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Why not use the TS2000i Percent Change Chart feature?
Put all the data streams in subgraph 1.
Right click in the chart window and select Percent Change Chart Enable.
Then move the mouse to the bar you want to begin the comparison and right
click again.
This time select Calculate from this bar.
----- Original Message -----
From: "jbclem1" <jbclem1@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "Omega List" <omega-list@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, August 08, 2004 1:17 AM
Subject: Plotting multiple data streams on one chart with a common starting
point
> A mutual funds database and charting program, Fasttrack, has a chart
> called Total Return where they
> show multiple data streams( indices and/or mutual funds) starting from a
> common point at the left
> side of the chart and then each following it's own path towards the right.
> It's an easy way to
> compare the data streams as they progress in time. I'm trying to figure
> out how to do this in
> TS2000i.
>
> Here's the description from the Fasttrack manual. It seems simple but I
> haven't gotten it right
> yet.
>
> "The chart is a series of percentage change points so that the fund and
> the index can be plotted on
> the same chart and meaningfully compared. " "Each point on the chart is
> plotted using the formula:
>
> " CurrentNAV-PreviousNAV)/First NAV " or my version "
> (Close-Close[1])/FirstClose "
>
> Substituting the Close for the NAV(Net Asset Value), I'm stumped by the
> "First NAV" (or FirstClose)
> term.
>
> Here's a link to a chart with a good example of this kind of chart:
> http://www.fasttrack.net/franklin.asp .
>
> I'd appreciate any suggestions.
>
> John
>
>
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