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Scan Wizard™

Finds breakout trend change first!

Scan Wizard Adds Optimization,

Risk Management Capabilities

CHICAGO -- Powerful stock scanning tool Scan Wizard™ launches version 2.0 and adds optimization and risk management capabilities.

·  OPTIMIZE FORCE INDEX. Scan Wizard optimizes any ticker symbol, or any list of ticker symbols, for Scan Wizard Force Index trading model. Among SP500 stocks, the most profitable stock was Network Appliance (NTAP), returning 423% over the last 220 trading days with a 5 day moving average (5DMA) Force Index. Average return for the average SP500 stock was 63.86% with average 19DMA of Force Index, and a stop loss of 5.17%. The model traded the average stock 35 times across the most recent 220 trading days, or once each 6.2 trading days.

·  OPTIMIZE RISK MANAGEMENT. What is the best level of risk management for a particular stock? Scan Wizard optimizes against Force Index buy-sell signals. NTAP best case stop loss was 9%. (See table following for complete SP500 results.) Additionally, Scan Wizard generates a trailing stop for each open position.

·  EXPORT DATA to Microsoft Excel® function for individual tickers or entire lists or optimization settings is now available for all Scan Wizard worksheets. Scan Wizard automatically opens Excel.

·  ERGONOMIC and FUNCTION FEEDBACK enhancements include:

·  Optimization status:

·  iteration count and % completion numeric meters and bar graphs

·  optimization time elapsed

·  estimated total optimization time

·  real-time, profit-loss optimization graphs.

Scan Wizard optimization is high-speed; it takes 1 hour, 45 minutes to optimize the entire SP500 on a 450 mHz PC.

Version 2.0 includes numerous other small, yet helpful operational enhancements derived from client suggestions to maximize ease-of-use and user-friendliness.

·  NEW FULL FUNCTION, 7 DAY TRIAL. The ad-supported, limited function free version of Scan Wizard has been supplanted by a full function, seven day trial.

·  NEW 30 and 120 DAY SCAN WIZARD. To bridge the gap from a free trial to a full purchase, a new 30 day or 120 day license is now available for $99.95 or $399.95, in addition to the regular, non-expiration, full version of Scan Wizard ($999.95, as before).

Before v. 2.0 optimization, the trading model had been user-defined, defaulted to 20DMA of Force Index with no stop loss capability, measuring best/worst case scenarios over the 60 days following a buy or sell signal.

Details, manual, screenshots, and free trial version at http://option-wizard.com/scanwizard/.

Scan Wizard is the third of three financial software products offered by Sarkett & Associates, Inc. It joins two Microsoft Excel® products: Option Wizard® Online, comprehensive options analytics, and Backtest Wizard™, buy-sell technical analysis. Introduced on the web in August, 1995, and popular choice with traders and investors around the world, Option Wizard® is a past Reader’s Choice award winner from Technical Analysis of Stocks and Commodities magazine.

A software tool aimed at identifying trading and investing opportunities by identifying unusual price-volume activity, Scan Wizard employes other technical indicators as well, e.g. fast-slow moving averages, fast-slow stochastics, and fast-slow historical volatilities. Like any trading system, it generates losing trades as well as winning trades. Traders are advised to begin paper trading the system, then when successful, graduate to small positions with real capital. Money management, as always, is key to success, i.e. risk must be quantified and managed.

Many traders and investors use Scan Wizard as a "second opinion" in tandem with legacy trading systems as well.

ATFI by-passes the web

Scan Wizard™ runs on free, delay data or real time data from A-T Attitude. A-T Attitude for the Internet brings the fully functional professional trading system to investors needing real-time market data, news, and analysis on a wide range of financial instruments. A-T Attitude for the Internet was developed to address the needs of the professional investor who is frustrated by the slowness of Web browser-based quote systems currently available via the Internet. A-T Attitude software uses a modem and Internet connection to communicate directly with a quote/data server located at the A-T Financial operations center. The server broadcasts real-time quote data directly to the user’s PC and responds instantly to user requests for data.

Interested investors can receive more information, including product trial information, about A-T Attitude for the Internet by calling 1-888-REACH-AT (1-888-732-2428), or visiting the A-T Financial World Wide Web site at http://www.atfi.com.

Option Wizard® (http://option-wizard.com) is a registered trademark of Sarkett & Associates, Inc. The technical indicator Force Index was developed by Dr. Alex Elder, noted seminar speaker and author of Trading for a Living. Reach him via http://www.elder.com.

