Terms of Service

Last updated: April 2018

This website is owned and operated by StockCharts.com, Inc., a Washington corporation (referred to hereafter as “StockCharts.com,” “we,” “us,” or “our”). We offer this website, including all information, tools, and services available from and related to this website (“the Site”), subject to the terms, conditions and notices contained in these Terms of Service and the Privacy Statement (collectively, “these Terms”). Please read these Terms carefully. By accessing and using the Site in any way, you are acknowledging that you have read, understood, and agreed to these Terms and you represent and warrant that: (1) you are at least 18 years old and capable of forming a binding contract with StockCharts.com and are not barred from using our site under applicable law or (2) that your parent or guardian has consented on your behalf to your use of our site. Your access to and use of the Site are conditioned on your acceptance of and compliance with these Terms.

MODIFICATION OF THESE TERMS AND CONDITIONS. StockCharts.com reserves the right to change this Terms of Service agreement at any time by revising the terms and conditions herein, including, but not limited to, adding fees and charges for use. You are responsible for regularly reviewing these terms and conditions. Such changes, modifications, additions or deletions shall be effective immediately upon notice thereof, which may be given by means including, but not limited to, posting on StockCharts.com website, or by electronic or conventional mail. You can access the latest version of this agreement at the bottom of any page on the StockCharts.com website. Continued use of this StockCharts.com website following any such changes shall constitute your acceptance of such changes. If you do not accept these terms and any subsequent changes, you must cease using the Site.

STOCKCHARTS.COM RIGHTS. All right, title, and interest in and to the Site are and will remain the exclusive property of StockCharts.com and its licensors. The Site and related services are protected by copyright, trademark, and other laws of both the United States and foreign countries. Nothing in the Terms gives you a right to use StockChart.com's name, trademarks, logos, domain names, or other distinctive brand features.

RESTRICTIONS ON USE. All materials published by StockCharts.com, including, but not limited to charts, images, illustrations, price information, reviews and email newsletters (“Information”) are protected by copyright, and owned or controlled by StockCharts.com or its third-party providers. You must access the Information manually via a web browser. You cannot use automated programs, scripts, bots or similar tools to periodically collect charts, data or other content from our systems. You may not use the contents for any unlawful purpose. You may not do any of the following while accessing or using the Site: (i) access, tamper with, or use non-public areas of the Site, StockChart.com's computer systems, or the technical delivery systems of StockChart.com's providers; (ii) probe, scan, or test the vulnerability of any system or network or breach or circumvent any security or authentication measures; (iii) access or search or attempt to access or search the Site by any means (automated or otherwise); (iv) forge any TCP/IP packet header or any part of the header information in any email, or in any way use the Site to send altered, deceptive or false source-identifying information; or (v) interfere with, or disrupt, (or attempt to do so), the access of any user, host or network, including, without limitation, sending a virus, overloading, flooding, spamming, mail-bombing the Services, or by scripting the creation of content in such a manner as to interfere with or create an undue burden on the Site.

LIMITED LICENSE. With the exception of the separate limitations that we place on physical or electronic reprinting of charts described below, we grant you permission to use the Information available from this StockCharts.com website, provided that (1) the copyright notice below and permission notice below appear in all copies visibly and unmodified, (2) use of Information available from this StockCharts.com website is for informational and non-commercial or personal use only, and (3) no Information available from this StockCharts.com website is modified in any way. Except for the specified uses above and reprint uses described below, no part of the Information available from this StockCharts.com website may be copied, photocopied, reproduced, republished, licensed, distributed, performed, displayed, uploaded, posted, translated, altered, retransmitted, broadcast in any way, exploited, used to create derivative works, or reduced to any electronic medium or machine-readable form, in whole or in part, without the prior written consent of StockCharts.com.

We do not allow our live charts to be embedded in other websites, but you are allowed to copy/screenshot our charts into any form of electronic media for free so long as you follow the terms of our Electronic Media Reprint Policy, which is incorporated into this agreement by reference. You may also freely republish in physical print any chart from our website so long as you follow our Print Media Reprint Policy, which is also incorporated into this agreement by reference.

