Factoreal Technical Analysis provides you with ability to define financial quantitative models of virtually unlimited complexity. Intuitive interface makes it simple to create, modify and test your quantitative models and analyze their performance.

When you build and test your financial quantitative models you go through the following steps:

• Identify model factors
  Quantitative model definition starts with the decision of which quantitative factors will be used in the model. Any of the Data Items accessible to you in Factoreal databases can be used as a factor of your financial quantitative model.

• Specify model universe
  Universe determines which market securities will be evaluated in the model. For example, you may decide to run your financial quantitative model only for stocks that are traded on the NASDAQ stock market, or only for stocks of companies with market capitalization of more than $50B, or any other universe of market securities that fits your research criteria.

• Specify model benchmark
  Benchmark is used to compare the performance of your financial quantitative model to the selected benchmark and hence, verify the validity of your investment idea.

• Test model for selected time frame
  By specifying the start/end date and the frequency for your quantitative model, you indicate when your financial model will run.

• Analyze model results
  Factoreal Technical Analysis provides a textual and graphical presentation of the results and makes it much easier to see the connection between the model factors and model performance.

• Use model ranks in your investment process
  Factoreal Technical Analysis provides tools for seamless integration with your internal applications thus reducing the possibility of errors and making Portfolio Manager's job easier.