Industry Summary

A companion to the Sector Summary page, the Industry Summary helps you quickly find the best-performing industries.

Accessing the Industry Summary

You can access the Industry Summary from either the Member Tools area of Your Dashboard or the Summary Pages section of the Charts & Tools page. A link to this page is at the bottom of the Sector Summary.

Using the Industry Summary

The Industry Summary page shows the performance data for each industry over the selected period. The following periods are supported:

• Intraday (members only)

• End-of-Day

• One week

• One month

• Three months

• Six months

• Year to Date

• One year

Note: John Murphy recommends starting with three months and subsequently adjusting up or down based on your trading style.

The Industry Summary offers two views—Table View, which provides a compact look at the data, and Chart View, which displays half-size charts and tabular industry data. You can switch between these two views by clicking the Table View or Chart View tabs at the top of the page.

Table View

Each table shows the industry index's symbol with the latest price, the change since the previous close (in numeric and histogram format), and a SCTR score. The data is updated continually during market hours.

The menu in the left column lets you choose how you want the symbol displayed—SharpChart, ACP Chart, Gallery View, Point & Figure, or Seasonality chart. Some industries also have icons to launch a MarketCarpet or PerfChart of stocks in that industry.

Clicking on the name of an industry will display a list of all stocks in that industry.

Additional List Functionality

The Industry Summary tables have the same functionality as most of the lists on our site:

• You can click the Columns button at the top to show or hide columns in the list.

• To sort by a different column, click the double-arrow icon next to the column header.

• To sort by multiple columns (e.g., sort by column A and then, within each value for A, sort by column B), click the first column, then hold down the shift key while selecting the second column.

• You can also search the items in the list by typing in the Search Table box at the top right.

Chart View

In Chart View, each section shows the industry index's symbol with the latest price and the change since the previous close. The data is updated continually during market hours.

On the left side of each section is a half-size chart of the currently selected industry index. Click the right table to view the half-size chart for a different industry.

Click the appropriate icon below the chart to launch a full-size SharpChart, ACP Chart, Gallery View, Point & Figure, and Seasonality chart. Some industries have MarketCarpet or PerfChart of stocks in that industry.

Clicking on the Industry Members icon will display a list of all stocks in that industry.

Industry Summary Style

StockCharts members can customize the settings and indicators used for the half-size charts in the Industry Summary by creating a ChartStyle with a specific name. If your account has a ChartStyle named Industry Summary, it will be used instead of the default style when displaying charts in the Chart View of the Industry Summary.

To change how charts on the Industry Summary page look, create a chart that looks how you want it to, then save it as a ChartStyle with Industry Summary as its name. Visit the Chart View of the Industry Summary page, and you should now see your new settings/indicators on the charts.

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