE 5 = OTC

PTUS-15- Shares Outstanding This scan displays the number of shares on issue for each equity, expressed in millions.

PTUS-16- Shares Float This scan displays the number of issued shares less those held by institutional investors expressed in millions.

PTUS-17- Sales Per Share This scan displays the dollar value of sales generated per share.

PTUS-18- Return on Investment This scan displays the return on assets generated by each dollar invested a company.

PTUS-19- Return on Equity This scan expresses in percentage terms the total return on Equity generated by the company as reported at its last annual report date.

PTUS-20- Return on Assets This scan expresses in percentage terms the total return on Assets generated by the company as reported at its last annual report date.

PTUS-21- Quick Ratio This scan displays the Quick Ratio of a company.

PTUS-22- Profit Margin This scan expresses in percentage terms the Profit Margin generated by the company as reported at its last annual report date.

PTUS-23- Price to Sales This scan expresses the Sales generated for each issued share of a company as reported at its last annual report date.

PTUS-24- Price to Cash This scan expresses the Cash flow generated for each issued share of a company as reported at its last annual report date.

PTUS-25- Price to Book This scan expresses the Book value of the companies assets as a ratio of its share price as reported at its last annual report date.

PTUS-26- Price to Earnings What is the Price Earnings Ratio? The Price-To-Earnings Ratio (P/E Ratio) is calculated by dividing the close price by Earning Rate Per Share. It is a measure of the share price in relation to the companies profit, reflecting the investor's expectation of future company performance.

PTUS-27- Operating Margin This scan expresses in percentage terms the Operating profit per dollar of sales generated by the company at its last annual reporting date.

PTUS-28- Market Capitalization What is Market Capitalization? Market Capitalization is total number of issued shares multiplied by the company's latest close price as reported at its last annual balance date expressed in $ millions.

PTUS-29- Gross Margin This scan expresses in percentage terms the Gross profit per dollar of sales generated by the company at its last annual reporting date.

PTUS-30- Employees This scan identifies the number of employees of a company at its last annual reporting date.

PTUS-31- Earnings Per Share What is Earning Rate Per Share? Earning Rate Per Share is calculated using a rolling 12 months (latest half year plus prior half year), earnings per share as announced by the company and, adjusted by dilution factors resulting from bonus / rights, issues and capital reconstruction. The full year is calculated as follows:-

(Company reported EPS(1) x Dilution Factor(1)) + (Company reported EPS(2) x Dilution Factor(2))

Where (1) is the latest report and (2) is the report prior to the latest report. All dilution factors that have occurred since the company reported the EPS figure will be included in the calculation. The dilution factors are accumulated by multiplying them together if there is more than one in this period.

PTUS-32- Dividend Yield What is Dividend Yield? The Dividend Yield is also known as Current Yield and is calculated by dividing the Dividend Rate Per Share by the Close Price as at last balance date, expressed as a percentage (Divided Rate Per Share / Close Price * 100). The higher the dividend yield the healthier the company is perceived to be. The yield changes as the share price changes, if the share price falls the dividend yield will rise, if the share price rises the dividend yield will fall.

PTUS-33- Payout Ratio The Payout Ratio represents the amount of profit allocated to the payment of dividends.

PTUS-34- Debt to Equity The Debt to Equity ratio expresses the level of debt as a ratio of the company's equity.

PTUS-35- Current Ratio This scan expresses in ratio terms value of Current Assets to Current Liabilities on a company's balance sheet.

PTUS-36- Cash Per Share This scan expresses the value of Cash or Cash equivalent investments held on a per share basis on a company's balance sheet.

PTUS-37- Cash Flow Per Share This scan expresses the value of Cash flow generated on a per share basis on a company's balance sheet.

PTUS-38- Book Value Per Share This scan expresses the Book value of the company's net assets on a per share basis.

PTUS-39- Annual Dividend What is the Annual Dividend Amount? It is the cash dividend amount of the most recently completed full year, payable in cents per security.

PTUS-40- Fundamental Composite Example This is an example exploration that combines several fundamental criteria into one search.

The criteria used:- Market Capitalization > $500 million; Dividend Yield > 5.0%; Close > 50 Day Exponential Moving Average; Close > 200 Day Exponential Moving Average.

Paritech Information Fields

Paritech’s Fundamental Add On for MetaStock allows you to scan the markets for stocks which meet your technical and fundamental criteria.

You can either run one of the pre-defined searches which come with this add on or you can simply add criteria to your favorite searches.

Once you have selected the criteria you wish to scan for, simply look up the item using MetaStock’s Paste Function dialog and add it to your Exploration.

Using MetaStock’s Formula paste function to add fundamental criteria to an Exploration.

Some information fields are supported by additional codes which help you fine tune your Explorations even further. These fields are marked with an asterisk and you are encouraged to use the lookup tables that support these fields so that you are familiar with your range of options.

The following is a listing of available fundamental fields below:

Metastock Syntax and Lookup Tables

SECTOR_CODE ExtFml( "mmplus_us.Fund","SECTOR_CODE")

Eg, to identify securities in the Energy Sector the syntax would appear as follows:- 
ExtFml( "mmplus_us.Fund"," SECTOR_CODE ")=6


INDUSTRY CODE
ExtFml( "mmplus_us.Fund","INDUSTRY_CODE")

EXCHANGE CODE
ExtFml( "mmplus_us.Fund","EXCHANGE_CODE")

1=ADR 
2=AMEX 
3=NASD 
4=NYSE 
5=OTC

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