Hello Fellow ChartWatchers! Today I want to answer a question that we get frequently - "Where do I start? This is all so overwhelming!" The answer is, you start with John Murphy's 10 Laws of Technical Trading. In anticipation of your next question, here and now... READ MORE
Hello Fellow ChartWatchers! (Here's an article I wrote back in 2007. We've gotten several questions about this topic recently, so I thought I'd re-print this now. Enjoy! - Chip) Mary W. writes "I'd like to see how much above or below... READ MORE
via stockcharts.com Airline stocks have been in the new recently and here's why. They are very close to punching through the recent resistance zone around 42. The expanding Bollinger Bands reflect the recent volatility in the sector, but a close above 42 would go a long way... READ MORE
FACEBOOK? TWITTER? YOU TUBE? LINKED-IN? - In case you missed it, StockCharts has recently expanded into several different social media networks. So, what do you need to do about it? Do you have to join these things too? If so, which ones? What's different about the information there... READ MORE
Hello Fellow ChartWatchers! Today we're taking the wraps off of our upcoming major upgrade to our ChartNotes annotation tool. We've been working on this for a while now and we are getting close to releasing it out to everyone. Even though it will probably be a... READ MORE
Hello Fellow ChartWatchers, Today we're happy to announce the launch of our new tutorial video area. You and find it at https://youtube.com/stockchartscom. YouTube members can subscribe to that "channel" and get notified whenever we post a new one. (We'll also announce... READ MORE
Hello Fellow ChartWatchers! It's that time of year again: Now through the end of August, StockCharts.com is running it's "End-of-Summer-Almost-Fall" special and this is a very special special indeed. Here's the deal: Subscribe to any of our services for six months... READ MORE
The "Hindenburg Omen" has been getting lots of press this week so I thought I'd put up a chart that people can use to track this elusive prophet of doom. All the different factors that go into the Omen's signal can be found in... READ MORE
Hello Fellow ChartWatchers! The market is trying to rise but bearish news keeps beating it down. One of my favorite market indicators - the McClellan Summation Index - rose decisively above the 400 level at the end of July indicating that it was time to start looking for entry points... READ MORE
DO YOU LIKE US? DO YOU REALLY, REALLY LIKE US? - StockCharts now has an official page on FaceBook that FaceBook users can use to keep up with the latest site developments and articles. Just visit https://facebook.com/stockchartscom and click the "Like" button at the top... READ MORE
Hello Fellow ChartWatchers! Are you feeling more bullish now? Last week's rallies have put some needed energy back into the traders that haven't gone on vacation this summer. Technically the market is mixed and you can see evidence of that in the articles below - John... READ MORE
Hello Fellow ChartWatchers! With the market posting four solid up days over the past week, is now the time to get back in to the market? That's the main topic of this week's newsletter and there are lots of opinions going around right now. One of... READ MORE
Hello Fellow ChartWatchers! Now this will probably give away my age, but one of my first memories of television was from the educational children's show called "Sesame Street" and the song that they used to sing called "One of These Things is Not Like The... READ MORE
Hello Fellow ChartWatchers! Back down below 10,000 we go. This is the fifth time in the past month that the Dow has dipped below that magic number. The past four times resulted in quick rallies back above 10K - will that happen again on Monday? Or have the bulls... READ MORE
Here's a 8 year look at a new market indicator that we just added to the website - the "Weekly New High - New Low Index" popularized by Dr. Alexander Elder in his books. Click here for a live version of this chart. The index (in... READ MORE
Hello Fellow ChartWatchers! One of the more unexpected pieces of feedback that I've gotten as I have travelled around recently is that some people aren't reading our free Blog Articles because they associate blogs with rumor, innuendo, amateur writing, and lots of false information. While that... READ MORE
Alexander Elder and his partner Kerry Lovvorn put together this chart analysis of last week's market action: Click here for a live version of this chart. The chart uses our new version of Dr. Elder's Impulse Trading System to color the bars. "FI" refers... READ MORE
Today's wild day cause the Volatility Index ($VIX) to spike up above 35 for the first time during the current market uptrend. The follow chart shows what the market has done in the past when that signal has occurred: Click here for a live version of this chart.... READ MORE
Hello Fellow ChartWatchers! There is a TON of great stuff happening at StockCharts.com right now. First off, I want to make sure that everyone is aware that our SPRING SPECIAL is going on right now. Subscribe or extend your account for 12 months and we'll give you... READ MORE
For the past couple of months, I've been visiting with investments clubs around the country who have been gracious enough to invite me to talk. So far I've talked with clubs in Portland, Pheonix and Dallas. Calgary, Denver, and Houston are coming up with east coast... READ MORE
