Chip AndersonA look at StockCharts.com from the president's perspectivetag:stockcharts.com,20140407:blog-1396891109424-9250598402019-06-01T07:04:46ZNew Blogs, New Webinars and New Schedules!Chip Andersontag:stockcharts.com,20150902:post-1441213876619-15029862162015-09-02T18:59:00Z<p>First off, what do you think about the new look for our blogs? We are moving to a "cleaner" look that works better on mobile devices and still prints well. Currently, the new look is only available on a couple of our many blogs. Over the next couple of weeks, we'll migrate all of the blogs over to this new design. Please let us know your thoughts in the comments area below.</p>
<p>Second off, thanks to everyone that participated in our recent webinar surveys. Your feedback was invaluable. Congrats to Thomas Wycker, the random survey participant whose name was drawn - he has won three free months of StockCharts service!</p>
<p>The results of the survey were eye opening to everyone here. They underscored to us the fact that we have (at least) two distinct audiences - active traders that watch the market throughout each trading day and evening traders that have day jobs and limited amounts of time after work to devote to stock analysis. We need webinars that target each of those groups better.</p>
<p>In addition, we discovered several other issues that people wanted us to address:</p><p class="entry-more-link"><a href="http://stockcharts.com/articles/chipanderson/2015/09/new-blogs-new-webinars-and-new-schedules.html">Continue reading "New Blogs, New Webinars and New Schedules!" »</a></p><p>First off, what do you think about the new look for our blogs? We are moving to a "cleaner" look that works better on mobile devices and still prints well. Currently, the new look is only available on a couple of our many blogs. Over the next couple of weeks, we'll migrate all of the blogs over to this new design. Please let us know your thoughts in the comments area below.</p>
<p>Second off, thanks to everyone that participated in our recent webinar surveys. Your feedback was invaluable. Congrats to Thomas Wycker, the random survey participant whose name was drawn - he has won three free months of StockCharts service!</p>
<p>The results of the survey were eye opening to everyone here. They underscored to us the fact that we have (at least) two distinct audiences - active traders that watch the market throughout each trading day and evening traders that have day jobs and limited amounts of time after work to devote to stock analysis. We need webinars that target each of those groups better.</p>
<p>In addition, we discovered several other issues that people wanted us to address:</p>My (Current) Custom GalleryView Chart SettingsChip Andersontag:stockcharts.com,20150620:post-1434808551000--4422553062015-07-15T14:00:00Z<p>During last Saturday's webinar, I talked about how I customize my version of GalleryView by using three different ChartStyles.</p>
<p><a href="http://stockcharts.com/docs/doku.php?id=other-tools:gallery-view"><strong>GalleryView</strong></a> is our tool for looking at the same symbol using several different timeframes. The default settings are fine, but StockCharts members can customize things using ChartStyles as shown below.</p>
<p>Here are the three ChartStyles that I am (currently) using for my GalleryView:</p>
<p><strong>GalleryIntraday</strong></p>
<p><a href="http://stockcharts.com/h-sc/ui?s=AGEN&id=p78482192641"><img src="//d.stockcharts.com/img/articles/2015/06/14348085784521265443978.png" /></a></p>
<p><strong>GalleryDaily</strong></p>
<p><a href="http://stockcharts.com/h-sc/ui?s=AGEN&id=p18720377806&def=N&listNum=2"><img src="//d.stockcharts.com/img/articles/2015/06/14348085910611274646041.png" /></a></p>
<p><strong>GalleryWeekly</strong></p>
<p><a href="http://stockcharts.com/h-sc/ui?s=AGEN&id=p80187044704&def=N&listNum=2"><img src="//d.stockcharts.com/img/articles/2015/06/14348086049671603102951.png" /></a></p>
<p>If you want to copy my settings for your own GalleryView, simply click on each of the charts above and then save them as <a href="http://stockcharts.com/docs/doku.php?id=chartstyles"><strong>ChartStyles</strong></a> with the appropriate corresponding name - e.g., "GalleryIntraday" for the first one, "GalleryDaily" for the middle one, and "GalleryWeekly" for the last one.</p>
<p><strong>Important Note:</strong> Do not type any spaces between the two words in each ChartStyle's name.</p>
<p>Enjoy!<br />
- Chip</p>During last Saturday's webinar, I talked about how I customize my version of GalleryView by using three different ChartStyles. GalleryView is our tool for looking at the same symbol using several different timeframes. The default settings are fine, but StockCharts members can customize things using ChartStyles as shown below. Here are the three ChartStyles that I am (currently) using for my GalleryView: GalleryIntraday GalleryDaily GalleryWeekly If you want to copy my settings for your own GalleryView, simply click on each of the charts above and then save them as...More Power Mr. Scott! What Happened This Morning and What We Are Doing About ItChip Andersontag:stockcharts.com,20150706:post-1436220887193--6015869272015-07-06T22:48:00Z<p><strong>Ever have a power outage that wasn't a power outage? Me neither, at least not until this morning at 8:16am (5:16am Pacific time).</strong> At that moment, for reasons that have not been explained, there was a local power outage here in the north side of Redmond that only affected "large" equipment like chillers, air conditioning units and server rooms. Basically, the stuff that we use here to keep StockCharts.com working (of course!).</p>
<p>As we learned later, the outage only affected one of the three "phases" of power going to all of the buildings in our area. What that meant was that all of the regular things that normal humans use like lights and laptop computers and coffee machines, etc. still worked fine - because they only use one or two of the "power phases" in the building. This situation led to a TON of confusion.</p><p class="entry-more-link"><a href="http://stockcharts.com/articles/chipanderson/2015/07/more-power-mr-scott--what-happened-this-morning-and-what-we-are-doing-about-it.html">Continue reading "More Power Mr. Scott! What Happened This Morning and What We Are Doing About It" »</a></p><p><strong>Ever have a power outage that wasn't a power outage? Me neither, at least not until this morning at 8:16am (5:16am Pacific time).</strong> At that moment, for reasons that have not been explained, there was a local power outage here in the north side of Redmond that only affected "large" equipment like chillers, air conditioning units and server rooms. Basically, the stuff that we use here to keep StockCharts.com working (of course!).</p>
