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The main window window is composed of a menubar, the stock ticker and a transactions area. The menu bar allows you to launch any of the functionality supported by Stock Watcher. The stock ticker shows the latest value of stock prices. The transactions area displays the effect of the current stock prices on your portfolio.

By clicking on the stock ticker or by using the Ticker menu, you can access the configuration options of the stock ticker. From there, you can modify the stocks to monitor as well as other options related to displaying the stock quotes. For more information, see the TclTicker Help Page. The options for the ticker are saved in $env(HOME)/.stockwatcher/tclticker.

The transactions area is a notebook-like area which displays how stock prices affect your portfolio. A transaction is the equivalent of buying a stock. Each of the tabs accesses a display containing several columns depicting different aspects of a portfolio. The columns shown in the display area are defined as follows:

Symbol
Symbol identification for the quote.
Quantity
The number of shares involved in this transaction
Purchase Cost
The price at which the stock was bought for this transaction
Current Value
Current value of the stock for this transaction, if all shares were to be sold.
Delta
Gains or losses on this transaction, if all shares were to be sold.
Daily Delta
Gains or losses on this transaction during the course of the day.

Each tab of the notebook provides details for all transactions executed on a given symbol. A special Summary tab shows the results of combining all the transaction values for each symbol. This page shows you how much money would be gained or lost if all the shares for a symbol were to be sold.

The Summary page allows you to display a daily graph for a given title. This graph will show the variations in stock value of a symbol during the course of the day. For more information on graphs, see the Graphs Help Page.

Each symbol page contains Edit and Delete buttons which allow you to modify or remove a transaction. For more information on transactions, see the Transactions Help Page.

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