If you print off, copy, or download, or transmit any part of our site in breach of these Terms, your right to use our site will cease immediately and you must, at our option, return, or destroy, or recall any copies of the materials you have made.

ANY DISTRIBUTION FOR COMMERCIAL PURPOSES IS STRICTLY PROHIBITED WITHOUT OBTAINING A LICENSE TO DO SO FROM US OR OUR LICENSORS.

To request consent for other matters, please contact StockCharts.com at [e-mail].

IP & COPYRIGHT NOTICE. We are the owner or the licensee of all intellectual property rights in our Site and in the material published on it. Except where indicated, all content on this site is Copyright © by StockCharts.com, Inc., Redmond Washington. All rights reserved. When reprinting charts physically or electronically or copying content for other purposes where providing StockCharts.com's copyright notice is required, you may provide this copyright notice by placing “© StockCharts.com” somewhere near the reprinted chart. For our charts, “© StockCharts.com” automatically appears within the image, and therefore you must simply avoid cropping that notice out of the image.

PERMISSION NOTICE. When reprinting charts physically or electronically or copying content for other purposes, StockCharts.com's permission notice is required to appear near the reproduced content.

For instances in which you reprint charts, consistent with our Electronic Media Reprint Policy and Print Media Reprint Policy, you must place “Chart courtesy of StockCharts.com” somewhere near the reprinted chart.

For other instances in which you reproduce StockCharts.com content, consistent with the above terms or with express permission of StockCharts.com, you must place “Used with permission from StockCharts.com, Inc.” somewhere near the reproduced content.

You must not modify the paper or digital copies of any materials you have printed off or downloaded in any way, and you must not use any illustrations, photographs, video or audio sequences or any graphics separately from any accompanying text.

Our status (and that of any identified contributors) as the authors of content on our site must always be acknowledged, and any copyright, trademark and other proprietary rights notices must appear and remain intact on all copies.

TRADEMARKS. The following terms are trademarks of StockCharts.com: “StockCharts.com”, “SharpCharts”, “ChartNotes”, “ChartList”, “ChartPack”, “ChartStyle”, “StyleButton”, “DecisionPoint”, “The Market Message”, “MarketCarpet”, “PerfChart”, “CandleGlance”, and “ChartSchool”. Other product and company names mentioned herein may be the trademarks of their respective owners.

THIRD-PARTY LINKS AND ADVERTISEMENTS. StockCharts.com may integrate advertisements or links to third-party websites on our Site. StockCharts.com has no control over nor responsibility for the content found in those advertisements and websites or their accessibility. You acknowledge your sole responsibility for and assume all risk arising from your use of any such websites or resources.

USER-CONTRIBUTED CONTENT. If you submit ideas, suggestions, and/or proposals to us, you do so voluntarily and with no expectation of confidentiality. By submitting any of the foregoing items, you grant us ownership of the ideas to use for any purpose, in any way, in any media now known or in the future and throughout the universe without any obligation, attribution or payment. You understand that we may have something similar to such ideas, suggestions, and/or proposals under consideration or in development.

Information and materials uploaded by other users of the Site have not been verified or approved by us. The views expressed by other users on our site do not represent our views or values.

We have the right to remove any posting you make on our Site if we deem your posted content objectionable.

DIGITAL MILLENNIUM COPYRIGHT ACT (DMCA). We respect the intellectual property rights of others and expect our users to do the same. In accordance with the Digital Millennium Copyright Act of 1998, the text of which may be found on the U.S. Copyright Office website at https://www.copyright.gov/legislation/dmca.pdf, we will respond to clear notices of alleged copyright and/or trademark infringement that comply with the Digital Millennium Copyright Act. In addition, we will promptly terminate without notice the accounts of those determined by us to be “repeat infringers.”

If you are a copyright and/or trademark owner, or are authorized to act on behalf of one or authorized to act under any exclusive license of such right, please report alleged acts of infringement taking place on or through our site and services by completing the following DMCA Notice of Alleged Infringement through the process described below. Upon receipt of Notice as described below, we will take whatever action, in our sole discretion, we deem appropriate.