<p>As we learned later, the outage only affected one of the three "phases" of power going to all of the buildings in our area. What that meant was that all of the regular things that normal humans use like lights and laptop computers and coffee machines, etc. still worked fine - because they only use one or two of the "power phases" in the building. This situation led to a TON of confusion.</p>Single Rogue Trader Charged with Causing "Flash Crash" of 2010Chip Andersontag:stockcharts.com,20150421:post-1429671797453-3758323172015-04-22T03:05:30Z<p>It's amazing to me that one person could cause such behavior in the market. While his behavior appears to be criminal, the system(s) that allowed this behavior are also to blame.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/futures-trader-charged-illegally-manipulating-stock-market-contributing-may-2010-market-flash">http://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/futures-trader-charged-illegally-manipulating-stock-market-contributing-may-2010-market-flash</a></p>
<p>- Chip</p>It's amazing to me that one person could cause such behavior in the market. While his behavior appears to be criminal, the system(s) that allowed this behavior are also to blame. http://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/futures-trader-charged-illegally-manipulating-stock-market-contributing-may-2010-market-flash - ChipAnnouncing the "Perfect Head & Shoulders Example" Contest!Chip Andersontag:stockcharts.com,20150414:post-1429048228062-13545322342015-04-14T21:00:00Z<p><img src="//d.stockcharts.com/img/articles/2015/04/1429049243109677317514.jpg" style="width:250px;height:250px;float:left;margin:0px 5px 5px 0px;" />Greg Morris and I are on the hunt and we are hunting rare, exotic game that is elusive, difficult to spot and even harder to capture - chart patterns. Not just any chart patterns either. Not your run of the mill Double Top or Rounding Bottom pattern for us. No sir. We are hunting the legendary "Perfect" Head and Shoulders Reversal. Now, before you scoff, note that I said "Perfect." By "Perfect" I mean "Edwards & Magee" perfect. The gold standard of H&S reversals. Pure not only in its symmetry and in its predictive outcome, but also - and this is super important - in its VOLUME pattern. Volume should be highest at the left shoulder and diminish throughout the pattern with smaller peaks at the head and right shoulder.</p>
<p>I'm talking about a Head & Shoulders reversal that meet ALL the criteria set out in <strong><a href="http://stockcharts.com/school/doku.php?id=chart_school:chart_analysis:chart_patterns:head_and_shoulders_top_reversal">our ChartSchool article</a></strong> and that actually looks BETTER than the examples we have in that article.</p>
<p>Do you think you can help us in our hunt - our sacred quest? Terrific! Greg and I are actually sick of hunting and have decided to turn this into a beauty contest instead. Here's how it works:</p>
<p>1.) Find examples of the "Perfect" H&S pattern on daily and/or weekly charts. Make sure it meets all of the criteria in our ChartSchool article. (Sorry, $THHS doesn't count.)</p>
<p>2.) Pick the best 2 examples you can find and email the "Linkable Version" links for their charts to "contest at stockcharts.com"</p>
<p>3.) In one week, Greg and I will review all of the entries and select the one that we think is the most "Perfect". If we select the pattern you submitted, you will receive THREE FREE MONTHS OF SERVICE! (dun, dun, DUN!)</p>
<p>Let the hunting begin!</p>Greg Morris and I are on the hunt and we are hunting rare, exotic game that is elusive, difficult to spot and even harder to capture - chart patterns. Not just any chart patterns either. Not your run of the mill Double Top or Rounding Bottom pattern for us. No sir. We are hunting the legendary "Perfect" Head and Shoulders Reversal. Now, before you scoff, note that I said "Perfect." By "Perfect" I mean "Edwards & Magee" perfect. The gold standard of H&S reversals. Pure not only in its symmetry and in its predictive outcome, but also...New Built-In ChartStyles Featuring Our Top Contributors' Favorite SettingsChip Andersontag:stockcharts.com,20150317:post-1426610491966--20340875282015-03-17T17:41:00Z<p>After 13+ years, we've finally gotten around to updating our Predefined ChartStyles. These are the styles that members see at the bottom of the ChartStyles dropdown on the SharpCharts workbench. They are always available regardless of what other styles you've stored in your account. We use to have 5 styles that were all rather limited in their look and capabilities. Now we have ten updated styles that you can use to quickly analyze stocks using whichever style you prefer. Below are all of the new styles using Ford (F) as the example stock.</p><p class="entry-more-link"><a href="http://stockcharts.com/articles/chipanderson/2015/03/new-built-in-chartstyles-featuring-our-top-contributors-favorite-settings.html">Continue reading "New Built-In ChartStyles Featuring Our Top Contributors' Favorite Settings" »</a></p><p>After 13+ years, we've finally gotten around to updating our Predefined ChartStyles. These are the styles that members see at the bottom of the ChartStyles dropdown on the SharpCharts workbench. They are always available regardless of what other styles you've stored in your account. We use to have 5 styles that were all rather limited in their look and capabilities. Now we have ten updated styles that you can use to quickly analyze stocks using whichever style you prefer. Below are all of the new styles using Ford (F) as the example stock.</p>Don't Blame Us - $DFX, $MXZ, $RXS, $SHX, $XCM, $XEX Dropped By NasdaqChip Andersontag:stockcharts.com,20150122:post-1421946093784--15073340652015-01-22T17:20:00Z<p>Nasdaq recently dropped six popular industry indexes for no reason. We had no choice but to drop them from our system as well. We apologize for whatever inconvenience that caused.</p>
<p>Depressingly, this kind of thing is becoming more and more common. </p>
<p>Here's the announcement from Nasdaq:<br />
<a href="http://www.nasdaqtrader.com/TraderNews.aspx?id=fpnews2014-65">http://www.nasdaqtrader.com/TraderNews.aspx?id=fpnews2014-65</a></p>
<p>Do you see any actual reason given? Neither do I. And here's the kicker: Later this year - as they always do - Nasdaq will send me a letter telling me that they have "improved" things <em><u><strong>soooo</strong></u></em> much, that they need to raise prices... yet again... like they do every year. And then a little while after that, they will announce yet another dividend to go with more record profits. Here's their chart:</p>
<p><a href="/h-sc/ui?s=NDAQ&p=W&b=5&g=0&i=p81502812293&r=1421946681711"><img src="//d.stockcharts.com/img/articles/2015/01/1421946705272807132626.png" /></a></p>
<p>Yeah, that looks like a company that needs to cut back on services.</p>
<p>It really must be nice to have a monopoly.</p>
