Trend information is calculated using the Trend Spotter© program. Barchart.com's Trend Spotter program is a computerized trend analysis system, developed over several years. Trend Spotter has been programmed to produce trend results on all the markets we cover on our service. This program uses a combination of long and short term algorithms, attempting to find a general trend for a specific market.

At the time of writing (10/01/98) Trend Spotter had made 1384 suggested trades in over 60 markets since April 1996. These are simulated one lot trades and do not include commission, slippage or any other type of trading fees. Below are results of some general analysis we have done on Trend Spotter.

Bullish Trends

• 329 Winners
• 4 Even
• 364 Losers
• 697 Bullish Trades Average Profit $1,116

Current Trends are a list of all current trends for commodity contracts featured on our site.

                   Start  Entry  Last    Exit
         Trend      Date  Price  Price  Price  Profit
JY Dec Bearish  08/19/97   8605   7877   8192   $9100

Neutral Trends are a listing of all the contracts we feature on our site outside Trend Spotters trending range with the closing prices that would make them enter a either a long or short trend.

-------- Current Trend -------        Bullish Bearish
                  Start  Entry   Last   Entry   Entry
                   Date  Price  Price   Price   Price
GC J98 Neutral 02/24/98   2927   2941    3015    2922