This is where to get your hands on a UpicT 1 free sample (available for a limited time)

In this advance notice for UpicT 2, we are pleased to be able to offer FREE SAMPLE UpicT 1 PICTURES for a limited time on a one-by-one serviced-request basis. This is a unique opportunity you should avail of while it lasts.

Simply fill out the 3-letter NZX code of your choice together with your email address, then click the "Go!" button -- (You will not be charged for the picture).

The free samples are intended for showcasing and trial purposes -- to help you assess and appreciate what UpicT is all about. You may even find these samples usefully informative in their own right --please feel free to put them to work where suitable. In any case they are sure to whet your appetite for the more powerful delights coming in version-2.

Because the free samples are produced from UpicT 1, however, there are certain features inbuilt to that version to be aware of, and which distinguish them from later versions. Discretionary slicing was only introduced in version-2, and so is unavailable. Instead, UpicT 1 used randomisation to produce a single section of the performance history as "representative". That randomisation successfully enforced a certain detachment from current fluctuations and user bias.

As for all UpicT pictures, the Upict 1 productions are dimensionally superior to snail-trail charts. They usually picture a span of between 14 and 22 months and could be around 6 weeks old at closure. While these criteria still make excellent samples, it is questionable if the randomly determined section is a good general basis for valuation. In some cases it might give a reasonable indication, but in many more might not do so. This consideration indeed lay behind the progressive enhancement to slicing in version 2.

Additionally, the UpicT 1 samples may only be had in the smaller GIF format.

The more sophisticated slicing coming in UpicT 2 requires more 'hands-on' user- interaction and resources, but also gives the powerful prerogative to the user of selecting the slice that is to be "representative". ...[see the section outlining a stock evaluation strategy on the hints page.]