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Chartists looking for a particular symbol or group of symbols can use advanced syntax to refine their search. The examples below show how to use the advanced syntax. Note that the quotes are not required, except in the last example, which requires quotation marks.
Use "AND" to require multiple terms. Searching for "advance and decline and percent" will return results that have all three words in the name. This particular search will yield a list of breadth indicators based on AD Percent.
Use "+" to require a term or terms. Searching for "ishares +technology +index" will yield results that may or may not contain the word "ishares" in the name. Names with the word "ishares" will be at the top though. All names will include the words "technology" and "index".
Use "-" to prohibit a term or terms. Searching for "+vanguard -income -bond" will require the word "vanguard", but exclude names with the words "income" and "bond". This is a great way to narrow down a symbol list from a particular fund family, such as Rydex, Fidelity, iShares and Powershares.
Use an asterisk for a wildcard search. This technique is useful for finding a group of related symbols. Searching for "*50r" will return all symbols with "50r" somewhere within the full symbol. In particular, this search will return a list of indicators based on the percent above the 150-day and 50-day moving averages.
Use quotation marks to require an exact phrase. Searching for "dow jones us" will show names that have that exact phrase somewhere in the name.
