Last September the website had a hiccup.  Well  "hiccup" may not be the correct word.  A couple of people working in a manhole outside of our offices managed to damage our new Gigabit Fiber connection, taking the site offline and forcing us back onto our slower T3 circuits while the damage was repaired.  Later in the month, we had a router fail.  It was a bad month. At the time, I promised you that I'd get a second Gigabit Fiber connection installed so that if we ever suffered such a failure again, it would not impact the website. While it took a Read More 

Today I stopped by for a web-based video chat with Tom and John over at InvestedCentral.com.  I was able to demonstrate how to recreate the "mysterious" EOPCR indicator that Tom referred to in last weeks ChartWatchers newsletter.  Here's a link to the recorded version of my presentation: http://www.investedcentral.com/public/department55.cfm - Chip Read More 

The redesign process we started rolling out last year is now almost complete.  With the update of the "Basic" and "Extra" pages we now have updated most of our site.  Most pages should have a consistent set of tabs at the top.  Most pages should have the auto-filling "Create a Chart" dropdown just below the tabs.  Most pages should have their Search box and navigation links on the right side where they take up less valuable screen real-estate. Here are some of the great comments we've received since yesterday's update: "I do like the look Read More 

Over the past year, more and more stock sites are offering "Free real-time" data and charts.  Here at StockCharts, we too have been working hard to provide our users with more options when it comes to up-to-date data.  The really exciting news is that we are now really close to being able to provide a "Free real-time" option also. Before I talk about that however, I wanted to talk a little bit about what "Free real-time" actually is and how it differs from the "Real real-time" that we currently offer.  It is important to understand that there are several significant Read More