Chip Anderson

December 2013

Chip Anderson

Now You Can Set Your Own Up/Down CandleStick and Bar Colors

by Chip Anderson

Today I'm happy to announce that we have just updated our SharpCharts workbench to allow two new capabilities: 1.) You can now set the "up" color and the "down" color independently for the bars/candlesticks on your chart.  If you want green bars on up days and purple bars on down days, you can now do that. 2.) You can also now use filled candlesticks for both up days and down days.  The traditional Japanese method of drawing candlesticks uses hollow candles for up days, but some people want them to be filled with a color - so we now allow that. Here are a couple Read More 

Chip Anderson

Greg Schnell Joins StockCharts as a Full-Time Technical Analyst

by Chip Anderson

I am very pleased to announce that Greg Schnell has joined StockCharts.com as a full-time time technical analyst.  As you probably know, Greg has been providing market commentary to us via his free blog - the Canadian Technician - for several years now.  Greg has also been help me present the SCU seminars in cities throughout North America.  Greg's ability to communicate technical topics clearly and understandably make his a perfect fit for StockCharts.   By coming onboard full-time, Greg will now be contributing to the site in a wide variety of ways in Read More