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Using StockCharts.com

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Finding Your Way Around

  • Intro to StockCharts Quickly learn how to use all of our charts, tools, and features

  • "Getting Started with StockCharts" Series A great set of articles to read when you have a little extra time to learn all about the website

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SharpCharts

  • Intro to SharpCharts Our original, award-winning financial charts

  • Editing SharpCharts How to customize your charts from the SharpCharts Workbench

  • ChartNotes Learn more about our annotation tool for SharpCharts

  • ChartStyles & StyleButtons How to save your chart settings as custom ChartStyles

  • ChartLists & ChartPacks Learn how to save and organize your charts

StockChartsACP

  • Intro to StockChartsACP Our full-screen, interactive, Advanced Charting Platform

  • Editing ACP Charts How to customize your charts in StockChartsACP

  • Annotations in ACP Learn more about annotating your charts in ACP

  • ChartStyles in ACP How to save your chart settings as custom ChartStyles in ACP

  • ChartLists in ACP Learn how to save and organize your charts in ACP

  • ACP Layouts View multiple charts at once in ACP

  • ACP Plug-Ins Enhance your ACP experience with exclusive plug-ins

Other Charting Tools

  • P&F Charts Learn how to use our Point & Figure charting tool

  • GalleryView See a symbol in multiple time-frames all on one page

  • Seasonality Charts Chart a security's monthly price performance trends over time

  • CandleGlance Charts Mini-charts displayed side-by-side to show multiple symbols at once

  • MarketCarpets Scan large groups of securities for emerging trends and technical moves

  • Interactive PerfCharts Dynamically compare the performance of multiple symbols on one chart

  • RRG Charts Visualize relative strength and momentum for a specific group of securities

  • Dynamic Yield Curve An interactive yield curve showing the relationship between rates and stocks

Research Tools

  • Symbol Summary Quotes, technicals, and fundamentals for a specific symbol, all in one report

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  • Predefined Technical Alerts Get alerted when popular indexes and indicators cross above or below critical levels

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Scanning & Alerts

These articles will help you learn more about using our custom scans and alerts features to find stocks and funds that meet your specific technical criteria.

Technical Scans

  • Overview of Technical Scans Get a sense of what you can do with technical scans on StockCharts

  • Advanced Scan Workbench Create custom technical scans for your unique criteria

  • Scan Syntax Reference Find helpful scan starters and snippets

  • Advanced Scan Library A collection of advanced scans for you to use or start from

  • Scanning Tutorials Get a sense of what you can do with technical scans on StockCharts

Technical Alerts

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    Get a sense of how you can use the StockCharts technical alerts

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    Learn how to create custom technical alerts

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