Finance

Hello Fellow ChartWatchers! Did you follow the Facebook mania yesterday? Even if you didn't have a stake in the stock, it was still fascinating to watch the chart over the course of the day as the underwriters had to step in to prop it up. I've added a snapshot chart of the first day's action...

Hello Fellow ChartWatchers! One of the big benefits of becoming a StockCharts member is the ability to access additional charting options. Today I want to show you how the "Advanced Options" section of the "Indicators" area allows you to add a "Signal Line" to any technical indicator. A Signal Line is a (typically) short-term moving...

Hello Fellow ChartWatchers! Spring has finally sprung here in the Pacific Northwest and we are very glad that it has. I hope the weather is as nice where you are as it is here. This edition of ChartWatchers contains some great articles - not all of them quite so sunny. John Murphy points out that...

Hello Fellow ChartWatchers! Having the right subscription level can save you a significant amout of money OR depending on how you use it, it can cost you a lot of money in the form of bad trades. At StockCharts, we offer four different membership levels - Free, Basic, Extra and ExtraRT. I want to make...

Hello Fellow ChartWatchers! The new version of our Public ChartList area is now officially released and ready for your use. The Public ChartList area has been a real "hidden gem" of our website for years where any StockCharts member (with an Extra account) can publish their own chart analysis for everyone to enjoy. This new...

Hello Fellow ChartWatchers! In my last article, I went over two key Intermarket relationships - the one between the US Dollar and Commodities and the one between Commodities and the US Stock Market. (Keep in mind that John Murphy and Arthur Hill describe new Intermarket developments every day in the Market Message area of the...

Hello Fellow ChartWatchers, Today I'm please to announce the grand opening of our Advanced Scan Library. We've collected some of the best scans available and posted them in this new ChartSchool area for everyone to see. We have a big collections of Sample Scans that will teach you how to use our Advanced Scanning tools....

Hello Fellow ChartWatchers! Early last year, we added Dr. Alexander Elder's Impulse System to our SharpCharts charting package and it has proven to be quite popular. This is the system that colors the price bars red, green or blue depending on two criteria that Elder feels are very important: 1.) Is the 13-day exponential moving...

Hello Fellow ChartWatchers! Happy 2012! During his ChartCon 2011 presentation on Intermarket Analysis, John Murphy presented a great chart showing the state of Sam Stovall's Sector Rotation model as of July 2011. Let's take an interactive look at how things have changed since that time. First off, a quick review: Stovall's model says that the...

Hello Fellow ChartWatchers! This past August, something special happened in Seattle. Over 350 charting enthusiasts gathered for the first ever ChartCon conference. They listened as John Murphy, Arthur Hill and myself discussed technical analysis in depth, demonstrated their own analysis techniques and explained how to use the core features of StockCharts.com. (They also had a...

Hello Fellow ChartWatchers! First off I wanted to make sure you knew that our Holiday Special is now underway! Long time members will tell you that if you are a StockCharts fan, the best time to join or renew is during our Holiday Sale Special. If you renew right now for 12 months, we'll give...

Hello Fellow ChartWatchers! We have a jammed-packed edition of ChartWatchers for you this week. With the holiday season approaching fast (too fast if you ask me!) we're announcing several great Store specials that I urge you to look into to. Click here for more details (or just skip down to the "Site News" section of...