.TH linuxtrade 1 "18 December 2001" "LinuxTrade 1.2" .SH NAME linuxtrade \- display, print, or save realtime quotes from Scottrade .SH SYNOPSIS .B linuxtrade .RI [ options "] [" symbols ] .SH DESCRIPTION Scottrade has a free streaming real time quotes service that you can sign up for. You don't even need a stock trading account to use the service. They have a visually slick looking Java streaming quote application which suffers from all the usual problems: too big, requires a graphical user interface, requires a web browser where Java actually works, can't save and replay the data, etc. \fBlinuxtrade\fP is a \fICurses\fP (text-based)implementation of the Scottrade Java application plus additional features inspired by the excellent \fIMedVed QuoteTracker for Windows\fP program plus its own set of unique features. Its lightweight yet full featured. It can save a session to a file and replay it. Its feature rich with all the cool features: portfolios, real time quotes, charts, time and sales, fundamental and technical indicators, top ten and market movers, news articles, alerts, and Level 2 market depth indications from the Archipelago and the Island ECN's. .SS COLOR MODES \fBLinuxTrade\fP has 4 background color modes. You can set the mode on the command line with the \fB-c\fP option or on the preferences screen (press \fBP\fP). The color mode takes effect only when the application starts, so if you change it on the preferences screen, save the preferences and then quit and restart. The default color mode is \fB3\fP; the color modes are: .RS .TS l l. 0 Force black background 1 Force white background 2 Use users 'dark-colored' xterm background 3 Use users 'light-colored' xterm background .TE .RE .SH "AUTHOR" Rick Richardson .br http://home.mn.rr.com/richardsons/linuxtrade