I finished a new version of the Hershey scan utilities. The DryUp scan now displays the Average DU as well as LBDU and FRV (thanks for the suggestion, swingtrader123) and some big bugs were fixed with the fullscan (it wasn't checking for rank, d'oh!).
By default, it now displays a lot more logging messages, so will hopefully let people see what's going on when it disappears for four or five minutes at a time
And finally, some people have asked for some usability improvements, but I was not able to add these at the moment. My focus is on trading, not coding, and so I've got something which I find very useful with many handy features and left it at that. From some screen captures, it looks like others are working on programs which may do 90% of what these utilities do, and with a lot more glitz and glamour. So if you want something shiny, you can wait for them to release their code, but in the meantime, I hope you'll find these useful.
http://www.michabo.com/files/hershey_scan-1.0.zip
From the README:
------------------
This is a collection of utilities that help traders with the Jack Hershey Method.
It is written by a programmer, for programmers. All of the scripts run as
command-line utilities and are meant to ease the sometimes mundane or tedious
details of scanning. They do not have much error handling or informative
messages. I've made efforts to see that it will be relatively bug-free, and
if a problem arises, it will not be destructive, but I make no guarantees.
Traders beware.
Otherwise, enjoy!
To install the utilities:
1. extract the zip file into a new directory, <dir>\hershey_scan
2. Confirm that you have 'Java 5' installed on your computer.
Open up a command window (Start > Run > cmd) and type the command 'java -version' and
make sure the version is 1.5 or higher:
C:\tools\init_scan>java -version
java version "1.5.0_07"
Java(TM) 2 Runtime Environment, Standard Edition (build 1.5.0_07-b03)
Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (build 1.5.0_07-b03, mixed mode, sharing)
If this doesn't work or you have an older version, you need to install the latest
version of Java from http://java.com/en/download/index.jsp.
3. Configure the wealth-lab.com and stocktables.com properties:
In your new directory, open 'WealthLab.properties' in your favourite text editor.
Modify the following properties:
wealth-lab.com.username
wealth-lab.com.password
stocktables.com.username
stocktables.com.password
Confirm that the following properties match your values:
wealth-lab.com.initial-universe = Hotlist
wealth-lab.com.final_universe = Final Universe
The first is the name of the temporary hotlist, into which the results of the
stock-tables.com scan will be placed in order to scan for rank. The second
is the final universe which will be scanned for dryup, earnings, and Bruno R setups.
You may also wish to modify:
stocktables.RS = 70
stocktables.EPS = 70
Currently I have these set low in order to get a suitably large final universe. You should
adjust these based on your own risk preferences.
4. OPTIONAL: all logging is done using log4j (http://logging.apache.org/log4j/docs/index.html). I
have enabled debugging output by default as it lets me track what is going on, in case something
stalls unexpectedly. If you find this distracting, you can change the logging level or disable
logging entirely.
To do this, edit log4j.properties and change "log4j.rootLogger=DEBUG, simple" to be
"log4j.rootLogger=ERROR, simple" (the logging level may be FATAL, ERROR, WARN, INFO, or DEBUG, in
decreasing level of priority).
To run the utilities:
1. Scan your wealth-lab.com final universe for dry up stocks:
Run 'dryup.bat'
2. Print a list of all of the earnings dates for all of the stocks in your
wealth-lab.com final universe:
Run 'wl-earnings.bat'
3. Log on to stocktables.com, scan for stocks with high EPS and RS, filter these
based on their float and average volume, compare this list with your wealth-lab.com
final universe, and add any stocks which may be missing.
Run 'fullscan.bat'
If you have any problems, questions, or feature requests, PM me on elitetrader.com as user 'foible'.
By default, it now displays a lot more logging messages, so will hopefully let people see what's going on when it disappears for four or five minutes at a time
And finally, some people have asked for some usability improvements, but I was not able to add these at the moment. My focus is on trading, not coding, and so I've got something which I find very useful with many handy features and left it at that. From some screen captures, it looks like others are working on programs which may do 90% of what these utilities do, and with a lot more glitz and glamour. So if you want something shiny, you can wait for them to release their code, but in the meantime, I hope you'll find these useful.
http://www.michabo.com/files/hershey_scan-1.0.zip
From the README:
------------------
This is a collection of utilities that help traders with the Jack Hershey Method.
It is written by a programmer, for programmers. All of the scripts run as
command-line utilities and are meant to ease the sometimes mundane or tedious
details of scanning. They do not have much error handling or informative
messages. I've made efforts to see that it will be relatively bug-free, and
if a problem arises, it will not be destructive, but I make no guarantees.
Traders beware.
Otherwise, enjoy!
To install the utilities:
1. extract the zip file into a new directory, <dir>\hershey_scan
2. Confirm that you have 'Java 5' installed on your computer.
Open up a command window (Start > Run > cmd) and type the command 'java -version' and
make sure the version is 1.5 or higher:
C:\tools\init_scan>java -version
java version "1.5.0_07"
Java(TM) 2 Runtime Environment, Standard Edition (build 1.5.0_07-b03)
Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (build 1.5.0_07-b03, mixed mode, sharing)
If this doesn't work or you have an older version, you need to install the latest
version of Java from http://java.com/en/download/index.jsp.
3. Configure the wealth-lab.com and stocktables.com properties:
In your new directory, open 'WealthLab.properties' in your favourite text editor.
Modify the following properties:
wealth-lab.com.username
wealth-lab.com.password
stocktables.com.username
stocktables.com.password
Confirm that the following properties match your values:
wealth-lab.com.initial-universe = Hotlist
wealth-lab.com.final_universe = Final Universe
The first is the name of the temporary hotlist, into which the results of the
stock-tables.com scan will be placed in order to scan for rank. The second
is the final universe which will be scanned for dryup, earnings, and Bruno R setups.
You may also wish to modify:
stocktables.RS = 70
stocktables.EPS = 70
Currently I have these set low in order to get a suitably large final universe. You should
adjust these based on your own risk preferences.
4. OPTIONAL: all logging is done using log4j (http://logging.apache.org/log4j/docs/index.html). I
have enabled debugging output by default as it lets me track what is going on, in case something
stalls unexpectedly. If you find this distracting, you can change the logging level or disable
logging entirely.
To do this, edit log4j.properties and change "log4j.rootLogger=DEBUG, simple" to be
"log4j.rootLogger=ERROR, simple" (the logging level may be FATAL, ERROR, WARN, INFO, or DEBUG, in
decreasing level of priority).
To run the utilities:
1. Scan your wealth-lab.com final universe for dry up stocks:
Run 'dryup.bat'
2. Print a list of all of the earnings dates for all of the stocks in your
wealth-lab.com final universe:
Run 'wl-earnings.bat'
3. Log on to stocktables.com, scan for stocks with high EPS and RS, filter these
based on their float and average volume, compare this list with your wealth-lab.com
final universe, and add any stocks which may be missing.
Run 'fullscan.bat'
If you have any problems, questions, or feature requests, PM me on elitetrader.com as user 'foible'.