Any (calculated) stock exchange index has no (traded) volume, but Max_Mand  
calculates the theoretical maximum number of traded index equivalents. The 
default input filename used by Max_Mand is INDEX.CSV.


Usage examples:

    MAX_MAND.EXE             (uses INDEX.CSV)
    MAX_MAND.EXE AMX.CSV     (uses AMX.CSV instead of INDEX.CSV)
    MAX_MAND.EXE ASCX.CSV    (uses ASCX.CSV instead of INDEX.CSV)
    MAX_MAND.EXE INDEX.CSV   (uses INDEX.CSV)

The example input files all assume the current year is 2009! Rename the
input file 2009.PRN to the current year, e.g. 2010.PRN, adjust the date
in the first line of a *.CSV file. Or collect current data instead.


Output format:

Date, index close, intraday index volatility in %, number of traded index
equivalents, symbol of the most limiting share, number of shares included

20091120   310.03     2.08     28292 REN           24
20091123   317.04     1.83     18641 UNA           24
20091124   315.86     1.43     16631 UNA           24
20091125   318.24     1.17     22229 AH            24
20091126   306.72     3.23     21429 KPN           24
20091127   309.52     3.68     21263 KPN           24


*.CSV file format:

INDEX_SYMBOL,number_of_components,YYYMMDD_Start_Date
SYMBOL_1ST_COMPONENT,Number_or_weight_of_shares_in_index
SYMBOL_2ND_COMPONENT,Number_or_weight_of_shares_in_index
SYMBOL_3RD_COMPONENT,Number_or_weight_of_shares_in_index
And so on, at least "number_of_components" components


Example *.CSV file:

AEX,25,20091101
AF,37
AGN,195
...
WHA,2.5
WKL,36


*.PRN file format:

Metastock, splitted per year. Its file format is described in the
first line of the example file 2009.PRN.


Purpose: 

It's just a way to relate a volume per listed company to all volumes.
There's another way to "calculate" the volume of an index, but that's
not included yet.


Mand?

Dutch. Mand. Basket. Mandjes. Little baskets. Filled with index
components in such a way the content of a basket represent "one
index". Buy e.g. 3 AEX-mandjes, and sell 3 covered call options
AEX. Mandjes, little baskets, index equivalents, index units.


Support:

None. This is an early works-for-me-version, a rewrite of the original
and slow Rexx version, which is different from the "suite version" I'm
actually using and maintaining. Nevertheless: m1@uni-one.nl
