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• real-time market data (i.e. stock quotes, time and sales)
• multiple watchlists for tracking different portfolios of stocks and options
• additional content (i.e. News, Insight, Conference Calls, Most Actives)
• streaming tools such as SectorWatch, MarketMap and MarketPulse

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• $16.95 every month
• $43.95 every quarter
• $153.95 every year (almost 3 free months compared to monthly subscription!)

Note that the above prices include exchange fees. You do not have to pay any extra fees.

• NASDAQ
• NYSE (New York Stock Exchange)
• AMEX (American Exchange)
• OPRA (Options Price Reporting Authority)

To view the data for all the symbols in a particular watchlist, click on the name of the watchlist - or for data for an individual quote, just click on the symbol name. Either way, viewing the entire watchlist or an individual quote is just a click away!

Each symbol displayed will also contain additional data such as the Last Price, Change, Bid, Ask, and Volume. Additional links are provided for viewing detailed Quote data, Time&Sales data, Options, Charts, News and Message Boards.

Alternatively, click on the Edit Watchlist link near the top left of the FRT Express page, and manually type in the stock and options symbols on the Edit Watchlist page.

Note that a symbol may only be listed once accross all watchlists.

Alternatively, click on the Edit Watchlist link near the top left of the FRT Express page, and manually remove the appropriate stock and options symbols on the Edit Watchlist page.

Altenatively, you can click on the individual watchlist title to view the data for just the symbols in that watchlist. The first 50 symbols in this watchlist are then displayed.

Note that you can also click on any individual symbol that is listed in any of the watchlists. This will display detailed quote data for the symbol, followed by all the symbols for that watchlist.

• Title. Enter a name in the small text-box. This will be the name of the watchlist.
   
• Symbols. Enter stock and option symbols in the larget text-box. Separate each one by spaces (or by hitting Enter or Return). As previously mentioned, it is recommended to keep the number of symbols per watchlist below 50, so that you may view them all in at the same time when you view the watchlist. Feel free to order your stock symbols in a way that makes sense to you, as the order will be retained (see below).
   
• Default Watchlist. Click on this option to select your one default watchlist. This will ensure that symbols added via the "Add to Watchlist" link will be added to this default watchlist. Note that the "Add to Watchlist" link appears after you've manually typed in a stock symbol (or searched for it) and are viewing its detailed data (i.e. quotes, charts). If you don't select a default, the symbols will be added to the last watchlist.
   
• Symbol Sort Order. Click on this option if you want the symbols to be sorted alphabetically when you save your watchlist, Warning: This will permanently sort your watchlist sybmols in alphabetical order, and your original ordering as entered will not be preserved. If the original order is important to you, do not select this checkbox! (Note that you do have the option to temporarily sort the watchlist symbols by any field, including symbol, when viewing the watchlist data - see further below for temporary sorting of watchlist date).
   
• Watchlist Ordering. If you decide you want to reorder the watchlists themselves, you can use the "Move Up" or "Move Down" buttons appropriately. If you want to move a watchlist a number of "steps" in either direction, first select how many steps to jump by using the number pull-down beside the button, and then click the button indicating which direction you want to move it.
   
• Deleting a Watchlist. To permanently delete an entire watchlist, first select the checkbox beside between the "Delete this Watchlist" button and the "Yes" label, and then click the "Delete this watchlist" button. Both these actions are required to prevent an accidental watchlist deletion.

If you make a mistake at any time, you can click "Cancel" to exit back to the "View Watchlist" page without changing your watchlists.

Once you're done adding, removing, or reordering your watchlists, click on the "Save My Watchlist" button. You'll then be taken to the "View Watchlist" page with your new watchlists presented to you.

The first time you click on a column header (eg. "Change"), it will sort the list in ascending order (lowest to highest). You will also see a small arrow indicating the direction that the numbers increase. You can click the same column again to reverse the order (descending). Each click toggles this behavior. The one exception is the "Symbol" column - normally the watchlist is listed in the order you entered them the first time (or added them individually). The first click sorts them alphabetically in ascending order (A-Z), but the second click will return to your original order (ie. NOT descending).

