We're putting the finishing touches on the first in a series of videos that we plan on releasing soon that will help people use StockCharts.com effectively.  The first video is called "Getting Started with StockCharts.com" and is intended for new subscribers.  It covers things like logging in, setting up your account, and learning all the features of the SharpCharts workbench.  While old-time pros might not get much out of it, I think it is still something that everyone should review just in case. Here's the (incomplete) video.  Please watch and let me know what you Read More 

Here's a neat charting trick that I demonstrated to the audience at last night's presentation.  Check out this chart: (Click here for live version of this chart.)  This chart clearly shows the dynamic nature of Bollinger Bands and gives you a better sense of how far away from "normal" prices get.  To me it sort of resembles a topographic map so I'm calling it the "Volatility Terrain" chart. How did I create it?  Basically I am using multiple Bollinger Bands with different "Standard Deviation" parameters combined with the "Area" style setting and low Read More 

Calling all Seattle-based StockCharts.com users!   I'll be presenting at this month's meeting of the Puget Sound Market Technicians Association (MTA) this Thursday (August 19th) at 7PM down in the SouthCenter area.  I'd love to see you there.  The topic of the talk is "Tips, Tricks and Secrets for using StockCharts.com Effectively." The MTA folks want everyone to know that anyone can attend their meetings - you don't need to be an MTA member.  There is a $15 fee to cover the cost of the room however. The meeting will be at the Southcenter Doubletree Read More 

Recently, the good people at Lifehacker.com wrote an article comparing various web browsers to see which one was the most "pixel friendly" - meaning which one provided the most space to the website instead of wasting it with toolbars, etc.  Since this topic is one that is near and dear to my heart, I wanted to pass along the results for everyone to see.  Charting is all about the pixels and if your browser is stealing them, then maybe it is time to get another browser. Here's a link to the article that compares Windows browsers. Here's a link to the article Read More 

Thanks to everyone who wrote in with information and ideas about my previous post.  Clearly something is going on which is causing some people to experience extreme slowness when accessing our website.  Here are some of the more interesting comments from my last post that caught my eye: "I had a very poor experience with Norton slowing everything down - went to AVG and the problem went away." "I run Norton 360 on my laptop with windows XP and do not have any problems with the speed." "I found that the charts loaded slowly when I used both IE Read More