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More at http://option-wizard.com/scanwizard/

Scan Wizard 2.0 finds best Force Index smoothing and best stop loss level for any ticker symbol or any list of ticker symbols via client-defined limits (see above).

SCAN WIZARD OPTIMIZATION RESULTS

Run Friday, May 25, 2001

SP500, last 200 trading days, INTERDAY, CLOSE TO CLOSE BASIS

Optimal / Optimal / Profit/Loss / # Trades / Return / Iteration
Force Index / Stop Loss % / from $10K / 220 days / Annualized / #
Smoothing / start
AVERAGES / 19 / 5.17% / $ 6,386.24 / 35 / 63.86%
ABT / 7 / 1.00% / $4,504.58 / 62 / 45.05% / 1
ADCT / 17 / 7.00% / $9,336.62 / 43 / 93.37% / 2
ADBE / 17 / 5.00% / $2,417.93 / 27 / 24.18% / 3
AMD / 8 / 6.00% / $29,732.84 / 51 / 297.33% / 4
AES / 13 / 1.00% / $7,612.64 / 51 / 76.13% / 5
AET / 35 / 15.00% / $4,133.64 / 14 / 41.34% / 6
AFL / 8 / 5.00% / $4,280.5 / 47 / 42.81% / 7
A / 6 / 6.00% / $12,144.13 / 65 / 121.44% / 8
APD / 7 / 2.00% / $6,374.52 / 53 / 63.75% / 9
ACV / 29 / 6.00% / $980.87 / 34 / 9.81% / 10
ABS / 17 / 0.00% / $4,882.96 / 43 / 48.83% / 11
AL / 35 / 9.00% / $3,006.93 / 15 / 30.07% / 12
AA / 22 / 11.00% / $4,559.06 / 17 / 45.59% / 13
AYE / 6 / 0.00% / $8,483.5 / 65 / 84.83% / 14
ATI / 10 / 5.00% / $5,443.49 / 35 / 54.43% / 15
AGN / 34 / 4.00% / $6,781.57 / 30 / 67.82% / 16
AW / 17 / 4.00% / $8,353.8 / 38 / 83.54% / 17
ALL / 13 / 10.00% / $5,080.45 / 19 / 50.80% / 18
AT / 25 / 3.00% / $5,159.01 / 22 / 51.59% / 19
ALTR / 35 / 0.00% / $10,516.28 / 32 / 105.16% / 20
AZA / 32 / 5.00% / $4,380.08 / 24 / 43.80% / 21
ABK / 8 / 3.00% / $4,194.16 / 46 / 41.94% / 22
AHC / 18 / 1.00% / $5,563.29 / 44 / 55.63% / 23
AEE / 5 / 3.00% / $5,575.57 / 53 / 55.76% / 24
AEP / 5 / 2.00% / $6,470.01 / 48 / 64.70% / 25
AXP / 23 / 8.00% / $4,656.13 / 19 / 46.56% / 26
AGC / 17 / 2.00% / $3,742.99 / 44 / 37.43% / 27
AM / 18 / 0.00% / $9,839.06 / 38 / 98.39% / 28
AHP / 22 / 0.00% / $1,300.02 / 49 / 13.00% / 29
AIG / 35 / 1.00% / $989.7 / 26 / 9.90% / 30
APCC / 34 / 9.00% / $5,514.78 / 20 / 55.15% / 31
AMGN / 27 / 0.00% / $3,693.39 / 33 / 36.93% / 32
AMR / 18 / 10.00% / $4,042.65 / 26 / 40.43% / 33
ASO / 18 / 6.00% / $7,772.51 / 20 / 77.73% / 34
APC / 6 / 2.00% / $5,590.87 / 61 / 55.91% / 35
ADI / 15 / 13.00% / $15,413.3 / 36 / 154.13% / 36
ANDW / 18 / 0.00% / $1,283.66 / 39 / 12.84% / 37
BUD / 22 / 0.00% / $730.73 / 46 / 7.31% / 38
AOL / 19 / 0.00% / $16,281.36 / 33 / 162.81% / 39
AOC / 29 / 2.00% / $2,857.15 / 33 / 28.57% / 40
APA / 5 / 0.00% / $9,463.34 / 87 / 94.63% / 41
AAPL / 20 / 7.00% / -$2,171.05 / 32 / -21.71% / 42