Note that the sorting methods described here are temporary, meaning that the ordering is not preserved if you click away from the watchlist views. Upon returning to the watchlist views, the ordering will be by symbol as entered in the Edit Watchlist page. Just click on the column name you wish to sort it by again.

To permanently view your watchlist symbols in sorted order by symbol, click on the Edit Watchlist link and select the "Permanently sort this watchlist alphabetically when it is saved " option.

Watchlist titles and symbols can only contain letters, numbers, and a few special characters (+ - . @). Anything else will be removed when you save it.

Keep your most-important to track symbols near the top, as only the first 50 stocks out of all your watchlists will be displayed when you click the "View Watchlist" link.

To view a complete list of indices, do a Symbol Search on "index". This will display all trackable indices, along with their symbols. This includes the aforementioned indices, country and industry specifc indexes, as well as Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs) such as iShares and HOLDRs.

Note that the 10-Year (TYO10.X) and 30-Year (TYO30.X) Bond quotes will be off by one decimal point when using the symbols.

To determine if a particular company trades preferred stocks, do a Symbol Search on the company name (i.e. "alcoa"). The results from the Symbol Search will display all securities related to the company, including preferred stocks.

To view a list of preferred stocks, do a Symbol Search on "PF". Since most preferred stock names contain the word "PF", this will display most securities that provide preferred stocks.

Click on the Options link, and this will display the Option Chain for the most recent month. Option Chains for all available months may also be viewed by clicking on the specific month/year, or the Show All link to display the complete Option Chain for the stock being viewed.

For example, while viewing the Option Chain for INTC Jan 2006, the individual Calls and Puts are displayed. To view details for a particular option (i.e. bid/ask, open interest, volume), click on the options symbol (i.e. WNL_AH is the symbol for the INTC Jan 2006 $45 Call). You may simply add the options symbol being displayed by clicking on the "Add to WatchList" link just above the quote box.

Alternatively, to enter an option symbol directly, you'll need three pieces of information:

1. Option Root symbol
2. Option Month Code
3. Option Strike Price Code

For example, the option symbol for the INTC Jan 2006 $45 Call is WNL_AH. WNL is the Option Root symbol, A is the Month code, and H is the Strick Price code.

Option Root symbols are specific to each option, and can be found by viewing the Option Chains for a particular stock symbol, as describe above.

Option Month Codes are displayed below:

Option Strike Price Codes are displayed below:

The Portfolio Tracker is a more sophisticated method of tracking historical transactions for stocks you own. It keeps track of each purchase and sale of stock, and presents you with both a DAILY and TOTAL dollar gain or loss for each of your portfolios. The TOTAL percentage return for each of your portfolios is also provided.

• No. of Shares - the number of shares of this security you currently own
• Current $ Value - the current total value of those shares (shares x last trade)
• Today's $ Chg. - the dollar change in value for today (shares x change)
• Portfolio $ Gain/Loss (%) - this is the value amount for the entire history of this stock while you've owned it, including any subsequent trades you may have made while holding it.

Additionally, below each portfolio is a summary of how it has performed:

• Cash Position - This is how much money you currently have available for trading in your account. It will get subtracted from any time you enter a buy transaction, and added to any time you enter a sell transaction.
• Total $ Value - This is the current value of your entire portfolio (the sum of all the Current $ Values)
• Total Cost Basis - This is how much it has cost you to own the stock in the portfolio, including any commisions paid or monies earned.
• Total Today $ Chg. - This is how much the entire portfolio has changed in value today (sum of all the Today's $ Chg.)
• Total $ Return - This is how much you have earned or gained, including commisions and all trade transactions you've made.
• Total % Return - This is just the same as the $ Return, only expressed as a percentage of the total amount you've invested.