<p>- Chip </p>Nasdaq recently dropped six popular industry indexes for no reason. We had no choice but to drop them from our system as well. We apologize for whatever inconvenience that caused. Depressingly, this kind of thing is becoming more and more common. Here's the announcement from Nasdaq: http://www.nasdaqtrader.com/TraderNews.aspx?id=fpnews2014-65 Do you see any actual reason given? Neither do I. And here's the kicker: Later this year - as they always do - Nasdaq will send me a letter telling me that they have "improved"...More Control for "Volume by Price" OverlaysChip Andersontag:stockcharts.com,20150120:post-1421798676558--3073432282015-01-21T00:23:20Z<p>We've just added a parameter to our "Volume by Price" overlay - it didn't have any before now - that allows you to set the number of horizontal histogram bars on the overlay.</p>
<p>In case you haven't used it before, the Volume by Price overlay is a collection of horizontal histogram bars that show you how much volume has accumulated at different price levels on your chart. It is great for finding and confirming support/resistance zones.</p>
<p>Here's a traditional, "old-school" Volume by Price chart:</p>
<p><a href="http://stockcharts.com/h-sc/ui?s=AMZN&p=W&b=3&g=1&id=p65545241863"><img src="//d.stockcharts.com/img/articles/2015/01/14217991440121323614430.png" /></a><br />
(Yes, you can click on the chart to see a live version.)</p>
<p>Note that there are 12 histogram bars stacked vertically on the chart. If you scan over the to right edge, you'll see that the upper most bar happened around the 310-320 area - hard to be more precise with this view.</p>
<p>Now, here's an example with 24 histogram bars:</p>
<p><a href="http://stockcharts.com/h-sc/ui?s=AMZN&p=W&b=3&g=1&id=p31229537479"><img src="//d.stockcharts.com/img/articles/2015/01/14217992012112064320666.png" /></a></p>
<p>Notice how the upper-most peak has been narrowed down to the 315-318 area.</p>
<p>And, for the crazies out there, here's one with 100 histogram bars:</p>
<p><a href="http://stockcharts.com/h-sc/ui?s=AMZN&p=W&b=3&g=1&id=p06701920262"><img src="//d.stockcharts.com/img/articles/2015/01/142179921356696353663.png" /></a></p>
<p>Definitely not recommended but... what the heck? Go nuts.</p>
<p>- Chip</p>We've just added a parameter to our "Volume by Price" overlay - it didn't have any before now - that allows you to set the number of horizontal histogram bars on the overlay. In case you haven't used it before, the Volume by Price overlay is a collection of horizontal histogram bars that show you how much volume has accumulated at different price levels on your chart. It is great for finding and confirming support/resistance zones. Here's a traditional, "old-school" Volume by Price chart: (Yes, you can click on the chart to see a live version.) Note that there are 12 histogram bars...Sample Article for StockCharts Blog Authors with Guidelines and Best PracticesGrayson Rozetag:stockcharts.com,20150115:post-1421358523616--15239053782015-01-15T21:49:00Z<p><img src="//d.stockcharts.com/img/articles/2018/01/15157755894521565313596.png" style="float: left; margin: 0px 10px 5px; height: 200px; width: 200px;" />Hey there, blog authors! Welcome to our Sample Article. I've put this hidden article together to help make sure you're fully aware of all that Composer (our blogging system) can do, and perhaps to remind you of some of the features that are available through the platform. I'll provide a number of examples, specify some guidelines and share our blogging best practices for you here. As things change over time, I'll make updates to this sample article re-share the link so that you can take a look. Alright, let's dive in.</p>
<p>For starters, let's talk about the image I included above (the one of the StockCharts logo). <span style="font-family: Georgia, "PT Serif", "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 20px;">By default, the first image (or chart) in your article will be used as its "preview" image. This will appear in the <a href="http://stockcharts.com/articles/">blog </a><a href="http://stockcharts.com/articles/">roll</a> and will be used on social media channels like Facebook, Twitter, etc. However, <strong>w</strong></span><strong>e encourage you to choose a specific, attention-grabbing "preview" image for your articles if possible</strong> (many of you already do a great job of this). This can sit at the beginning of the article, aligned on the left as you see above. </p>
<p>When including a preview image at the top of an article, here are some guidelines to keep in mind:</p>
<ul>
<li><strong>Set the "float" to "left"</strong> (this will align the image on the left side of the article and allow the text to wrap around it)</li>
<li><strong>Set a width no larger than 300px</strong> (this applies only to your small preview image, not others throughout the article)</li>
<li><strong>Remember, we're here to help!</strong> If you have any questions, want help finding an image, want help sizing it appropriately, or want to make sure it's formatted correctly in Composer, just let me (<strong>Grayson</strong>) know!</li>
<li>Also remember, the preview image cannot go before your "headlines" if that feature has been enabled in your blog (ask Grayson if you have questions about this)</li>
</ul>
<p>Organization is crucial in your articles. Giant blocks of text and long paragraphs with no separation are not ideal. We've built in a variety of text formatting styles that you can use to organize the content in your articles and structure them in a more engaging fashion. Let's take a look at those.</p>
<h1>This is a level 1 heading</h1>
<p>You can turn normal text into a level 1 heading by using the dropdown menu in the top left corner of the Composer text editor. Keep in mind that headings (1, 2 and 3) are bolded by default in the article, so there's no need to add additional bolding to the text in Composer.</p>
<h2>This is a level 2 heading</h2>
<p>You can turn normal text into a level 2 heading by using the dropdown menu in the top left corner of the Composer text editor.</p>
<h3>This is a level 3 heading</h3>
<p>You can turn normal text into a level 3 heading by using the dropdown menu in the top left corner of the Composer text editor.</p>
<p>Standard paragraphs like this one are added each time you hit "Return". The paragraphs use a serif font with specific sizing that we have carefully researched and applied. To add emphasis throughout your article, we encourage you to <strong>bold</strong> specific words, which will make them much <strong>thicker</strong> to help those <strong>bolded words</strong> stand out to your readers <strong>as you can see!</strong></p>
<blockquote>
<p>For even more emphasis, you can use a blockquote. This is a great way to highlight a particular line in the article that you feel is important to the overall message. The blockquote button is at the top of the editor to the right of the bulleted list button.</p>
