Systems and methods for price evaluation of articles of commerce
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1. A system for facilitating the making of a trading decision relative to an article of commerce, said system comprising:
- a programmable computer having a central processing unit (CPU);
a communication device linked to said computer for receiving a collection of price data relating to an investment from a data source;
a software program for providing a set of instructions to said computer to receive and process said collection of price data related to the article of commerce to generate volatility-adjusted relative price data related to the article of commerce and to generate an indication of a valuation state of a market for the article of commerce as being currently priced at a fair value, as overvalued or as undervalued;
the software program providing information for display in the form selected from the group consisting of a known price chart relating to the article of commerce, a volatility adjusted price chart related to the article of commerce, a profile related to the article of commerce showing the historical behavior of the volatility adjusted price information, the current valuation state of the article of commerce and combinations thereof.
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Abstract
The invention is directed to systems and methods for indicating volatility adjusted price information for at least one article of commerce or market therefore, and various tools for providing valuation indicators for both current and historical price activity in terms of valuation rather than absolute price. The invention provides users indicators which quantify the degree in which a market is currently trading at fair value, overvalued or undervalued conditions using enhanced tools.
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1. A system for facilitating the making of a trading decision relative to an article of commerce, said system comprising:
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a programmable computer having a central processing unit (CPU); a communication device linked to said computer for receiving a collection of price data relating to an investment from a data source; a software program for providing a set of instructions to said computer to receive and process said collection of price data related to the article of commerce to generate volatility-adjusted relative price data related to the article of commerce and to generate an indication of a valuation state of a market for the article of commerce as being currently priced at a fair value, as overvalued or as undervalued; the software program providing information for display in the form selected from the group consisting of a known price chart relating to the article of commerce, a volatility adjusted price chart related to the article of commerce, a profile related to the article of commerce showing the historical behavior of the volatility adjusted price information, the current valuation state of the article of commerce and combinations thereof. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A system for facilitating the making of a trading decision relative to an article of commerce, said system comprising:
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a programmable computer having a central processing unit (CPU); a communication device linked to said computer for receiving a collection of price data relating to an investment from a data source; a software program for providing a set of instructions to said computer to receive and process said collection of price data related to the article of commerce to generate volatility-adjusted relative price data related to the article of commerce and to generate an indication of a state of a market for the article of commerce as being currently priced at a fair value, as overvalued or as undervalued; the software program providing information relating to the volatility adjusted price information relating to the article of commerce, enabling a user to specify buying or selling the article of commerce using the designated valuation of fair value, moderately overvalued or undervalued, or significantly overvalued or undervalued or combinations thereof. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10)
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11. A system for facilitating the making of a trading decision relative to an article of commerce, said system comprising:
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a programmable computer having a central processing unit (CPU); a communication device linked to said computer for receiving a collection of price data relating to an investment from a data source; a software program for providing a set of instructions to said computer to receive and process said collection of price data related to the article of commerce to generate volatility-adjusted relative price data related to the article of commerce and to generate an indication of a state of a market for the article of commerce as being currently priced at a fair value, as overvalued or as undervalued; the software program providing information for communicating volatility adjusted price information related to the article of commerce and indicating the occurrence of a defined condition or event. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13)
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14. A system for facilitating the making of a trading decision relative to an article of commerce, said system comprising:
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a programmable computer having a central processing unit (CPU); a communication device linked to said computer for receiving a collection of price data relating to an investment from a data source; a software program for providing a set of instructions to said computer to receive and process said collection of price data related to the article of commerce to generate volatility-adjusted relative price data related to the article of commerce and to generate an indication of a state of a market for the article of commerce as being currently priced at a fair value, as overvalued or as undervalued; the software program providing information for communicating volatility adjusted price information related to the article of commerce and indicating the volume of trading activity for the article of commerce at each price level within a predetermined range of volatility adjusted price information. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16)
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17. A system for facilitating the making of a trading decision relative to an article of commerce, said system comprising:
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a programmable computer having a central processing unit (CPU); a communication device linked to said computer for receiving a collection of price data relating to an investment from a data source; a software program for providing a set of instructions to said computer to receive and process said collection of price data related to the article of commerce to generate volatility-adjusted relative price data related to the article of commerce and to generate an indication of a state of a market for the article of commerce as being currently priced at a fair value, as overvalued or as undervalued; the software program providing information for indicating a profile related to the article of commerce showing the historical behavior of the volatility adjusted price information related to the article of commerce and created using composite information relating to a plurality of contributing profiles. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20)
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