Home > Products & Services > Financial Information Services > AFE Stock Market PRO (SMP)

> SMP Warrant Enhancement Version

  September, 2005 edition

Remark: Please download Acrobat reader to open the PDF file.

> SMP

AFE SMP presents a clear picture of the Hong Kong stock market, supplying a comprehensive range of intelligence in one integrated environment. It is a powerful and innovative tool which can find, display and analyse the vast amount of information shaping the local marketplace. Its breadth of real-time data gives an instant awareness of price movements. A wealth of supporting historical and reference data, finely-tuned analytical tools and up-to-the-second news items allow you to react with confidence to these movements.

Covering the whole gamut of tasks associated with trading, including all real-time stocks quotes and derivatives from the Hong Kong Stock Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEx), business introduction & financial statements of listed companies, world indexes and real-time announcement and financial news from Thomson Reuters HKEx and Dow Jones etc, AFE SMP makes it possible to compare scenarios and generate different investment strategies. Whatever your investment objective is, AFE SMP helps you to identify market trends as they happen and construct a personal investment portfolio.

AFE SMP makes use of Java applet technology. With a Microsoft browser and an Internet connection, you can access the real-time market information instantly. All information in AFE SMP is presented in a user-friendly and fully bilingual format.


Timeless Information

  • All real-time stock quotes and derivatives (e.g. HSI future, option...etc) from HKEx.
  • Full intraday real-time transaction log (with volume/price analysis) uncovers the distribution of traded price of specific stock.
  • P/E, Yield, Premium/Discount, Gearing, P/Book, and other derived calculations of Call/Put/Basket warrants.
  • World indexes closely monitor the global market movement, 24 hours non-stop.
  • Company fundamentals report the core business, corporate action and financial statements of listing companies.
  • Real-time financial news from Thomson Reuters, HKEx and Dow Jones that let users feel the market rhythm.
  • Dow Jones gathers commentaries and recommendations contributed by market analysts from different banks and securities firms.
  • Info Bar summarizes all quotes of local market indexes.
  • Warrant Summary gives a complete picture of all the warrants of an individual stock at a glance.

Wide-ranging functions

  • Real-time Bid/Ask strength indicator gives you better a market sense of which direction an individual stock goes.
  • Broker Search tells you what a specific broker is buying and selling, and at what price.
  • Interactive historical charts with configurable technical analysis tools.
  • Top rankings that sort stocks by various criteria on a real-time basis.
  • Portfolio that creates up to 20 entries.
  • Stock code quick search and stock look up.
  • Limit setting and alerting.

Everything in its Place
AFE SMP is designed by professionals, with particular focus on providing optimum ease and speed of use. It is where sophistication of function meets simplicity of format. With so much information available, it's vital to be able to have quick access.

Facts at Your Fingertips
As befits the market leader for local stock information on Internet, AFE SMP furnishes a comprehensive range of the fast real-time prices and detailed information from the Hong Kong Stock Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEx) and different content providers, enabling you to keep track of developments as they happen and act as opportunities arise.

The screen layout of stock display looks very like the terminal you used in broker firms & bank halls. Buying and selling brokers can be toggled between numbers or names with just one click. If you want a more detailed breakdown of the trading situation of a specific stockbroker, the 'Broker Search' function tells you what is being bought and sold, and at what price.


Analysis that Adds Value
To get the full picture of trading activity on your favourite stock, AFE SMP provides real-time transaction logs, which are summarised into a histogram analysis of price and volume that shows you the most traded price at a glance. In additional, the Bid/Ask strength indicator illustrates the market force and the trend of an individual stock position.

Visual presentation of figures is also offered by an integrated technical analysis package that allows you to chart the historic movement of individual stocks and indexes, with a full range of indicators such as moving averages, RSI and MACD. This sophisticated function also includes a series of trend lines and grid lines to help you identify support and resistance levels.

In addition, AFE SMP also allows you to personalize your chart layout and chart tools setting in your own style.

For further analysis, real-time prices can be viewed against historical information in the 'Fundamental' function, which contains the vital statistics, corporate actions and a five-year financial history of all listed companies.


The Big Picture
AFE SMP includes a wide variety of indicators on market sentiment. A 'Top Ranking' function provides real-time data on the hottest stocks being traded, according to different selection criteria.

Since the Hong Kong stock market does not operate in isolation, the package includes more than 20 real-time stock market indexes worldwide, covering all the major Asian, European and American markets, to add an international dimension and keep you fully informed.

For those whose interests go beyond the Hong Kong equities market, AFE SMP also provides real-time Thomson Reuters forex and HK futures and options information.


Catch the Breaking News
In addition to all the comprehensive numeric information, AFE SMP carries the full announcement feed from HKEx, bringing the latest news from the exchange and all listed companies. In addition, AFE SMP carries Chinese financial news and market commentaries from Dow Jones. All news stories are sorted by date and are kept for two weeks.