To provide Notice of Alleged Infringement (“Notice”): (1) Identify the copyrighted work(s) and/or trademark(s) that you claim has been infringed; (2) Identify the material(s) and/or link(s) you claim is infringing and that access to which is to be removed or disabled; (3) Provide your mailing address, telephone number, and, if available, email address; (4) Include both of the following statements in the body of the Notice - “I hereby state that I have a good faith belief that the disputed use of the copyrighted and/or trademarked material is not authorized by the owner, its agent, or the law (e.g., as a fair use)” and “I hereby state that the information in this Notice is accurate and, under penalty of perjury, that I am the owner, or authorized to act on behalf of the owner, of the copyright and/or trademark or of an exclusive license under such right that is allegedly infringed.”; (5) Provide your full legal name and your electronic or physical signature; (6) Deliver this Notice, with all items completed, to [e-mail].

Please note that under Section 512(f) of the Copyright Act, any person who knowingly materially misrepresents that material or activity was removed or disabled by mistake or misidentification may be subject to liability.

We have no obligation to adjudicate IP claims. Claimants and users must understand that we are not an intellectual property tribunal. While we may in our discretion use the information provided in order to decide how to respond to infringement claims, we are not responsible for determining the merits of such claims. If a user responds to a claim of infringement by providing assurances that its content is not infringing, the user agrees that if we thereafter restore or maintain the content, the user will defend and hold us harmless from any resulting claims of infringement brought against us.

ACCURACY OF INFORMATION. All of the information, analysis, materials, opinions, advice, or other statements (collectively, “Content”) on the Site is for entertainment and educational purposes only. StockCharts.com and its content licensors do not guarantee the accuracy, completeness, usefulness or timeliness of the Content on the Site. Due to the number of sources from which the Content is obtained, and the inherent hazards of electronic distribution, there may be delays, omissions or inaccuracies in such content. We do not endorse nor have any responsibility for any Content on the Site created by anyone other than our authorized employees or spokespersons while acting in their official capacities.

INVESTMENT DECISIONS. The Content on the Site should never be relied upon as the sole basis for making any investment decisions. We and our third-party providers, affiliates, agents, and licensors will not be liable for any investment decisions made based on the Content and/or the Site. Investing is inherently risky, any reliance on the Content on the Site is at your own risk, and you assume any and all risks associated with your investment decisions. We do not advocate the purchase or sale of any individual investment vehicle. We and our third-party providers, affiliates, agents, and licensors may be active investors in the market and may or may not have open positions in any investment vehicle mentioned on the Site. You assume any and all risk associated with your investment decisions irrespective of whether we or our third-party providers, affiliates, agents, or licensors hold positions in investment vehicles mentioned on the Site. Prior to the execution of a stock trade, you are advised to consult with your broker or other financial representative to verify pricing and other information.

DISCLAIMER. THE SITE, INCLUDING ITS CONTENT, IS PROVIDED ON AN “AS IS” AND “AS AVAILABLE” BASIS WITHOUT WARRANTY OR GUARANTEE OF ANY KIND. TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMISSIBLE UNDER APPLICABLE LAW, WE AND OUR THIRD-PARTY PROVIDERS, AFFILIATES, AGENTS, AND LICENSORS DISCLAIM ALL REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES, WHETHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO ANY WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, TITLE, NON-INFRINGEMENT, SECURITY, ACCURACY, COMPLETENESS, TIMELINESS, AS WELL AS WARRANTIES ARISING BY USAGE OF TRADE, COURSE OF DEALING, OR COURSE OF PERFORMANCE. WE DO NOT WARRANT THAT THE INFORMATION WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED OR ERROR-FREE, THAT DEFECTS WILL BE CORRECTED, OR THAT THE SITE OR THE SERVER THAT MAKES IT AVAILABLE, ARE FREE OF VIRUSES OR OTHER HARMFUL COMPONENTS. WE DISCLAIM ANY RESPONSIBILITY FOR HARM TO YOUR COMPUTER, LOSS OF DATA, OR OTHER HARM THAT MAY RESULT FROM ACCESS TO OR USE OF THE SITE, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO CONTRACTION OF A COMPUTER VIRUS.