</blockquote>
<p>We also encourage you to add <a href="http://stockcharts.com" style="font-weight: bold; font-family: Georgia, "PT Serif", "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 20px;">hyperlinks when possible</a> throughout your articles to make them more dynamic. To do so, use the "link" button at the top of the editor. You can simply paste in full links if need be, but please consider the length of your copy and pasted links when writing your articles. Excessively long links can become quite the ugly mess...</p>
<p>To provide some separation between sections in your article or add a visual break, try including a horizontal line. The horizontal line is grey, 3px thick, and matches the colors used throughout the rest of the site. You can see an example of a horizontal line below.</p>
<hr />
<h3>Lists: Bulleted and Numbered</h3>
<p>You may want to include different types of lists in your articles. We have two options in Composer, a <strong>bulleted list</strong> or a <strong>numbered list</strong>. First, let's take a look at an example of a bulleted list.</p>
<ul>
<li>This is the first line in the bulleted list</li>
<li>This is the second line</li>
<li>This is the third line in the bulleted list, which I will intentionally make a bit longer to help you see the line height of the text that is included in the bulleted list format of our articles</li>
</ul>
<p>Now that you've seen an example of the bulleted list styles, let's take a look at a numbered list.</p>
<ol>
<li>This is the first line in the numbered list</li>
<li>This is the second line</li>
<li>This is the third line in the numbered list</li>
</ol>
<p>The two list types use very similar styles, but depending on the content included within the list, you can choose whether it needs to be numbered or can simply be a bulleted list.</p>
<h3>Images</h3>
<p>Another important component of your articles is the handling of images. We've set a maximum width on all images so that they cannot extend beyond the width of the article. This also means that images shrink as the screen size shrinks. Reading an article on your phone? You'll notice that the images are only as wide as the screen. Mobile-friendliness is crucial to priority placements and high ranks on Google, Facebook, Twitter and more, hence the automatic scaling of images in our articles. </p>
<p>As you most likely know, StockCharts charts are actually "png" images. When a chart is included in an article, it is in a similar format to any other image you add to the article. This means that charts will also be horizontally scaled as the screen shrinks.</p>
<p>The width of our articles is set to a maximum of 961px. This means that the widest an image - <strong>or a chart</strong> - can be without being horizontally compressed is <strong>961px</strong>. With that in mind, <strong>we recommend a chart width of 900px</strong> as the ideal size. That makes it easy for you (900 is an option on the SharpCharts workbench), and it will guarantee that your charts will be "full size" on most screens.</p>
<p>For an example of a wide image that is being "fit" to the 961px width of an article, check out the picture below.</p>
<p><img src="//d.stockcharts.com/img/articles/2017/12/1513891757187403198051.jpg" /></p>
<p class="subnote">This is a paragraph uses a special class of "subnote" to turn it into an image caption. The smaller text and grey color makes this stand out as something different from just another paragraph below an image.</p>
<p>This is a paragraph below the sample image above to see how it looks when an image is placed between a bunch of text in two separate paragraphs within the article.</p>
<h3>Videos</h3>
<p>Here's an embedded video for you to watch.</p>
<div class="video-embed">
<div class="embed-responsive embed-responsive-16by9"><iframe allow="autoplay; encrypted-media" allowfullscreen="" class="embed-responsive-item" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Xys4IC1jdiY"></iframe></div>
</div>
<h3>A special list of social icons</h3>
<p>Here's a special list of social icons that you can use to promote your Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn or other public profiles that you want people to follow you on.</p>
<ul class="list-social">
<li>
<a href="https://www.facebook.com/stockchartsdotcom" target="_blank"><i class="fa fa-facebook"></i>
</li>
<li>
<a href="https://twitter.com/stockcharts" target="_blank"><i class="fa fa-twitter"></i>
</li>
<li>
<a href="https://www.youtube.com/user/stockchartscom" target="_blank"><i class="fa fa-youtube"></i>
</li>
<li>
<a href="https://www.linkedin.com/company/stockcharts.com-inc./" target="_blank"><i class="fa fa-linkedin"></i>
</li>
</ul>
<h3><strong>Now, about your signoff</strong></h3>
<p>This is an important piece of your article, something that's consistent across all posts and should be uniquely yours. It doesn't have to include every piece of information about you and your background because we cover that in the "About the Author" piece just below it. However, it should provide a quick summary of the important points. It should also include your "tagline" if you'd like to create one. It's best to put your tagline in italics, then bold your name. The information you include below your name can be structured in quite a few ways, and <strong>I can help you create (or improve!) that if you'd like</strong>. For example, I've used the hidden "subnote" feature as part of my signature below.</p>
<hr />
<p><em>Trade with purpose, trade with poise.</em></p>
<p><strong>- Grayson Roze</strong></p>
<p class="subnote">Business Manager, <a href="http://stockcharts.com">StockCharts.com</a><br />
Author, <a href="https://store.stockcharts.com/products/trading-for-dummies-4th-edition">Trading for Dummies</a> (Wiley, 2017)<br />
Author, <a href="https://store.stockcharts.com/products/tensile-trading-1">Tensile Trading</a> (Wiley, 2016)</p>Hey there, blog authors! Welcome to our Sample Article. I've put this hidden article together to help make sure you're fully aware of all that Composer (our blogging system) can do, and perhaps to remind you of some of the features that are available through the platform. I'll provide a number of examples, specify some guidelines and share our blogging best practices for you here. As things change over time, I'll make updates to this sample article re-share the link so that you can take a look. Alright, let's dive in. For starters, let's talk about the image I included above (the one...2014 Accomplishments and 2015 GoalsChip Andersontag:stockcharts.com,20150105:post-1420468518211--13146071962015-01-05T14:42:07Z<p><img src="//d.stockcharts.com/img/articles/2015/01/14204688188841738009930.jpg" style="float:left;margin:0px 5px 5px 0px;" />Happy New Year everybody!</p>
