Can anyone offer up any advice on searching for good stocks to trade? I don't have Metastock or any flash software that can run advanced searches (yet), I'm using Data Agent from the Findata website.

I'm trading primarily on the ASX and with over 2000 stocks to trawl through, it's a pretty laborious task doing this by sight. I have used the search function in this program but some of the results are a little dodgy to say the least. I put in a search for “medium term uptrend” for example, and half of the charts look like they’re in a down trend.

Also, is it a good idea to specialise on one sector (mining for example) where you can go through the whole sector by sight without too many problems, or is it better to generalise?

Cheers.