ABI / 15 / 3.00% / $8,491.61 / 33 / 84.92% / 43
AMAT / 9 / 9.00% / $6,209.56 / 37 / 62.10% / 44
AMCC / 25 / 1.00% / $9,115.87 / 34 / 91.16% / 45
ADM / 23 / 9.00% / $6,700.3 / 26 / 67.00% / 46
ASH / 5 / 4.00% / $1,727.09 / 55 / 17.27% / 47
T / 13 / 0.00% / $6,303.13 / 41 / 63.03% / 48
ADSK / 11 / 2.00% / $12,031.86 / 48 / 120.32% / 49
ADP / 7 / 1.00% / $2,249.23 / 70 / 22.49% / 50
AZO / 13 / 9.00% / $3,748.55 / 21 / 37.49% / 51
AV / 23 / 6.00% / $24,442.99 / 24 / 244.43% / 52
AVY / 27 / 3.00% / $4,858.44 / 22 / 48.58% / 53
AVP / 20 / 2.00% / $4,403.01 / 30 / 44.03% / 54
BHI / 5 / 2.00% / $9,999.25 / 66 / 99.99% / 55
BLL / 7 / 2.00% / $7,094.74 / 51 / 70.95% / 56
BAC / 22 / 6.00% / $224.44 / 39 / 2.24% / 57
BK / 30 / 6.00% / $4,931.4 / 31 / 49.31% / 58
ONE / 32 / 0.00% / $2,286.55 / 25 / 22.87% / 59
BCR / 29 / 2.00% / $1,257.45 / 24 / 12.57% / 60
ABX / 35 / 8.00% / $414.48 / 26 / 4.14% / 61
BOL / 5 / 3.00% / $10,235.11 / 61 / 102.35% / 62
BAX / 31 / 0.00% / -$559.02 / 28 / -5.59% / 63
BBT / 35 / 11.00% / $3,720.32 / 13 / 37.20% / 64
BSC / 35 / 5.00% / $3,345.61 / 20 / 33.46% / 65
BDX / 8 / 7.00% / $3,653.09 / 38 / 36.53% / 66
BBBY / 33 / 0.00% / -$652.64 / 41 / -6.53% / 67
BLS / 27 / 3.00% / $1,470.25 / 29 / 14.70% / 68
BMS / 21 / 3.00% / $5,134.46 / 26 / 51.34% / 69
BBY / 16 / 1.00% / $8,311.84 / 35 / 83.12% / 70
BGEN / 31 / 2.00% / $3,728.38 / 28 / 37.28% / 71
BMET / 35 / 14.00% / $2,697.12 / 11 / 26.97% / 72
BDK / 11 / 6.00% / $7,095.77 / 31 / 70.96% / 73
HRB / 5 / 2.00% / $6,840.11 / 60 / 68.40% / 74
BMC / 16 / 8.00% / $32,464.56 / 26 / 324.65% / 75
BA / 15 / 5.00% / $4,497.55 / 32 / 44.98% / 76
BCC / 18 / 2.00% / $3,568.12 / 41 / 35.68% / 77
BSX / 18 / 5.00% / $10,763.83 / 22 / 107.64% / 78
BMY / 27 / 11.00% / $5,919.12 / 8 / 59.19% / 79
BRCM / 27 / 14.00% / $17,112.69 / 36 / 171.13% / 80
BVSN / 5 / 14.00% / $47,117. / 50 / 471.17% / 81
BC / 12 / 2.00% / $6,700.54 / 37 / 67.01% / 82
BNI / 8 / 0.00% / $5,503.69 / 78 / 55.04% / 83
BR / 11 / 0.00% / $6,975.1 / 44 / 69.75% / 84
CS / 26 / 15.00% / $16,212.5 / 13 / 162.12% / 85
CPN / 21 / 1.00% / $4,551.77 / 38 / 45.52% / 86
CPB / 28 / 8.00% / $4,053.75 / 16 / 40.54% / 87
COF / 20 / 10.00% / $4,822.11 / 12 / 48.22% / 88
CAH / 35 / 1.00% / $2,293.29 / 24 / 22.93% / 89
CCL / 32 / 6.00% / $5,393.3 / 16 / 53.93% / 90
CAT / 31 / 3.00% / $9,452.47 / 19 / 94.52% / 91
CD / 7 / 6.00% / $18,425.93 / 40 / 184.26% / 92
CTX / 16 / 1.00% / $174.51 / 50 / 1.75% / 93
CTL / 15 / 0.00% / $4,170.8 / 50 / 41.71% / 94
SCH / 27 / 11.00% / $2,260.85 / 22 / 22.61% / 95
CF / 27 / 3.00% / $3,991.35 / 19 / 39.91% / 96
