Quotes Plus Scans

For advanced users, Quotes Plus provides a facility to scan the database using a simple built-in programming language. Many investors will find that Stock Picker Pro provides all the analysis tools they need. However, for investors wanting to really dive into the details and generate their own reports or experiment with more complicated filtering and analysis, Quotes Plus Scans are available to help.

The above shows the type of language syntax available. The program is creating an output file of the results of the scan, and checking the database for stocks with two quarters of revenue growth.

While not for everyone, and certainly not required to make productive use of Quotes Plus, the Scan capability provides advanced users another tool to find winning stocks using their own criteria.

Quotes Plus comes with over 30 sample scans, which you may use as examples or run as-is. These samples also help you learn how to write and use scans. The programming language itself provides simple to understand logic structure and the ability to write reports or comma delimited files for import into other software (such as spread sheets). The language provides a rich set of programming functions which may be combined to meet your needs. Below is a list of the functions available when writing these scans.

Abs()	Absolute Value
ADX()	Average Directional Movement
AnalystRec()	Analyst Recommendations
ATR	Average True Range
And	Logical operator
AvgVol()	Average Volume
BETA	Beta - issue Volatility
BookValue	BookValue of and Issue in dollars per share
CashFlow	Cash Flow per share
CCI()	Commodity Channel Index
Close()	Closing price for selected date
CumulMoneyFlow()	Chaikin Cumulative Money flow
CUSIP	Industry Identification code
Date()	Returns the Date
Daily	Run the scan on daily price data
DaysLoaded	Number of Days program loaded
DaysRequired()	Minimum number of Days required
DaysToLoad()	Number of Days
DebtToEquity	Long term debt to equity
Description	Description of the Issue
Dividend	Annual Dividend of and Issue
Downgap()	Amount issue price has fallen on specified day
EarnEst()	Earnings Estimates
Earnestcon()	Earnings Estimate Consensus
Earnestdate()	Returns Earnings Estimate Date for a symbol
EMovAvg()	Exponential moving average of an item for a range of dates
EPS	Returns the reported Earnings per Share
EPS1GROWTH	1-year growth rate of earnings per share
EPS5GROWTH	5-year growth rate of earnings per share
EPSRank (weeknum)	Returns an integer in the range of 0-99
EPSRankDate (weeknum)	Returns a date in the format 19991231
Exchange	Limit your scans to just the exchange(s)
For...Next loop	Loop through several days
HasOptions()	Are options traded on this issue
High()	High price for the selected date
High52WeekDate	Returns the date of the 52 week high
High52Week	Returns the actual 52 week high
High5YearDate	Returns the date of the 5 year high
High5Year	Returns the actual 5 Year high
HighPErange	High PE range
If...then	Select criteria
IndustryGroup	Returns the name of the industry group the issue belongs to
IndustrySector	Returns the name of the industry sector the issue belongs to
Inindex	Symbols in specified index
Input	Input file name
InstHold	Shares held by institution
IRLIndex	Name of IRL index that includes the issue
IRLSymbol	Symbol for the Group
IssueType	Scans for and issue of a single type i.e., Warrants, common.
Item Tokens	Needed for movavg, etc.
LowPErange	Returns the low PE range
Low5yeardate	Returns the date for the 5 year low
Low5year	Returns the actual 5 year low
Low52weekdate	Returns the date for the 52 week low
Low52week	Returns the actual 52 week low
Low()	Low price for selected date
MACD()	Moving Average Convergence Divergence
MACDSignal()	MACD Signal value for the selected date
MarketCap	Market capitalization of an issue in millions of dollars
Max()	Maximum value of an item for a range of dates
MDM()	Minus Directional Movement
Min()	Minimum value of an item for a range of dates
MoneyFlowOsc()	Money Flow Oscillator value for the selected date
MovAvg()	Moving average value of an item for a range of dates
Not	Logical operator
OBV()	On Balance Volume value for the selected date
Open()	Opening price for the selected date.
Operatingearnings	Operating earnings per share for the last 12 months
Or	Logical operator
Output	Output statement specifies a name for the list file where the results of a scan are written
PDM()	Positive Directional Movement value for the day
PE	Current price-to-earnings ratio for an issue
PEG	Price/Earnings Growth Ratio
Persistence()	Persistence value for the selected date
ProcessMS	Automatically create Metastock compatible files from the scan results
PrintHdr/PrintHdrln	Prints the header line
Print/Println	The Print and Println functions are used to format the output of Quotes Plus scans.
PrtoSales	Returns the current ratio of closing price to revenues-per-share for an issue.
QRS()	Quotes Plus Relative Strength
QTREPS()	Returns the earnings per share, in dollars, for the specified quarter
QTRREV(qtr)	Returns the revenue, in millions of dollars, for the specified quarter
Range()	Returns the High price minus the Low price for an issue on the specified day
Revspershare	Returns the revenues, in dollars per share, for the most recent quarter
Rev1growth	1 year revenue growth rate, as a percentage
Rev5 growth	5 year revenue growth rate as a percentage
ROE	Return on Equity
ROC()	Calculated Rate of Change for a specified date
Rsi()	Wells Wilder's Relative Strength Index
Set	Change options for certain indicators
Sharesfloat	Number of shares available for trading
SharesOut	Value, in millions, of shares outstanding for an issue
Shortint	Short interest - number of shares that are sold short
SIC	Returns the Department of Commerce Standard Industrial Classification code for the Issue
SICDescription	Returns the description that corresponds to the SIC code for the issue
StDev()	Standard deviation of the closing price for the indicated dates
StochasticPctK()	Stochastic Percent K
StochasticPctD()	Stochastic Percent D
StochRSI()	Value of the Stochastic Relative Strength Index for the specified day
Symbol	Returns the issue symbol.
Units	The number of zeros that must be added to the revenue numbers for each stock
Upgap()	The amount by which the issue price has risen on the specified day
Variable declaration	Quotes Plus Scan Database Program lets you declare variables to store values
Vol()	Returns the volume for the selected date.
Weekly	All time periods in these functions are then interpreted in weeks
WMovAvg()	Returns the weighted moving average of an item for a range of dates.
Yield	Returns the annual percentage dividend yield for an issue.