<p>In case you missed them, I wrote two important end-of-the-year articles for ChartWatchers recently. Here are the links:</p>
<p><a href="http://stockcharts.com/articles/chartwatchers/2014/12/why-a-stockchartscom-membership-is-more-valuable-in-2014-than-it-has-ever-been.html"><strong>Why a StockCharts.com Membership is More Valuable in 2014 Than It Has Ever Been</strong></a><br />
which talks about all the things we added to the website in 2014,</p>
<p>and</p>
<p><a href="http://stockcharts.com/articles/chartwatchers/2015/01/looking-forward-to-2015.html"><strong>Looking Forward to 2015</strong></a> <br />
which talks about things we hope to add to the website in 2015.</p>
<p>Enjoy!<br />
- Chip</p>Happy New Year everybody! In case you missed them, I wrote two important end-of-the-year articles for ChartWatchers recently. Here are the links: Why a StockCharts.com Membership is More Valuable in 2014 Than It Has Ever Been which talks about all the things we added to the website in 2014, and Looking Forward to 2015 which talks about things we hope to add to the website in 2015. Enjoy! - ChipFinally!Chip Andersontag:stockcharts.com,20141020:post-1413834309084--5424677352014-10-20T19:46:00Z<p><img src="//d.stockcharts.com/img/articles/2014/10/14138343049141549133992.jpg" /></p>
<p>Finally! It's only been like - what - 15 years since we moved into this office! Definitely l-o-n-g overdue (which is actually mostly my fault).</p>
<p>- Chip</p>Finally! It's only been like - what - 15 years since we moved into this office! Definitely l-o-n-g overdue (which is actually mostly my fault). - ChipCheck Out FinGraphs for a New Take on an Old ApproachChip Andersontag:stockcharts.com,20141017:post-1413582610506-425360192014-10-18T15:10:00Z<p>Today I am pleased to welcome Jean-Francois Owczarczak of FinGraphs.com to the ranks of our "Top Advisors Corner" commentators. Jean-Francois and I have met at the previous two IFTA conferences and over that span of time, he has told me a remarkable tale. His father, Edouard, has been advising bankers in Switzerland since the mid-1960s using purely a technical approach to the markets. In the early days, since there were no computers and certainly no Internet, Edouard would go from bank to bank carrying his hand-drawn charts in his briefcase(!). In 1969, Edouard founded his own management company in which his is still very active. In addition, his sons Jean-Francois and Andre have now joined him and managed to being Edouard's tried and true approach into the 21st century using some unique visualization techniques.</p><p class="entry-more-link"><a href="http://stockcharts.com/articles/chipanderson/2014/10/check-out-fingraphs-for-a-new-take-on-an-old-approach.html">Continue reading "Check Out FinGraphs for a New Take on an Old Approach" »</a></p><p>Today I am pleased to welcome Jean-Francois Owczarczak of FinGraphs.com to the ranks of our "Top Advisors Corner" commentators. Jean-Francois and I have met at the previous two IFTA conferences and over that span of time, he has told me a remarkable tale. His father, Edouard, has been advising bankers in Switzerland since the mid-1960s using purely a technical approach to the markets. In the early days, since there were no computers and certainly no Internet, Edouard would go from bank to bank carrying his hand-drawn charts in his briefcase(!). In 1969, Edouard founded his own management company in which his is still very active. In addition, his sons Jean-Francois and Andre have now joined him and managed to being Edouard's tried and true approach into the 21st century using some unique visualization techniques.</p>"Dancing with the Trend" - A New Blog About Market Breadth by Greg MorrisChip Andersontag:stockcharts.com,20140930:post-1412111713262--8079935062014-09-30T21:46:00Z<p>Today, I'm happy to announce the return of Greg Morris to StockCharts.com's writing team. Greg has authored many popular books on Technical Analysis over the years including "<a href="http://store.stockcharts.com/products/candlestick-charting-explained-3rd-edition">Candlestick Charting Explained</a>" and his latest book, "<a href="http://store.stockcharts.com/products/investing-with-the-trend">Investing with the Trend</a>." Earlier this year, Greg told me that he wanted to update his previous book "The Complete Guide to Market Breadth Indicators" - an idea that I fully supported. We then got to talking about some of the challenges of writing and promoting books these days. In case you haven't noticed, the financial book business has changed dramatically over the past decade and Greg was looking at other options for publishing his updated book. Greg was also very excited about our new "ChartPack" feature which allows book authors to provide their readers with live versions of all the charts from their books.</p>
<p>As Greg and I talked more, we came up with a plan for Greg to write his new book "slowly" - as a collection of blog articles initially published on StockCharts.com. The process would take some time but people could read parts of the book much sooner than they normally would in the traditional publishing model. Once all the parts of the book were published on the website, Greg would then make the combined book available in ebook and online form. This "slow publishing" model really appealed to Greg and so he and I have been working hard to make it a reality. This project was in fact one of the main reasons we recently partnered with Pinnacle Data - a partnership that will provide <em>everyone</em> with greatly improved breadth data.</p>
<p>So today we are taking the next step - we are launching Greg's new blog called "<a href="http://stockcharts.com/articles/dancing/">Dancing with the Trend</a>." In <a href="http://stockcharts.com/articles/dancing/2014/09/why-market-breadth-is-so-important.html">his first article</a>, Greg talks about the components of market breadth data - what are they called, where do they come from and how are they used. This educational article showcases Greg's readable writing style and his passion for teaching. You can expect many, many more articles along these lines in the coming weeks and months as Greg continues this "slow publishing" process. I'm confident this experiment will end up being a big treat for everyone. Be sure to read <strong><a href="http://stockcharts.com/articles/dancing/2014/09/why-market-breadth-is-so-important.html">Greg's first article</a></strong> and then add a comment to the bottom with your thoughts on this project.</p>
<p>Welcome aboard Greg!<br />
