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Slava · 01-12-2013, 07:33 AM

As the title says, I want to build (or maybe have someone build?) a program that will gather information and complete calculations. Then based on the outcomes of the calculations it would rank the outcomes. Really what I want is a few steps of this completed to get to a final list, but that's the basic format.

Maybe of no surprise if you know me, In want to do this for stocks. Before anyone says to use a stock screen online somewhere, I can't because the criteria I want to use isn't there (which is what makes this a somewhat proprietary system). So basically what I want to do is have my own system. I know exactly what I want in terms of the formulas, and just need a way to automate it. In all honesty, this doesn't seem like it would be that hard, but I'm not an expert!

So here are my questions:

1. Is this something I can build myself? How hard does this sound?

2. Can anyone suggest any resources for me to check out?

3. Assuming I can't do this myself and its too difficult, what am I looking at to have it done? (I realise this is difficult without knowing the full scope and such, and you can feel free to PM me if you prefer as well).

The outcome doesn't have to look pretty as its purely for my own use.

01-12-2013, 07:33 AM	#1
Slava Franchise Player Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Calgary, Alberta Exp:	Building a data screen/ranking program As the title says, I want to build (or maybe have someone build?) a program that will gather information and complete calculations. Then based on the outcomes of the calculations it would rank the outcomes. Really what I want is a few steps of this completed to get to a final list, but that's the basic format. Maybe of no surprise if you know me, In want to do this for stocks. Before anyone says to use a stock screen online somewhere, I can't because the criteria I want to use isn't there (which is what makes this a somewhat proprietary system). So basically what I want to do is have my own system. I know exactly what I want in terms of the formulas, and just need a way to automate it. In all honesty, this doesn't seem like it would be that hard, but I'm not an expert! So here are my questions: 1. Is this something I can build myself? How hard does this sound? 2. Can anyone suggest any resources for me to check out? 3. Assuming I can't do this myself and its too difficult, what am I looking at to have it done? (I realise this is difficult without knowing the full scope and such, and you can feel free to PM me if you prefer as well). The outcome doesn't have to look pretty as its purely for my own use.