Navigating the Website
There are several ways to move around StockCharts.com. Each of our pages has helpful links at the top (the “Page Header”) and the bottom (the “Page Footer”) that can get you where you need to go. In addition, we have our Site Map and our helpful Support Center.
The Page Header
Most of the pages on our website have an area at the top called the page header that can help you navigate to anywhere you need to go. Each page header contains the following:
StockCharts Logo
Utility Links
Main Menu
Create-a-Chart Bar
The StockCharts Logo
You can always return to the StockCharts homepage by clicking on the StockCharts logo in the upper left corner of any of our pages. You will be redirected to Your Dashboard if you are a logged-in member.
The Utility Links
Our Utility links are located in the upper right corner of our pages. This area looks different depending on if you are logged in or logged out.
If you are logged out, you will see the following buttons in the upper right corner of our pages:
Login: Members can click this button and enter their User ID and password to log in to their StockCharts.com account.
Free Trial: Non-members can click this button to sign up for a free one-month trial.
If you are logged in, you can click on your name or the “person” icon in the upper right corner to see a handy member menu:
Your Account: Click here to change/update your account settings.
Add-Ons and Upgrades: Click here to visit the StockCharts Marketplace and purchase additional tools to use in your account.
Your Notifications: Click here to view recent notifications (including alert notifications) sent to your account. You can also configure email notifications for new commentary articles from this page.
Your Dashboard: Click here for access to Your Dashboard.
Your ChartLists: Click here for quick access to all your saved ChartLists.
Your Scans: Click here to view all of your saved scans.
Your Alerts: Click here to view all of your saved alerts.
Support Center: Click here to go to our online Support area.
Ask a Question: Click here to ask us a question or get help with a problem.
Contact Us: Click here to contact us using our Support Request Form.
Log Out: Click here to log out of your account. Typically, you would do this using a shared computer, such as those found at a public library.
Remember, if logged in, you will see the person icon and/or your name at the top of the page. Your name may not be displayed on smaller screens, but you can always access the menu by clicking on the person icon.
The Main Menu
Below the StockCharts logo at the top of the page are several navigation links that you can use to move into each of the main areas of the website. These include the following:
Charts & Tools: Links and descriptions for our most popular charting tools
Scans & Alerts: Links and descriptions for our stock screening and alerting tools
Market Analysis: Links and descriptions for research tools that help you analyze the market or individual securities
Articles & Videos: Access current market commentary from our experts
Your Dashboard. This members-only dashboard provides access to all of our most used tools, reports, and commentary, including members-only features
On the right side, you'll see links to the following:
ChartSchool: Our comprehensive educational articles about technical analysis
Help: Visit our online Support Center, report a problem, see what's new on our site, and more
Search: Click on the magnifying glass icon and enter search terms into the search box
Note that these main menu links might be hidden in a dropdown menu on smaller screens. Select the three horizontal lines icon on the right side of the header to access this important menu.
The Create-a-Chart Bar
Above the main menu is our Create-a-Chart bar, which you can use to quickly access many charting tools from almost anywhere on the StockCharts website.
The Create-a-Chart bar's dropdown menu lets you select which one of our charting tools you want to use. The menu is initially set to “SharpCharts,” our standard bar/candlestick charts. The full list of tools available in the menu is below:
Symbol Summary: A high-level summary with technicals, fundamentals, and more.
SharpChart: Our main bar/candlestick charting tool.
ACP: Our interactive Advanced Charting Platform.
Point & Figure: Charts with columns of X's and O's.
GalleryView: Four predefined charts for studying different periods.
Seasonality: Average monthly returns for a ticker symbol.
Options: Options chains for ticker symbols that trade options.
Interactive PerfChart: Overlaid performance lines for up to 10 different ticker symbols.
CandleGlance: Up to 30 different mini-charts on one page.
RRG: Charts showing relative strength and momentum for a group of symbols.
Symbol Lookup: Search our symbol catalog for a specified phrase.
Next to the menu is a long text box where you can type in a phrase, typically one or more ticker symbols, that goes with your charting tool selection. You can use commas to separate multiple symbols if you enter more than one ticker symbol.
Note that the long text box has a built-in auto-complete feature. As you type the name of a stock, index, or mutual fund we support, the symbols that match what you have typed so far will be automatically displayed. This can be useful if you need help determining the ticker symbol you want.
You can select the symbol you want from the list or click More Results For at the bottom to see more ticker symbols matching your search. If you already know the ticker symbol you want, just type the symbol in this box and click Go (or press “Enter” on the keyboard) to create a chart for that symbol.