LIMITATION OF LIABILITY. Under no circumstances shall StockCharts.com, its officers, directors, agents, third-party providers, affiliates, or licensors be liable for any direct, indirect, incidental, punitive, special, or consequential damages (including without limitation, attorneys' fees), or any loss of profits or revenues or loss of data, use, good-will, business opportunity, or other intangible losses, whether in an action of contract, negligence or other tortious action, that result from the use of, or the inability to use, any materials available on the Site, even if StockCharts.com has been advised of such damages. If you are dissatisfied with any StockCharts.com Information or other materials, or with any of the terms and conditions contained in the Site, your sole and exclusive remedy is to discontinue using StockCharts.com. If StockCharts.com or any of its third-party providers, affiliates, agents, or licensors are found liable in connection with a claim arising out of or related to the services or the Information, their aggregate liability in such an event shall not exceed the amount you paid StockCharts.com, if any, in the past twelve months for the services giving rise to the claim. Your right to monetary damages in such amount shall be in lieu of all other remedies to which you may otherwise be entitled from StockCharts.com, or its third-party providers, affiliates, agents, or licensors.

The limitations of this subsection shall apply to any theory of liability, whether based on warranty, contract, statute, tort (including negligence) or otherwise, and whether or not StockCharts.com has been informed of the possibility of any such damage, and even if a remedy set forth herein is found to have failed of its essential purpose. However, because some states/jurisdictions do not allow the exclusion or limitation of liability for consequential or incidental damages, the above limitation may not apply to you.

MEMBERSHIP. StockCharts.com offers an online membership service which is an expanded suite of online tools and services beyond what is currently offered to all visitors of our website. By completing the registration process, paying all required membership fees, or signing up for a free trial, and using your membership (paid or by free trial), you are indicating that you agree to also be bound by all of the additional terms in the following two sections of this agreement.

REGISTRATION, ACCESS, AND SECURITY. Only you can use your account, and no other individual may access your account using the same user ID or password, unless agreed otherwise by StockCharts.com.

As part of the registration process, you will be automatically assigned a password and a user ID. You will be required to give us certain registration information, all of which must be accurate and updated. Failure to comply with the foregoing shall constitute a breach of this Agreement, which may result in immediate termination of your account. You shall be responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your password.

You shall notify StockCharts.com, at [e-mail], of any known or suspected unauthorized use(s) of your account, or any known or suspected breach of security, including loss, theft, or unauthorized disclosure of your password.

You are solely and fully responsible for all usage or activity on your account, including use of the account by any third party authorized by you to use your user ID and password. Any fraudulent, abusive, or otherwise illegal activity may be grounds for termination of your account, at StockCharts.com's sole discretion, and StockCharts.com may refer you to appropriate law enforcement agencies.

PAYMENTS AND TERMINATION/CANCELLATION OF SERVICE. You can always find the current Membership Fees and charges posted in the StockCharts.com Subscription Services section of our website. All fees are due in advance. Members can renew their account at any time using our online payment system.

New members are eligible for a 1-month free trial of our service. If you are not satisfied with our service during that trial period, simply visit the “Your Account” page and click the “Cancel Your Account” button on that page. If you cancel within the 1-month trial period, your credit card will not be charged. Note that if you cancel your membership during the free trial period, you will not be able to sign up for another free trial for one full year from the date of cancellation. You will be able to sign up as a regular paying member during that time.

After the 1-month trial period is over and we have charged your credit card, we will be unable to provide a refund for that month if you cancel your account.

All other members are subject to the following payment terms: Month-to-month members will be automatically renewed each month, for an additional month of service; Month-to-month members are not eligible for refunds; Annual members will be automatically renewed each year, for an additional year of service; Annual members may be eligible for refunds of full unused months upon cancellation; All Data Plans are billed monthly and all Data Plan fees are non-refundable.