- Chip</p>Today, I'm happy to announce the return of Greg Morris to StockCharts.com's writing team. Greg has authored many popular books on Technical Analysis over the years including "Candlestick Charting Explained" and his latest book, "Investing with the Trend." Earlier this year, Greg told me that he wanted to update his previous book "The Complete Guide to Market Breadth Indicators" - an idea that I fully supported. We then got to talking about some of the challenges of writing and promoting books these days. In case you haven't noticed, the financial book business has...Re: ShellShockedChip Andersontag:stockcharts.com,20140926:post-1411757769246--18516672612014-09-26T19:07:33Z<p>Based on the best available information at this time, we are confident that StockCharts.com is not vulnerable to the various "ShellShocked" exploits that are being discussed in the press right now. After a thorough review, we don't think we were ever vulnerable to those exploits. Our security systems are configured to automatically screen out non-standard requests like those. That said, we have taken additional steps - including applying the latest available patches - to further protect our site from these security threats. In addition, we are continuing to monitor credible security sources for additional ways to prevent similar attacks.</p>
<p>- Chip</p>Based on the best available information at this time, we are confident that StockCharts.com is not vulnerable to the various "ShellShocked" exploits that are being discussed in the press right now. After a thorough review, we don't think we were ever vulnerable to those exploits. Our security systems are configured to automatically screen out non-standard requests like those. That said, we have taken additional steps - including applying the latest available patches - to further protect our site from these security threats. In addition, we are...Mobile Text Alerts Now Available from StockChartsChip Andersontag:stockcharts.com,20140530:post-1401483836388-10421344102014-05-30T21:21:00Z<p><img src="//d.stockcharts.com/img/articles/2014/05/14014845572641931803580.jpg" style="float:left;margin:0px 5px 5px 0px;" />StockCharts members have had access to custom technical alerts for some time now. Alerts allow members to receive an email message whenever any technical situation occurs with one or more of their stocks. They are very similar to our Advanced Scans and can be customized to recognize any set of indicator-based signals you can imagine. When a user installs an alert into our system, we automatically run that alert every 60 seconds while the market is open and, if we get any hits from it, we then notify the user via email.</p>
<p>Our Extra and ExtraRT members can create up to 5 different alerts and our PRO users can create up to 50. For more information on Alerts, please watch <a href="http://stockcharts.com/videos/?st=alerts&fv=usvs-ah-userdeftechalerts">this video on the topic</a>.</p>
<p>Again, until now we have only be able to notify you of an alert signal via email however now that has changed. Today, I'm happy to announce that <strong>we now support alerts via Mobile Text messages (SMS)!</strong></p>
<p>As of today you can now select either "Email" or "SMS" from the "via" dropdown on the Alert Workbench page. If you select SMS, we will send a text message to the phone number that is registered to your account when your alert is triggered. </p>
<p>Note that it is important to ensure that you have set your correct phone number in your StockCharts.com account area. You can check to see which phone number we have on file by clicking on the "Your Account" link in the upper right corner of any of our webpages.</p>
<p>There is no additional fees required to take advantage of this new feature. Just start using it. It is yet another way we are continuing to improve StockCharts.com.</p>
<p>- Chip</p>
<p> </p>StockCharts members have had access to custom technical alerts for some time now. Alerts allow members to receive an email message whenever any technical situation occurs with one or more of their stocks. They are very similar to our Advanced Scans and can be customized to recognize any set of indicator-based signals you can imagine. When a user installs an alert into our system, we automatically run that alert every 60 seconds while the market is open and, if we get any hits from it, we then notify the user via email. Our Extra and ExtraRT members can create up to...A Hearty Welcome to StockCharts.com for All of Martin Pring's Subscribers!Chip Andersontag:stockcharts.com,20140520:post-1400628104992-7807027202014-05-20T23:46:54Z<p><strong>Today I'm thrilled to announce that StockCharts.com and Pring.com are merging!</strong> StockCharts.com is now the new home for Martin Pring's market commentary and his loyal subscribers are becoming members of StockCharts.com as a result.</p>
<p>If you are one of Pring.com's users, welcome! We are very glad to see you here.</p>
<p><span style="line-height: 1.6;">In case you missed it, here is the email message that Martin sent out earlier talking about the merger:</span></p>
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<blockquote>
<p><span style="line-height: 1.6;">Dear Weekly InfoMovie Subscriber,</span></p>
<p>After many years, the Pring Infomovie Report is getting a long-needed face-lift and is taking on a new lease on life! The InfoMovie Report will no longer be published by Pring Research, Inc., instead, we have begun a new partnership with StockCharts.com where the report will continue to be published under the Martin Pring Market Roundup (PMR) banner and offer you a plethora of extra goodies!</p>
<p>As of this weekend, the balance of your subscription will be fulfilled by StockCharts.com. Of course, you do not have to transfer over to StockCharts.com if you do not wish to and are free to cancel at any time. However, we think you will find the benefits of this transition to be a win-win situation!</p>
<p>Here’s what you will receive:</p>
<ol>
<li>The same downloadable printed report published at least 48-times per year and a bi-monthly InfoMovie at the same cost as a full subscription to the current weekly report.</li>
<li><span style="line-height: 1.6;">In addition, you are getting a new StockCharts "Extra" subscription that includes frequent reports and videos by John Murphy, Arthur Hill, Greg Schnell and others.</span></li>
<li><span style="line-height: 1.6;"><span style="line-height: 1.6;">Your new StockCharts Extra membership also gives you the ability to save ChartLists (electronic chart books) and templates (called ChartStyles) so you can rotate through your favorite chart collections at the click of a mouse!</span></span></li>
