Stock Calculator 2.2
(c) Copyright 1998, 2001 System Support Products, Inc.
Written by Lou Forlini

Stock Calculator is the perfect assistant for anyone doing on-line stock trading! 

Stock Calculator is a profit/loss and share price calculator application. Stock Calculator is also ideal for performing 'what if' analyses, such as determining what share price a stock needs to attain in order to return a specified profit.

When buying stock, Stock Calculator can determine the total cash outlay, per share buying price, or number of shares.

When selling stock, Stock Calculator can determine the net profit amount and total return percentage, or the per share selling price.

Stock Calculator can optionally include flat rate, percentage, per share, or custom commissions in the calculations. The custom option allows advanced flexibility in defining commission rates. User-defined taxes on the net profit can also be deducted.

Calculations can be saved, opened, and printed for future reference.

A built-in stock fractions table lets you perform at-a-glance conversions between dollar amount share prices and stock fractions in 1/64 increments.

SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS

Stock Calculator requires an IBM PC or compatible using Windows 3.1/95/98/ME.

INSTALLATION

To install Stock Calculator, run the setup.exe program.

DOCUMENTATION

To view the application documentation, choose the Contents command from the Help menu in the Stock Calculator window.

VERSION HISTORY

Release 2.2

o  Minor program corrections.

Release 2.1

o  Corrected problem with Share Price and Number of Shares calculations when share price is under one dollar.

Release 2.0

o  Support for saving, loading, and printing calculations.

o  A new optional Total Return field shows the return percentage on the Buy and Sell transactions.

o  A new optional expanded Details field shows all of the intermediate results and subtotals in the calculation.

o  A new per share commission option.

o  A new custom commission option that allows advanced flexibility in defining commissions through the use of a table with user-defined ranges and rates.

o  New tax options that allow tax rates to be defined and subtracted from the total profit.

o  Support for a calculation description, which is displayed in the Stock Calculator window and is also used as the default print heading.

o  New buy and sell date fields, that enable showing the number of days the stock has been held (also used in the tax calculation).

o  The Stock Fractions table has been moved from the Help document to a new Fractions window, which can remain open while the Stock Calculator application is being used.

o  Help text has been expanded.

Release 1.2

o  Corrected problem with Calculator window being stuck in minimized mode after ending the program from the Windows 95/98 taskbar while minimized.

o  New version of the Windows Register program.

Release 1.1

o  A new Stock Fractions table allows at-a-glance conversions between dollar amount share prices and stock fractions in 1/64 increments.

o  Minor program corrections.

o  New version of the Windows Register program.

REGISTRATION

Please register!

The unregistered version of Stock Calculator will operate for 30 days, and will show the Registration dialog box each time you start the application. 

Stock Calculator can be registered for US$15 through Kagi Shareware. Kagi accepts credit cards, cash, or checks. You can use the included Windows Register program by clicking the Register button in the Registration dialog box, or you can register online using Kagi's web site at:

http://order.kagi.com/?3SS

IMPORTANT: Please include the User Name shown in the Registration dialog box with your order.

After you register, you will receive a registration code by e-mail. To enter your code, go to the Registration dialog box and click the Enter Code button.

DISCLAIMER

Stock Calculator is distributed on an 'as is' basis without warranty of any kind either express or implied, including, but not limited to, implied warranties of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

Special thanks to:

Betty Forlini for help with calculation algorithms and user interface design
Walter Forlini for beta testing
Stock Calculator users for feature suggestions

CONTACT INFORMATION

System Support Products, Inc.
7620 Arlen Street
Annandale, VA  22003

Tel: (703) 642-8760
Fax: (703) 642-8767

Web: http://www.sspi-software.com
E-mail: support@sspi-software.com
