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To: bob wallace who wrote (658)	5/10/2005 12:35:53 PM
From: Atin	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 836

Since all new trade data for a stock will show up from the exchanges in the adjusted prices, it only makes sense to adjust the previous data as well - otherwise the charts will have big gaps in them which makes the indicators, patterns etc completely useless. Your broker will also quote prices at you in the new adjusted prices, so again, it makes more sense to keep the prices adjusted back to the beginning. Think of it as a stock split, you are asking to chart MSFT at the $1000s per share preadjusted prices, and for stockcharts to adjust each trade as it happens to the pre adjusted stock price. Think of how many stock splits that is and how much more processing it would require. Doubt it would be worth anyone's time, especially since you can't actually trade those prices anyway.