StockCharts.com offers two levels of subscription service: Basic and Extra!. Both offer very valuable services for technical analysis, though Extra! users have full access to our powerful features.

Basic users are provided access to the key features of our site. They can:

• Save up to 100 charts in an online Favorites list
• Create three sets of personalized ChartStyles
• Create intraday charts with up to five days of data
• Add up to nine price overlays and indicator panels to any SharpChart
• Create and store Point and Figure charts
• Use our standard stock scan engine

At any time, Basic subscribers can upgrade to Extra! service or can subscribe to The Market Message. One of the most useful and utilized Basic subscriber features is the Favorites List, which is the subject of this manual.

Your Basic Favorites are a great way to save and organize the charts you view frequently. You can save, modify or delete charts from your Favorites List at any time, and can even access your Favorites from another computer. What's more, you can view all the charts in your list on a single page in groups of 10 for easy reference. Almost all serious technical analysts have preferred formats and watched stocks, and the Favorites List provides a user-friendly way to manage these preferences.

With the Basic subscription, your entire service is tied into your username and password. Therefore, you must log in to have access to any of your Favorites or Basic features.

• To log in to Basic, go to the StockCharts.com home page. The Log in box is at the upper left.
• Enter your email address and password, and click the Log in button. You will be taken directly to your Basic home page.
• To log in automatically every time you visit the site, check the box below before clicking the Log in button. We suggest making your Basic home page your browser's default home page for easy reference.

The Basic Home Page is the main page of your account. This is where you can access all of the features available to your membership. This is the hub where you can manage your account and your Favorites directly. You will be taken directly to the Basic Home Page after logging in. To return to it at any time, click on the navigation tab at the top right of every page.

The Basic Home Page is broken down into 3 sections: the Basic Control Center, the Your Membership area, and the What's New area.

This area is where you can access all of our main charting and analysis tools, as well as your Favorite Charts. We'll cover how to manage your Favorites later in this article.

• Your Favorite Charts: Clicking this link will take you to your list of Favorite Charts
• Our Public Chart Lists: This takes you to our Public List area where you can view what some of your fellow StockCharts members are doing with thier charts.
• Scan Engine: This link takes you to a trial version of our stock scanning tool. This tool is limited to returning 10 resutlts. For full functionality, please consider upgrading to Extra!.
• SharpCharts: This links to our main charting tool
• Point & Figure Charts: This links to our Point & Figure tool, which offers 3 types charting.

Also included in this area are quick links to the various instruction manuals for these tools (including the one you are reading now).

From the Your Membership box on the right, you can manage your account details:

Extend now and save Here you can choose to extend your current subscription service.

Upgrade options From here you can upgrade your service to Extra! with The Market Message, or Extra! with The Market Message and Real Time Charting.

Your Account Settings
Edit your member information: email address, password, mailing address, or phone number
Edit your billing information: credit card type/number/exp date, or automatic renewal
Edit your newsletter preferences: enable/disable Chart Watchers newsletter or Helpful Tips newsletter
Edit your charting service: change your Point and Figure charting style to plain text, graphical, or dynamic
Edit John Murphy's Market Message: enable/disable email notification
Cancel membership: cancel your membership immediately

Have a question? Click this link to go to the Feedback page where you can send us a question or comment.

I forgot my password Click this link to have your password emailed to you.

Want to log out? This will log you out of the site.

In addition, at the bottom of the Basic Home Page, there is a What's New section. This is where you will find announcements, newsletter links, the latest bookstore specials, and more. Be sure to check this area frequently to keep on on StockCharts.com news!

Every Basic account comes with one Favorites List that you can fill with up to 100 charts. It does not come with any predefined charts, so you must first add your own favorites to the list. You'll need to add at least one SharpChart to the list before you can view the list properly.

Charting pages such as SharpCharts or Point & Figure Charts allow you to modify your favorites directly from the page. There are two ways to utilize your favorites from these pages.

Method 1: Favorites can be quickly accessed or added by using the dropdown menu to the right of the ticker box.

• To access a chart from your favorites list, simply select it from the dropdown menu.
• To save a chart to your Favorites list, click the Add New link below the Favorites dropdown list above the chart. Enter the chart name in the pop-up window.

You can also scroll through your Favorites by using the blue right/left arrows above the chart.

Method 2: Another way to manage your favorites is through the links provided at the bottom of the page.

• Add Current Chart functions the same as the dropdown box near the top of the page. Enter a chart description into the dialog box that appears or simply press "OK" to accept the suggested description. This selection can also be used to rename a chart.
• Save Changes allows you to modify the name and settings of a chart already saved to your favorites list. Be sure the chart you want to modify is up on the page, make your changes, then press "Save Changes".
• Delete functions the same as the dropdown box near the top of the page. Simply press "OK" to delete the current chart from your favorites.
• Apply Style to All allows the user to apply the style of the current chart to all favorite charts.

There are a couple of ways to view your Favorites list. First, you can view the charts one-by-one using the SharpCharts tool as explained above. The second way is to view them in 10-per-page mode. To access the 10-per-page mode, you can either click the Your Favorite Charts link located in the Basic Control Center, or click the View All Favorites link under the Favorites List dropdown on the SharpCharts tool.

All the charts in 10-per-page mode will be displayed in alphabetical order of the chart name. To scroll through your charts use the « Prev | Next » navigation links at the top left and bottom left of the page.

From the display pages, you can edit each chart, add or edit comments to it, and view other chart types for the same ticker symbol.

• Rename: Modify the name of the chart as it appears in the Favorites List.
• Edit: Opens the chart in a regular SharpCharts page. (You can also click on the chart to open it as an editable SharpChart.)
• Edit Comments: Add a personal note or comment underneath the chart. You can enter a maximum of 2,000 characters.
• Remove: Deletes the chart from the Favorites List.
• Other Charts: View another chart type for the current ticker symbol.

Note: You can only save a graphical P&F chart to your Favorites List.