<li><span style="line-height: 1.6;"><span style="line-height: 1.6;"><span style="line-height: 1.6;">Intraday data is also included as is the ability to scan pre-selected data lists for specific technical conditions or combinations of conditions and receive custom email alerts for the same conditions.</span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="line-height: 1.6;"><span style="line-height: 1.6;"><span style="line-height: 1.6;"><span style="line-height: 1.6;">The ability to plot several of my proprietary indicators you have seen in the InfoMovie Report such as the Bottom Fisher, the Bond, Global and Commodity Net New Highs Indicator and others, as well as StockCharts' huge inventory of internal market and sector indicators! In fact, you will be able to click on the charts in the report for a live updated link at any time!</span></span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="line-height: 1.6;"><span style="line-height: 1.6;"><span style="line-height: 1.6;"><span style="line-height: 1.6;"><span style="line-height: 1.6;">You will also be able to plot familiar “Pring” indicators such as the KST and Special K.</span></span></span></span></span></li>
</ol>
<p>Prior to this year, I wasn’t familiar with the range of charting tools and data available at StockCharts, nor their vast educational resource library, but I must say, I’ve been very impressed with what I have seen, not only in terms of technical resources and capabilities, but in particular with the ethics and competency of Chip Anderson and his team.</p>
<p>If you’re already a StockCharts Extra, Extra RT or Pro subscriber, StockCharts will extend your account for you automatically and you will no longer need to subscribe to the Infomovie Report because it will be included in your subscription. If you are not already a subscriber, StockCharts will soon send you a customized email with instructions for accessing your new account. When your new subscription expires, StockCharts will send you instructions for renewing because we will not be giving them your credit card information. If your email security settings are set to exclude spam be sure to allow email from "StockCharts.com", otherwise you will not receive email notifications of my weekly reports.</p>
<p>Please note that the Intermarket Review will continued to be published by Pring Research, Inc. and is unaffected by this arrangement.</p>
<p>I want to personally thank you for subscribing to the Infomovie Report and guarantee you will receive more than your current benefits under the new arrangement. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact us at 941-926-9664.</p>
<p>In the meantime,</p>
<p>Good Luck and Good Charting!</p>
<p>Martin J. Pring</p>
</blockquote>
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<p>Again, we'll be sending you your new StockCharts.com credentials very soon via email. Once you have your account information, you can log in by clicking the "Login" link in the top right corner of any page. And, once you are logged in, you can access Martin's commentary by clicking on the "Pring's Market Roundup" link in the Commentary box on the right side of our homepage - or <a href="http://stockcharts.com/members/articles/pring"><strong>just click here</strong></a>.</p>
<p>As I said before, I am thrilled to welcome you to our website. We are working hard to increase Martin's ability to communicate his market insight and educational ideas out to as many people as possible. And if you have time to kill between Martin's updates, why not try reading some of <a href="http://stockcharts.com/articles">our other award-winning authors</a> as well?</p>
<p>Welcome aboard!<br />
- Chip</p>Today I'm thrilled to announce that StockCharts.com and Pring.com are merging! StockCharts.com is now the new home for Martin Pring's market commentary and his loyal subscribers are becoming members of StockCharts.com as a result. If you are one of Pring.com's users, welcome! We are very glad to see you here. In case you missed it, here is the email message that Martin sent out earlier talking about the merger: Dear Weekly InfoMovie Subscriber, After many years, the Pring Infomovie Report is getting a long-needed face-lift and is taking on a new lease on life! The...28 Things to Remember About Creating and Saving Charts and ChartStylesChip Andersontag:stockcharts.com,20140427:post-1398606550277--17986036882014-04-27T13:59:00Z<p>Recently, one of our support engineers was working with a user that had become confused about how our system of SharpCharts, ChartLists and ChartStyles worked. They had watched <a href="http://stockcharts.com/videos">all of the videos</a>, but something hadn't clicked for some reason. To help determine where the confusion was coming from, Cole sent the user a long list of simple "rules" to remember about how those parts of our website work. I thought I'd share that list with everyone. It starts off with some really basic stuff just to make sure of the terminology, but hang in there, somewhere in this list could be the "key" you need to make everything fall into place.</p><p class="entry-more-link"><a href="http://stockcharts.com/articles/chipanderson/2014/04/28-things-to-remember-about-creating-and-saving-charts-and-chartstyles.html">Continue reading "28 Things to Remember About Creating and Saving Charts and ChartStyles" »</a></p><p>Recently, one of our support engineers was working with a user that had become confused about how our system of SharpCharts, ChartLists and ChartStyles worked. They had watched <a href="http://stockcharts.com/videos">all of the videos</a>, but something hadn't clicked for some reason. To help determine where the confusion was coming from, Cole sent the user a long list of simple "rules" to remember about how those parts of our website work. I thought I'd share that list with everyone. It starts off with some really basic stuff just to make sure of the terminology, but hang in there, somewhere in this list could be the "key" you need to make everything fall into place.</p>Martin Pring is Joining StockCharts.com!Chip Andersontag:stockcharts.com,20140424:post-1398369814596--18415509152014-04-24T20:12:00Z<p><img src="http://stockcharts.com/sales/events/chartcon/images/mpring2.jpg" style="float:left;margin:0px 5px 5px 0px;">Today I am thrilled to annouce that Martin Pring will be joining StockCharts.com as an official market analyst starting next month. In case you don't know (how could you not know?), Martin is the author of numerous books on Technical Analysis including "Technical Analysis Explained" and "Introduction to Technical Analysis." He has been speaking to audiences about technical analysis for decades. He is also the creator of the popular "Know Sure Thing (KST)" indicator. Martin's market insights compliment those of our existing analysts - John Murphy, Arthur Hill, Greg Schnell, Carl Swenlin and Erin Heim - perfectly. His wisdom and decades of experience means that StockCharts will continue to be <em><strong>the</strong></em> place on the Internet for high-quality, educational, <em><strong>useful</strong></em> market analysis based on technicals.