Play Your Own Game
AFE SMP can act as an interface for you to construct a personal investment portfolio. Using the 'Portfolio' function, you can create up to 20 entries and closely monitor the balance of your investment combinations. The software records the trading summary and automatically updates it on a real-time basis, calculating not only profit and loss but also details such as commission fees.

With the 'Stock Selection' function, you can view stocks listed according to your own investment criteria and technical analysis indicators. With the 'Limit Alert' functions, you can set buying, selling and transaction limits for stocks or warrants that interest you and gives you a timely alert when they attain your criteria.


Feature list of SMP Standard Package
Single Stock
  • All real-time stock quotes from Hong Kong Stock Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEx).
  • Detail Stock quote display with broker queue information.
  • Most relevant derived data and technical analysis are provided, such as P/E ratio, Yield, P/Book ratio, Premium/Discount, Gearing, Implied Volatility, RSI, Moving Average.
  • Tick Charts show day trend of stocks- Hang Seng Index, Hang Seng Index Future and individual stock.
Multiple View
  • Allow you watch stock quote or Futures/Options page in full detail display with broker queue information.
Warrant Summary
  • Allow you watch and compare all the warrants of an individual stock at a glance.
Transaction Log
  • Whole-day transaction record uncovers the distribution of traded price of specific stock
  • The distribution of price and volume data is presented in a tabular format and histogram refreshing on real-time basis
Derivatives
  • All real-time derivatives (e.g. HSI future, option¡Ketc.) quotes from Hong Kong Future Exchange.
  • Support open Interest, premium and cash value¡Ketc.
Broker Search
  • Tell you what a specific broker is buying and selling, and at what price on real-time basis.
Top Ranking
  • Allow you to sort out a list of stocks by various criteria on real-time basis (e.g. net gain of all ordinary shares, volume of all ordinary shares, fluctuation of all ordinary shares).
  • Allow you to have a better and accurate comparison. The first 20 stocks that meet the criterion will be listed. The order of the list will be provided in second.
Charts
  • Interactive historical chart with 12 configurable technical analysis tools and line drawing tool such as RSI, MACD, Moving Average¡Ketc.
Index Constituent
  • A tick chart is provided to show day trend of corresponding index on real-time basis.
World Indexes
  • More than 20 stock market indexes worldwide, give you an international dimension 24 hours non-stop.
News
  • Real-time news and announcement from Hong Kong Stock Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEx).
  • Real-time Chinese Financial and commentaries from Dow Jones
Fundamentals
  • Financial reports of all listed companies in Hong Kong such as core business, corporate action and financial statement.
Stock Selection
  • Stock Selection - Help you pick stocks by your preferred criteria such as P/E ratio, earnings per share, market capitalization, premium ratio, gearing ratio, RSI14 indicator
  • Selection Search - Just type in a fraction of stock name in either English or Chinese, the system will search for the corresponding stock code for you.
Forex
  • Currency rate, cross rate , deposit rate, prime rate provided by Dah Sing Bank.
Portfolio
  • Build your own portfolio and keep track of their performance in real-time.
Watch List
  • Allow you to enter up to 20 stocks and monitor their changes at a glance.
Limit
  • Allow you to set price limits of stocks.
  • The computer will give you alert instantaneously when the break points are hit, and details will be shown.

Additional feature provided by SMP Premium Package
Thomson Reuters News
  • Real-time Thomson Reuters News
Thomson Reuters Forex
  • Real-time Thomson Reuters currency, cross rate , deposit rate, prime rate It gives you up-to-second currency information.
VWAP Calculation
  • VWAP calculation gives you a average traded price within a user-defined period. Allow you to detect the sudden market move.
Advanced Chart TA tools
  • Over 30 additional Interactive chart technical analysis tools and line drawing tool.

SYSTEM REQUIREMENT

Hardware
Minimum: Pentium 233, 64MB RAM, 60MB free hard disk space
Recommended: Pentium II 400 or higher, 128MB RAM or higher

Display
Minimum: 800x600, 16-bit color
Recommended: 800x600, 24-bit color

Operating System
Microsoft Windows XP
Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional
Microsoft Windows Millennium Edition
Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 Workstation with Service Pack 5
Microsoft Windows 98 Second Edition
Chinese Microsoft Windows 95/98/Me/NT 4.0 SP4/2000 SP2/XP

Browser
Minimum: Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.5 or above with Microsoft Java VM (Microsoft VM version 5.0.0.3167 or above.)
Recommended: Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.0 or above with Microsoft Java VM (Microsoft VM version 5.0.0.3167 or above.)

Download latest Microsoft Java VM

Internet Access
Minimum: 56kbps
Recommended: Broadband