Selecting the Default Tool
If you often select a specific tool other than SharpCharts, you can specify that tool as the default to use on the Create-a-Chart bar. Click the star next to the tool you'd like to set as the default.
The default tool (indicated with a yellow star) will be pre-selected each time you use the Create-a-Chart bar in the future.
Breadcrumbs
All ChartSchool and Support Center pages also have a list of links just below the header called “breadcrumbs.” These can also help you navigate pages within ChartSchool or the Support Center. Click any links in that line to return “up the chain” links.
The Page Footer
At the bottom of most pages on our site is a dark blue Page Footer, which has additional links to commonly used resources. You can find links to popular tools, educational resources, and more here.
The Page Footer also contains icon links to our social media pages: Facebook, X (formerly Twitter), YouTube, and LinkedIn.
You can also sign up for our ChartWatchers Newsletter from the Page Footer. Enter your email address in the signup box at the top of the Page Footer, and click the Sign Up button.
The Site Map
The Site Map is a high-level diagram of all the pages on StockCharts.com. It's useful for moving quickly from one website area to another. It gives a big-picture view of how the most important pages on our site are organized. Click any links on the Site Map page to go directly to the corresponding page.
Search
Our search functionality allows you to find commentary and educational articles that contain specific keywords and phrases. It also lets members search for ticker symbols or for places on the site where a specific ticker symbol is mentioned (including in their own ChartLists).
The Site Search box is on the right side of the Page Header on most web pages. Just click the magnifying glass icon next to the main tabs in order to access the box. Then, simply add your search criteria and press Enter.
By default, searching in the Search box in the top right corner of our website will show you recent commentary articles, plus educational content from ChartSchool and the Support Center. Use the buttons below the search box to choose a different area to search:
Entire Site: Searches the Support Center, ChartSchool, plus commentary articles from the last two years.
Entire Site (w/Archives): Same as the Entire Site option, but adds in commentary articles that are more than two years old.
Symbol Catalog: Search for ticker symbols available on our site.
Symbol Mentions: Searches for mentions of a specific ticker symbol across our site, including commentary articles, predefined scan results, Public ChartLists, and for members, their own ChartLists.
Site Search
Both the Entire Site and Entire Site (w/Archives) options search commentary articles plus educational content from ChartSchool and the Support Center. The only difference is that the option with archives also includes older market commentary.
Below is an example of the search results you might see when searching the site for "macd":
The icon at the beginning of each results indicates what type of article it is. The newspaper icon indicates a commentary article, the graduation cap indicates a ChartSchool article, and the question mark icon indicates a Support Center help article.
Whether it is an educational or commentary article, you can click the article's title to access the full text of the article. For commentary, you can click the author's name to see a list of articles by that author, or click one of the tags to see other commentary articles tagged with that topic.
Symbol Search
To search for ticker symbols available on our site, select the Symbol Catalog option below the search box. You can search for ticker symbols by symbol, company name, sector/industry, and more.
Below is an example of the search results you might see when searching the Symbol Catalog for "energy":
Use the menu in the leftmost column to launch different kinds of charts/tools for that symbol, including SharpCharts, P&F charts, Symbol Summary, options chains, and more.
To find places where that symbol is mentioned on our site, click the speech bubbles icon in the rightmost column for that symbol.
Symbol Mentions
In addition to clicking the speech bubbles icon next to a symbol in the symbol search results, you can access symbol mentions directly by choosing the Symbol Mentions option below the search box and typing in the ticker symbol.
Below is an example of the symbol mentions search results you might see when searching Symbol Mentions for Ford (F):
The results are divided into different sections:
Symbol Details (grey): This section gives basic information about the ticker symbol, plus links to launch a SharpChart, GalleryView, P&F Chart, or Seasonality Chart for the symbol. For indexes and market indicators, additional information will be available in this section.
Predefined Scans (purple): This section shows recent predefined scans that the symbol has turned up in. Click on the scan name to see the full predefined scan results.
Public ChartLists (red): This section shows Public ChartLists that mention the symbol. Click on the list name to launch the full Public ChartList.
Your Saved Charts (blue): For members, this section will show any saved charts you have for the symbol. Click on the saved chart name (in the right column) to launch the saved chart in the workbench, or click the list name (in the middle column) to launch the full ChartList.
Articles (green): This section shows recent commentary articles that mention the symbol. Click on the article title to launch the full article. Clicking on the author's name will show recent articles by that author, and clicking on a tag will show recent articles that have been tagged with that topic.
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