
 SSChart (TM) for Windows 95/98/Me/NT/2000/XP
 by Simian Savants, LLC
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This package contains the SSChart(TM) Candlestick Stock Charting Software
 by Simian Savants LLC.

If you are using a previous release please read the release notes
at http://www.simiansavants.com/relnotes.shtml for any special 
instructions for upgrading.

For complete installation instructions see:
http://www.simiansavants.com/doc.shtml


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 Installation instructions for previous version below:

This document contains only a brief description of the package and its
features, along with instructions for its installation.  Detailed
documentation is included in the package, and can be viewed from thei
{Help|Contents} menu after the package is installed.

The documentation is in HTML format. Selecting {Help | Contents} from the
SSChart menu in the program will launch your web browser to view the
documentation.  In some instances the browser may not load the file,
if this happens manually open the file .\HELP\index.htm (where "." is
the directory where you installed SSChart) into your browser to view
the documentation. (You can do this in either Netscape, or Internet
Explorer by typing <Cntrl+O>, or selecting "Open" or "Open page" from
the file menu.)


SSChart is a WIN32 (Windows95/98/NT/Me/2000/XP) program to create candlestick
stock charts. SSChart automatically downloads historical stock price and
volume data from any of several free sources on the Internet. It plots this
data in candlestick format (or OHLC or line format) with additional view panes
optionally displayed for some technical studies. SSChart is also able to
construct intraday charts using free quote sources on the internet and save
several days of data collected.

The quote router programs: SSQRouterIB and SSQRouterMT are also included in the 
package.  These allow you to get realtime quotes and charting from either an
Interactive Brokers account or a Track Data myTrack account.

SSChart is licensed software. When you first install this package, it will
operate under an unregistered 3-day license. By registering (for free) either
from the program itself or at http://www.simiansavants.com/
the program becomes licensed for 3-weeks, during which time it is fully
functional, when this license period expires the program remains
fully functional with one exception: it will not download historical data for
any period past the expiration date, importing data from files will be
disabled, and it will no longer fetch quote data.

At any time, the user may purchase a permanent license, and receive a license
"key" which will keep/restore full functionality to the program.

Single-user License Fee: $50
Purchase License Online at: http://www.simiansavants.com/orders.shtml

The quote router programs require an additional monthly fee for continued use
after the trial period expires.

To be able to use SSChart, you need:

1. Access to the Internet. (Broadband access is recommended for realtime intraday
    charting. Dial up access is adequate for historical charting).
2. Have Windows networking configured for Internet access.


If you have been using a web browser (Netscape, or Internet Explorer) to access
the Internet, you already meet both these requirements.

You may also import data from many text formats, in which case internet access
is not required.

Installation Instructions

1.	Create a directory to hold the program (recommended directory name is
     SSChart but can be any name you wish).
2.	Download the program zip file into this directory and unzip the file
     (using pkzip, or WindowsXP builtin).
3.	Run "sschart.exe" from this directory, the program will complete the
     installation process the first time it is run. (This includes creating
     sub directories: {DATA, CONFIG, FAVORITE, and HELP}, moving the
     appropriate files to these locations, and recording the installation
     location in the registry.


To report problems, go to http://www.simiansavants.com/support.shtml
or email: support@simiansavants.com


The following program files will be installed on your system:

sschart.exe	SSChart executable program
ssqrouterib.exe	SSChart interface to IB TWS for quotes
ssqroutermt.exe	SSChart interface to mytrack data for quotes

readme.txt	This file

The following sub directories will be created with the following files:

.\CONFIG		Contains various configuration files
.\DATA		Contains all downloaded data files
.\EXPORT       Recommended directory for export files
.\FAVORITE	Contains saved favorite chart layouts
.\HELP		Contains all help files in html format
.\IMPORT       Recommended directory for import text files
.\SLF          Contains Stock List Files (plain text format)
.\SOUNDS       Countaims .wav sound files


Using Help

Please refer to the help files if you have any questions about how the
program works. From the program menu select: {Help | Contents}. If this
does not automatically start your browser with the documentation, you can
view it manually by by selecting {File | Open} from the browser menu and then
opening the file index.htm in the HELP subdirectory (aka folder).

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SIMIAN SAVANTS TECHNICAL SUPPORT

If you have any problems with the program go the http://www.simiansavants.com
site and check out the FAQ section to see if there is an answer to your
question. If you need to contact Simian Savants Technical Support send email
to support@simiansavants.com
(c) Copyright 1999,2000,2001,2002,2003 Simian Savants LLC., All Rights Reserved.

SSChart is a trademark of Simian Savants, LLC.
MS-DOS, Windows 95/98/NT/Me/2000/XP are trademarks and/or registered
trademarks of Microsoft Corporation, Inc. All company and/or product names
are trademarks and/or registered trademarks of their respective manufacturers.
