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(refers to US) To short stocks your broker borrows shares on your behalf and sells them for you. You will pay an amount in lieu of dividends on dividend dates. If you're an institutional investor you will be credited interest, but most brokers pocket it for retail. If its an illiquid stock...

I use EOD, but I suspect many of the points are aplicable to both.. If you used version 7, be aware that many of the problems in the system tester appeared in version 8.0 - the biggest issue is the effect of the broker module, which was a failed attempt to make the software more "realistic"...

My experience of MS 8 and now 9 over the last year is as follows: Charting , indicators - excellent. Explorer - stock searches and filtering - great for technical analysis filters, but do your fundamental scans elsewhere Optionscope - rudimentary - don't know why they include it System testing...