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Having difficulties logging into your StockCharts account? Read on to figure out what's wrong and how to fix the problem.
One potential reason for your inability to log in is that your account may simply have expired. We send out several reminder emails to everyone before their account expires, but it is possible that those emails were filtered as “Junk” and didn't reach you.
For new members: Once your free trial period is over, we will charge your credit card for your first subscription period. If that charge is declined for some reason, we will place a hold on your account and send you an email message explaining how to resubmit your payment information. Please check your email (and possibly your “Junk Mail” folder) for those instructions.
For auto-renew members: If your automatic payment is declined for some reason, we will place a hold on your account and send you an email message explaining how to update your payment information. Please check your email (and possibly your “Junk Mail” folder) for those instructions.
It happens to all of us - we think we are entering the correct password for our account, but we are off by just a character or two. Unfortunately, computers are very picky about such things. If you get a red message at the top of the page that says, “The password you entered is incorrect” it means that things didn't match up for some reason. Here are several things to try:
Ensure you entered your email address correctly in the “User ID” field.
Make sure the “caps lock” key is not on accidentally.
Ensure you aren't holding down the shift key when you shouldn't be, especially when you're typing in numbers and symbols.
If you are unsure of your password, click the “Forgot Password?” link on the login page to have it emailed to you (or just ). Ensure that your email program accepts all messages from “stockcharts.com” and does not file them in the junk section.
Our login system relies on “cookies,” which are little bits of data stored by your web browser. Typically, web browsers accept all cookies without much fuss; however, some browser settings can interfere with things. If your web browser is rejecting our cookies, you will either be unable to log in or you will be logged out shortly after logging in. Both situations can be very frustrating.
Web browsers can save copies of web pages that they have visited in the past inside your computer. This process, called “caching,” is used to speed up your online browsing significantly. Unfortunately, browsers sometimes save copies of pages that they shouldn't for various unusual technical reasons. If your browser incorrectly caches our login page, you may see the cached version (showing that you are logged out) instead of the new version (showing that you are logged in). If that happens, you need to go through a process called “clearing the cache.”
Unfortunately, every browser has a different method for clearing their cache. Below are links to websites that explain how to do this for several different browsers:
Unfortunately, every browser has a different method for changing their cookie settings. has fairly complete instructions for most popular browsers.