MIMIC is a powerful research tool that incorporates a multitude of market-specific features into a logical, user-friendly platform. Users can easily perform complex market-specific evaluations, and create custom-tailored output using the following MIMIC functionalities:
| Functionality | Description |
|---|---|
MIMIC's advanced charting capabilities create superior charts and tables on the fly. Set trendlines, zoom into specific areas and perform updates with ease. Tables can be exported to Microsoft Excel®. The summary statistics at the bottom of the table provide useful information, such as average price for the period, maximum and minimum prices, standard deviation and the last closing price. | |
MIMIC allows you to create seasonal analysis studies in which the price history of a commodity can be charted over several years on a single chart. | |
Use MIMIC's forward curves functionality to chart today's market estimate of the price of a commodity at various points out into the future. View multiple curves in MIMIC for a particular commodity and see the underlying future series in the same chart. | |
MIMIC allows you to compare different commodities by first establishing a common unit of quotation. | |
Search Functions | The extensive data in the MIM database can be searched using the Search Database button to locate symbol names and descriptions or by drilling down into folders using the Tree View feature. |
Perform arithmetic computations using the MIM Formula Library that includes technical studies, such as correlation, rsi, macd and moving averages to name a few. | |
MIMICExcel | Run MIMIC from within Excel (MIMICExcel), providing all the functionality of MIMIC while working in the Excel environment. |
7-day & Intraday Data | The MIM database contains 7-day, intraday and tick data values. Event date files are also available. |
 | For more information on MIMIC, see the LIM "Documentation" Web page located at: http://customers.lim.com/docs/docsmenu/docsmenu_mimic.htm. |