There are 2 programs included in this package: 1. histgen - generation program for historical data 2. tickgen - generation program for tick data histgen takes 2 parameters a) Scale-factor: Number of securities for which data is to be generated b) Depth of history: The number of days for which data is to be generated and genertes 2 files a) hist-base-file: contains all the static data b) hist-price-file: contains the pricing info c) hist-split-file: contains the split info tickgen also takes 2 parameters a) Scale-factor: Number of securities for which data is to be generated b) Ticks per day: A measure of the activity on a per security basis. e.g 100 would mean that each security ticks about 100 time in a trading day and generates 2 files a) tick-base-file b) tick-price-file run the programs without args to see the parameters required. ------------------ Make of programs: run the make program. It requires the C++ compiler (CC) to be in your path.