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User Guide
1. Introduction
Thank you for using iTrade !iTrade is a Weekly Trading system written in Python featuring quotes importation and stock charting, candlestick and technical analysis, automated alerts, portfolio management and evaluation, and much much more.
2. Installing
2.1. Installing under Windows
iTrade Installation procedure concerns Windows XP.
For previous Windows versions, you need to verify that Windows Installer (MSI) is available ; otherwise, you have to download and install it from a website like http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=cebbacd8-c094-4255-b702-de3bb768148f&DisplayLang=en for Windows 95, 98, and Me or http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=4b6140f9-2d36-4977-8fa1-6f8a0f5dca8f&DisplayLang=en for Windows 2000 and Windows NT 4.0
NB: installation procedure is manual ; authors will provide a full binary package with an easier installation process as soon as iTrade software will be more stable and more "end-user".
Installing Python version 2.5
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Version 2.5 of Python is available through the link http://www.python.org/download/
where you have to select Python 2.5 Windows
Installer and download Python-2.5.msi
Installing wxPython version 2.8.0.1
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wxPython is the library used by iTrade to provide Man Machine
interface (MMI) like windows, menus, lists and various dialogboxes.
You need a recent version like version 2.8.0.1 available through
the link http://www.wxpython.org/download.php.
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For now, select version win32-ansi pour Python 2.8 under
filename wxPython2.8-win32-ansi-2.8.0.1-py25.exe
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Be carefull to download a wxPython version compatible with your
Python installation (2.5 in our case) and using ANSI package
(UNICODE package is used by the new iTrade versions starting with 0.4.6).
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You can use a more direct link : http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/wxpython/wxPython2.8-win32-ansi-2.8.0.1-py25.exe
Installing Numpy version 1.0.1
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Numpy is the library used by iTrade for internal quote data. You
have to install version 1.0.1 available through the link http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=1369&package_id=175103
select file numpy-1.0.1.win32-py2.5.exe
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You can use a more direct link : http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/numpy/numpy-1.0.1.win32-py2.5.exe?download
Installing MatPlotLib version 0.87.7
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Matplotlib is the library used by iTrade for displaying, printing
and exporting graphics. This library is evolving quickly and we
always use the most recent version, for now 0.87.7 available
through the link http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=80706&package_id=82474&release_id=458647
select file matplotlib-0.87.7.win32-py2.5.exe according to
your Python 2.5 installation.
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You can use a more direct link : http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/matplotlib/matplotlib-0.87.7.win32-py2.5.exe?download
After downloading these four software, and if you don't already do that during the process, you have to install them in this order : Python, wxPython, Numpy then Matplotlib.
Installing iTrade
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Select a version to install from the Download link http://itrade.sourceforge.net/downloads.htm
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After unpacking iTrade in itrade/ folder, look for a file
named itrade.py and then create a shortcut on the desktop.
Then launch the software using the shortcut.
Also, do not forget to read at a regular basis the website http://itrade.sourceforge.net/index.htm to know about the news and, if proposed, update your release of iTrade software.
3. Starting
3.1 Language selection
to start using default language of the system :-
python itrade.py
to start using US language :
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pyton itrade.py --lang=us
to start using French language :
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pyton itrade.py --lang=fr
Language packs are inside the data/ folder with the following filename convention : lang.messages.txt, where lang can be FR or US. You can edit these files are your own peril !
NB: adding a new language is not possible without twickling the source code ; future release will fix this.