To create a new portfolio, click on the "Create Portfolio" link (this is also the same screen you are presented with the first time you use the portfolio tracker). Enter a unique portfolio name, an optional starting "cash position" (the current cash balance in your trading account), and the stock symbols which you currently own, separated by spaces. Alternatively, you can check the "import from watchlist" box to import all of your watchlist stocks into this newly created portfolio. Finally click the "Create Portfolio" box to continue.

Now you can enter in the price you bought the stocks at, number of shares, the date the transactions occured, and the brokerage commission. This will set up your portfolio with a base starting position from which you can later alter as you perform trades. Optionally, you can leave this info blank, and it will fill in transactions at the current price with no shares - you can modify this at any time later by clicking on each stock's "View/Edit History" link.

You'll then notice a sub-menu beside or below the portfolio's name that opens up. Click the "Enter Trans" link in this sub-menu. You can then enter in the stock symbol, number of shares, price per share you paid, and the brokerage commision. After clicking "Add Transaction", the stock is now a part of this portfolio.

1. If you wish to view all of the transactions for a given portfolio, first make sure you're viewing just that one portfolio (and not all of them) by clicking on "View <portfolio_name>", and then click Trans. History. You will be shown a list of all of the transaction performed for this portfolio, plus the net cash in/outflow.
2. If you wish to only view the transactions for a single security in your portfolio, click the "View/Edit History" link to the far-right of that securtiy while viewing the portfolio. It will show the same list as above, but only for that one stock symbol.

Note that there is one exception to this rule: when you are first creating a portfolio, the very first transaction you enter in "step 2" of that process will not affect your cash position, as it's assumed you're entering the portfolio entries from an existing portfolio with your broker. If this is not the case, be sure to manually modify the cash position appropriately as stated above.

When you enter a Short transaction in the Portfolio Tracker, it will show a negative number of shares (since you've just sold shares you don't actually own). Likewise, your cash position will have a positive inflow of money. Then as the stock value decreases, your gains increase, and vice versa.

The opposite transaction for a Short sale is to Cover your Short, which means you are now buying the stock that you borrowed for the initial sale. So your cash position will go down by the value of the purchase.

The Total $ Value, Total Cost Basis, and Total $ and % Return fields may seem strange at first when you mix and match Short sales with regular Buys/Sells, due to the reversal of order between them. But this is a natural mathematical occurence. To help keep it straight, you may opt to keep your Short sales in their own portfolio.

The FRT Daily Summary is an email that is sent daily shortly after market close, and includes the closing indices and prices of the the stocks in your watchlist. Note that only the first 50 stocks in the watchlist are included in the email.

If you select Save, a "Save As" window is displayed with a default file name of Watchlist-YYYY-MM-DD.csv (i.e. Watchlist-2004-04-16.csv). If you select Open, an Excel window is displayed that contains the watchlist data.

By aligning the pop-up window to the left of the FRT Express window, you can simply click on the symbols in the pop-up window and have the quote data displayed in the FRT Express window.

Note the "Auto-Refresh Indices Pop-up link" found just below the "Auto-Refresh Watchlist Pop-up" link. Clicking on this link will pop-up a new window that contains the charts for the DJIA, Nasdaq Composite, and S&P 500 Indices. This window is automatically updated every minute as well.

Note that you must disable your browser pop-up blocker to allow the FRT watchlist / indices auto-refresh pop-up windows to operate:

• If you're running Internet Explorer with the Google Toolbar, simply click on the Options link and disable the Popup Blocker option in the Accessories section.
• If you're running Mozilla, click on Privacy&Security in the Preferences window, then click on Popup Windows, and deselect the "Block unrequested popup windows" checkbox or click on the "Allowed Sites" box and add "www.freerealtime.com" to the list of "Allowed Web Sites".
• If you're running Mozilla Firefox, click on Web Features in the Options window, then deselect the "Block Popup Windows" or click on the "Add Site" box and add "www.freerealtime.com" to the list of allowed web sites.