To request a refund for full unused months when canceling an annual membership during the first 14 days of service, please contact our Support Team at [e-mail].

You may cancel your membership by disabling the automatic renewal feature on the “Your Account” page at any time. If the automatic renewal feature is turned off as of the expiration date, your account will be suspended on the expiration date. You will still have access to StockCharts.com's free services. Any data stored on StockCharts.com's servers as part of your account may be lost.

CHANGES TO CONTENT & AVAILABILITY OF SERVICE. We may make improvements and/or changes to the Content and/or the Site at any time in our sole discretion. And while it is unlikely, we may also choose to cease publication at any time in our sole discretion. Periodic updates to the Site are not guaranteed and we cannot guarantee that the Site will be up or fully operational at all times.

We also retain the right to create limits on use and storage at our sole discretion at any time without prior notice to you.

ENDING THESE TERMS. The Terms will continue to apply until they are terminated by either you or StockCharts.com in accordance with this section. You may end your legal agreement with StockCharts.com at any time for any reason by deactivating your account and discontinuing your use of the Site. You do not need to specifically inform StockCharts.com if you stop using the Site. We may suspend or terminate your account or cease providing you with all or part of the Site at any time for any reason, including, but not limited to, if we reasonably believe: (i) you have violated these Terms; (ii) you create risk or possible legal exposure for us; or (iii) our provision of the Site to you is no longer commercially viable. Nothing in this section shall affect StockCharts.com's rights to change, limit or stop the provision of the Site without prior notice.

INDEMNIFICATION. You hereby indemnify, defend and hold harmless StockCharts.com and all officers, directors, owners, agents, information third-party providers, affiliates, licensors and licensees (collectively, the “Indemnified Parties”) from and against any and all liability and costs, including, without limitation, reasonable attorneys' fees, incurred by the Indemnified Parties in connection with any claim arising out of any breach by you or any user of your account of this Agreement or the foregoing representations, warranties and covenants. You shall cooperate as fully as reasonably required in the defense of any such claim. StockCharts.com reserves the right, at its own expense, to assume the exclusive defense and control of any matter subject to indemnification by you.

GENERAL. This agreement is governed by the laws of the State of Washington, U.S.A. You consent to the exclusive jurisdiction and venue of courts in King County, Washington, U.S.A. in all disputes arising out of or relating to the use of this StockCharts.com website. Use of this StockCharts.com website is unauthorized in any jurisdiction that does not give effect to all provisions of these terms and conditions, including without limitation this paragraph. However, if you are a federal, state, or local government entity in the United States using the Site in your official capacity and legally unable to accept the controlling law, jurisdiction or venue clauses above, then those clauses do not apply to you. For such U.S. federal government entities, these Terms and any action related thereto will be governed by the laws of the United States of America (without reference to conflict of laws) and, in the absence of federal law and to the extent permitted under federal law, the laws of the State of Washington (excluding choice of law).

WAIVER. StockChart.com's failure to enforce any right or provision of these Terms shall not be deemed a waiver of such right or provision.

SEVERABILITY. If any part of this Agreement is determined to be invalid or unenforceable pursuant to applicable law including, but not limited to, the warranty disclaimers and liability limitations set forth above, then the invalid or unenforceable provision will be deemed superseded by a valid, enforceable provision that most closely matches the intent of the original provision and the remainder of the Agreement shall continue in effect.

ENTIRE AGREEMENT. This agreement, in concert with the Privacy Statement, constitutes the entire agreement between you and StockCharts.com with respect to the Site. It supersedes all prior or contemporaneous communications and proposals, whether electronic, oral or written, between you and StockCharts.com with respect to the Site. A printed version of this agreement and of any notice given in electronic form will be admissible in judicial or administrative proceedings based upon or relating to this agreement to the same extent and subject to the same conditions as other business documents and records originally generated and maintained in printed form. Contact us if you have any questions about this agreement.