</p><p class="entry-more-link"><a href="http://stockcharts.com/articles/chipanderson/2014/04/martin-pring-is-joining-stockchartscom.html">Continue reading "Martin Pring is Joining StockCharts.com!" »</a></p><p><img src="http://stockcharts.com/sales/events/chartcon/images/mpring2.jpg" style="float:left;margin:0px 5px 5px 0px;">Today I am thrilled to annouce that Martin Pring will be joining StockCharts.com as an official market analyst starting next month. In case you don't know (how could you not know?), Martin is the author of numerous books on Technical Analysis including "Technical Analysis Explained" and "Introduction to Technical Analysis." He has been speaking to audiences about technical analysis for decades. He is also the creator of the popular "Know Sure Thing (KST)" indicator. Martin's market insights compliment those of our existing analysts - John Murphy, Arthur Hill, Greg Schnell, Carl Swenlin and Erin Heim - perfectly. His wisdom and decades of experience means that StockCharts will continue to be <em><strong>the</strong></em> place on the Internet for high-quality, educational, <em><strong>useful</strong></em> market analysis based on technicals.</p>Facebook isn't FreeChip Andersontag:stockcharts.com,20140416:post-1397656216565-2158271002014-04-16T14:11:00Z<p><img src="//d.stockcharts.com/img/articles/2014/04/1397656265272944467323.jpg" style="float:left;margin:0px 5px 5px 0px;" />Yesterday, we held a StockCharts Hat giveaway on our Facebook page as part of our 15 year anniversary celebration. It was a ton of fun seeing our Facebook friends quickly snap up the 15 hats we offered on the page. We then started to contact the winners asking for their shipping information.</p>
<p>Facebook decided that was a no-no.</p>
<p>Why? We have no idea. Shouldn't Facebook know that we are a legit company by this point? Probably - we've been using them for 5+ years now to promote our site AND we've paid them lots of money to advertise on their site.</p>
<p>Regardless, Facebook suddenly locked our account and demanded that we send them a photo of a valid "government issued photo ID" in order to have our account unlocked. Now, I don't know about you - but that raised all kinds of issues with me.</p>
<ol>
<li>We're a business. Businesses don't have government issued photo IDs.</li>
<li>Facebook should know who we are by now.</li>
<li>Contacting people that "Like" us and commented on our page is not strange or unusual.</li>
<li>It is a HUGE invasion of privacy to require someone to send a photo of their driver's license over the Internet, ever.</li>
<li>Photos of ID cards can easily be faked.</li>
<li>I'm trying to have a business relationship with Facebook - our social page is important to us and our users - yet they treat me, literally, like a criminal. "License and registration please."</li>
</ol>
<p>But here's the kicker - what can we do? Our Facebook page is important and currently, we can't do anything to it. We can't even delete it(!). So I sent Facebook a "redacted" version of my ID in protest. We'll see what happens. For now we have no choice but to wait until the "powers that be" decide our fate.</p>
<p>The real losers are our Facebook followers because until this is resolved, we can't do any more of the fun 15-year giveaways we were planning. We're looking into doing those giveaways in some other manner. Stay tuned.</p>
<p>Facebook isn't free.</p>
<p>- Chip</p>
<p> </p>Yesterday, we held a StockCharts Hat giveaway on our Facebook page as part of our 15 year anniversary celebration. It was a ton of fun seeing our Facebook friends quickly snap up the 15 hats we offered on the page. We then started to contact the winners asking for their shipping information. Facebook decided that was a no-no. Why? We have no idea. Shouldn't Facebook know that we are a legit company by this point? Probably - we've been using them for 5+ years now to promote our site AND we've paid them lots of money to advertise on their site. Regardless...It's Our Birthday and You'll Save If You Want To!Chip Andersontag:stockcharts.com,20140414:post-1397536794680--8881771942014-04-15T05:36:00Z<h2><img src="//d.stockcharts.com/img/articles/2014/04/1397539301599881610452.png" style="float:left;margin:0px 5px 5px 0px;" /><strong>Happy 15th Birthday StockCharts!</strong></h2>
<p>15 years ago we started this crazy journey and to celebrate, starting today - April 15th - and for the next 15 days - we are celebrating with our biggest special ever!</p>
<p>For starters, if you subscribe for one year during the special, you'll get <strong>15 months for the price of 12</strong>. <a href="http://stockcharts.com/sales/new.html">Click here</a> for more.</p>
<p>Or, if you are already a member and you renew for one year during the special, you'll get <strong>15 months for the price of 12</strong> as well. <a href="http://stockcharts.com/youraccount">Click here</a> for more.</p>
<p>But wait... there's more!</p>
<p>Are you a member and are you thinking about upgrading your account to a higher service level? Upgrade during the special, and we'll knock <strong>15% off the cost of the upgrade</strong>. <a href="http://stockcharts.com/youraccount">Click here</a> for more.</p>
<p>Oh yeah, our books are on sale too! Just use the discount code "SCC15" when checking out of <a href="http://store.stockcharts.com">our online store</a> during the the special and we'll take <strong>15% off your total order</strong>. <a href="http://store.stockcharts.com">Click here</a> for more.</p>
<p>So that's all for our 15th year celebration... Oh wait. Hang on. We forgot about our Facebook page. We have to do something for our Facebook Friends...</p>
<p>So we'll be giving out<strong> free StockCharts hats</strong> everyday for the next 15 days - just Like/watch <a href="http://facebook.com/stockchartscom">our Facebook page</a> for details.</p>
<p>AND FINALLY... Are you on the fence about coming to ChartCon 2014? Well, the next 15 people to register for ChartCon will also receive a <strong>free copy</strong> of John Murphy's master work "Technical Analysis of the Financial Markets" signed by John himself! <a href="http://stockcharts.com/sales/events/chartcon/index.html">Click here</a> for conference details.</p>
<p>So, welcome to the party! We're thrilled and honored to have earned and kept your business so far. At age 15, we're the oldest startup you'll ever encounter. Here's to the next 15!</p>
<p>- Chip</p>Happy 15th Birthday StockCharts! 15 years ago we started this crazy journey and to celebrate, starting today - April 15th - and for the next 15 days - we are celebrating with our biggest special ever! For starters, if you subscribe for one year during the special, you'll get 15 months for the price of 12. Click here for more. Or, if you are already a member and you renew for one year during the special, you'll get 15 months for the price of 12 as well. Click here for more. But wait... there's more! Are you a member and are you thinking about upgrading your account to a higher service...