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To: manalagi who wrote (61997)	3/24/2006 2:31:13 PM
From: Dave	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 206096

<<<What software do you use to track your trading? Excel? Money (Microsoft)? Quicken (Intuit)? Manual?>>> Manalagi I use a combination of excel backed up by manual. Being older than dirt and not having much faith (or expertise) in the safety of computer data, I find this relatively easy. Excel has not failed me yet, but two hard drive failures over the years have trained me to backup often. I have used Quicken for dividend reinvest (DRIP) but have not had good success with it. Over the years I have changed the registration from "joint WROS" to "tenants in common" to a living trust. Each change in registration was a failure in keeping good data. Also takeovers gave me trouble. I suspect it is my inept use of the program, but with no manuals now provided I have problems. I have 6 DRIPS and make from 100-150 trades per year. The manual system really is keeping the buy orders and stapling the sell order to it. Dave

To: manalagi who wrote (61997)	3/24/2006 2:43:02 PM
From: ChanceIs	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 206096

>>>What software do you use to track your trading?<<< This has been discussed here quite a bit. I use Excel, and Schwab for my brokerage. I have o cut and paste from Schwab into Excel. This is not so easy. I then have do play with the data to morph it from character to numeric. Schwab swears that around September, you will be able to push a button on their site, and blast your trades directly to excel with no BS. I love the control of a spreadsheet. I used Quicken and TurboTax one year. It was ugly. It gagged on options, and any journaling/correcting entries just blew its mind. I understand it still gags on options - word of mouth from another poster here. Some folks here swear by gainskeeper. They say it is expensive but works great. I am investigating for next year. gainskeeper.com