Beside the usual stock market related features this software solution will also help you use experimental methods like genetic programming.

Venice runs in a graphical user interface with online help and has full documentation. Venice runs on Windows, UNIX, and Mac OS X.

Here are some key features of "Venice":

· Chart Advance/Decline
· Chart Bar Chart
· Chart Bollinger Bands
· Chart Candle Stick
· Chart Exponential Moving Average
· Chart High-Low
· Chart Moving Average Convergence/Divergence (MACD)
· Chart Momentum
· Chart Moving Average
· Chart On Balance Volume (OBV)
· Chart Open/High/Low/Close/Volume
· Chart Point & Figure
· Chart Relative Strength Index (RSI)
· Chart Standard Deviation
· Chart an index of a group of any stocks
· Chart custom indicators
· Use evolutionary computation to tweak buy/sell rules
· Use evolutionary computation to evolve new buy/sell rules
· Create custom buy/sell rules for paper trading
· List only stocks in tables that meet custom criteria
· Display custom indicator results in tables
· Graph custom indicators
· Internationalisation
· Catalan Translation
· Chinese Translation
· French Translation
· Italian Translation
· Polish Translation
· Swedish Translation
· Online Help
· Paper Trading
· Automated Paper Trade on buy/sell rules
· Automated Paper Trade on family of buy/sell rules
· Supports multiple portfolios
· Portfolios support multiple cash/stock accounts
· Chart portfolio value over time
· Chart portfolio return over time
· Chart any cash account value over time
· Chart any share account value over time
· Chart number of stocks held over time
· Access quotes in a HSQLDB, MySQL, PostgreSQL or other database
· Import quote files in EzyChart, InsightTrader or MetaStock formats
· Import quotes from the Internet (Yahoo Finance)
· Sciptable with Jython
· List all quotes on any day
· List all quotes for any stocks
· Sort stocks by activity, change, volume or quote
· List only stocks that meet custom criteria
· Display custom indicator results
· List intra-day stocks in Watch Screens

What's New in This Release: [ read full changelog ]

· Added support for downloading ASX quotes from float.com.au.
Updates to Usability:
· Now warns if you try to import wekeend stock quotes.
· Stock quotes on weekends are not yet supported.
· Watch screens are now saved as XML files in the user's home directory.
· This should make them easier to manage (e.g. backup).
Bug Fixes:
· Can now work with volumes greater than 2147483647.
· Graphing from context menu in watch screen now works (bug #1328197).
· Importing quotes from Yahoo now works again. They changed the date format to one Venice couldn't parse.