CHV / 17 / 4.00% / $181.09 / 30 / 1.81% / 97
CHIR / 20 / 14.00% / -$480.06 / 44 / -4.80% / 98
CB / 7 / 2.00% / $4,770.97 / 57 / 47.71% / 99
CI / 34 / 12.00% / $3,169.45 / 2 / 31.69% / 100
CINF / 9 / 5.00% / $2,547.46 / 42 / 25.47% / 101
CIN / 14 / 9.00% / $5,013.26 / 17 / 50.13% / 102
CTAS / 27 / 10.00% / $2,596.84 / 24 / 25.97% / 103
CC / 14 / 14.00% / $23,377.82 / 16 / 233.78% / 104
CSCO / 18 / 14.00% / $18.75 / 42 / 0.19% / 105
CIT / 31 / 10.00% / $6,179.67 / 17 / 61.80% / 106
C / 25 / 12.00% / $2,169.7 / 16 / 21.70% / 107
CZN / 22 / 1.00% / $7,037.47 / 25 / 70.37% / 108
CTXS / 7 / 15.00% / $11,991.67 / 43 / 119.92% / 109
CCU / 8 / 12.00% / $6,893.07 / 37 / 68.93% / 110
CLX / 13 / 11.00% / $8,406.24 / 42 / 84.06% / 111
CMS / 30 / 4.00% / $178.59 / 23 / 1.79% / 112
KO / 10 / 2.00% / $3,609.53 / 42 / 36.10% / 113
CCE / 21 / 5.00% / $8,902.19 / 15 / 89.02% / 114
CL / 7 / 0.00% / $959.46 / 80 / 9.59% / 115
CMCSK / 28 / 0.00% / $2,579.62 / 39 / 25.80% / 116
CMA / 10 / 1.00% / $5,898.09 / 41 / 58.98% / 117
CPQ / 32 / 8.00% / $7,110.9 / 23 / 71.11% / 118
CA / 6 / 10.00% / $19,946.44 / 43 / 199.46% / 119
CSC / 25 / 6.00% / $6,347.31 / 21 / 63.47% / 120
CPWR / 29 / 0.00% / $13,475.79 / 44 / 134.76% / 121
CMVT / 32 / 4.00% / $1,457.61 / 36 / 14.58% / 122
CAG / 28 / 11.00% / $4,624.68 / 16 / 46.25% / 123
CEFT / 20 / 5.00% / $3,479.13 / 29 / 34.79% / 124
CNXT / 18 / 15.00% / $18,063.24 / 23 / 180.63% / 125
CNC / 9 / 15.00% / $21,700.62 / 37 / 217.01% / 126
ED / 5 / 1.00% / $2,853.53 / 70 / 28.54% / 127
BLI / 22 / 10.00% / $12,637.07 / 20 / 126.37% / 128
CEG / 6 / 0.00% / $6,975.15 / 82 / 69.75% / 129
CVG / 15 / 4.00% / $8,417.45 / 29 / 84.17% / 130
CBE / 5 / 6.00% / $4,989.63 / 45 / 49.90% / 131
CTB / 32 / 2.00% / $3,220.2 / 23 / 32.20% / 132
RKY / 6 / 4.00% / $2,200.82 / 52 / 22.01% / 133
GLW / 29 / 3.00% / $7,287.82 / 29 / 72.88% / 134
COST / 29 / 4.00% / $755. / 30 / 7.55% / 135
CCR / 31 / 3.00% / $6,493. / 17 / 64.93% / 136
CR / 6 / 0.00% / -$782.45 / 70 / -7.82% / 137
CSX / 6 / 1.00% / $7,702.86 / 56 / 77.03% / 138
CUM / 35 / 1.00% / $1,120.75 / 26 / 11.21% / 139
CVS / 24 / 2.00% / $1,578.17 / 29 / 15.78% / 140
DCN / 7 / 1.00% / $8,347.91 / 62 / 83.48% / 141
DHR / 35 / 5.00% / $5,092.75 / 20 / 50.93% / 142
DRI / 30 / 9.00% / $9,171.8 / 10 / 91.72% / 143
DE / 11 / 0.00% / $1,663.67 / 53 / 16.64% / 144
DELL / 7 / 13.00% / $15,239.02 / 38 / 152.39% / 145
DPH / 35 / 0.00% / -$1,730.14 / 42 / -17.30% / 146
DAL / 15 / 6.00% / $2,087.97 / 30 / 20.88% / 147
DLX / 22 / 7.00% / $5,669.85 / 21 / 56.70% / 148
DVN / 6 / 3.00% / $5,573.61 / 61 / 55.74% / 149