Hello Fellow ChartWatchers! Is the two-month old rally coming to a end now that April has arrived? The Dow's PPO is tantalizingly close to a bearish crossover right now. Arthur Hill sees weakness in the S&P 500 while Tom Bowley still sees opportunities. Read their thoughts... READ MORE
Hello Fellow ChartWatchers! The markets continue to rise impressively with the Dow closing higher for 13 of the last 16 days. Arthur, John and the rest of the ChartWatchers team discuss that in more detail in just a bit. I wanted to take some time to talk about six very... READ MORE
Hello Fellow ChartWatchers! We've been working hard the past couple of weeks to get better Sector and Industry classifications for the stocks in our database and today that work is finally starting to surface on the web site. One of the big problems with Sector and Industry classifications... READ MORE
Hello Fellow ChartWatchers! Last time I talked about the great lengths that we go to here at StockCharts.com to make sure that our indicator values are calculated correctly. This time I want to talk about how we work hard to make sure that the data used in those calculations... READ MORE
Hello Fellow ChartWatchers! Here at StockCharts we are fanatical about accuracy. Without accuracy, there would be no reason to use our website. We work hard at it every day. There are two key factors in creating the "cult of accuracy" we have here - first, you need accurate... READ MORE
Hello Fellow ChartWatchers! I am thrilled to officially announce that StockCharts.com now provides free real-time charts and quotes for everyone! Thanks to the BATS exchange and the fine folks at IDC/Comstock, our free users and our Basic and Extra members are now able to see charts based on... READ MORE
This is the next part of a series of articles about Technical Analysis from a new course we're developing. If you are new to charting, these articles will give you the "big picture" behind the charts on our site. if you are an "old hand&... READ MORE
Happy Holidays Fellow ChartWatchers! Here we are, once again, at the final ChartWatchers of the year - of the decade(!) in this case. An awful lot has happened at StockCharts.com this year and I wanted to take a moment and review with you all of the changes and improvements... READ MORE
WINTER HAS ARRIVED AT STOCKCHARTS - Snowflakes are now at the top of most of our pages. SCANNING FOR JUST ETFs - Members can now choose to run their scans against ETFs only. Members can use the "Groups" dropdown on the Standard Scan Workbench (or the "Indices... READ MORE
Hello Fellow ChartWatchers! This week, I'm taking time off from our on-going "Technical Analysis 101" series, to enlist your help. We are in the process of compiling a list of "Tips" for using StockCharts.com and we need you to review the tips that... READ MORE
Hello Fellow ChartWatchers! I have two big announcements for you this time around: OUR HOLIDAY SPECIAL IS NOW ON! With the holiday season just around the corner, we've fired up our Holiday Special. It's a great way for you to join up or extend your StockCharts.... READ MORE
This is the next part of a series of articles about Technical Analysis from a new course we're developing. If you are new to charting, these articles will give you the "big picture" behind the charts on our site. if you are an "old hand&... READ MORE
Internet Connectivity Upgrade Progress Report: On Monday night we moved our site traffic off of our old 180 megabit T3 connections and back onto the gigabit Fiber connection. Later we ran a test of our new automatic failover configuration by physically disconnecting the fiber cable from its router and we... READ MORE
This is the next part of a series of articles about Technical Analysis from a new course we're developing. If you are new to charting, these articles will give you the "big picture" behind the charts on our site. if you are an "old hand&... READ MORE
This is the next part of a series of articles about Technical Analysis from a new course we're developing. If you are new to charting, these articles will give you the "big picture" behind the charts on our site. if you are an "old hand&... READ MORE
Hello Fellow ChartWatchers, We're taking a break from our on-going Technical Analysis 101 series to give you an update on the two disruptions that happened last week. I want to make sure everyone understands what happened and what we are doing to prevent it from happening again. In... READ MORE
This is the next part of a series of articles about Technical Analysis from a new course we're developing. If you are new to charting, these articles will give you the "big picture" behind the charts on our site. if you are an "old hand&... READ MORE
This is the next part of a series of articles about Technical Analysis from a new course we're developing. If you are new to charting, these articles will give you the "big picture" behind the charts on our site. if you are an "old hand&... READ MORE
Hello Fellow ChartWatchers, Here's an article that first appeared in 2006 about using the ADX indicator. With lots of stocks starting to trend upwards now, I thought it was a good time to revisit this topic. Enjoy! - Chip Trend analysis is one of the most important technical... READ MORE
This is the tenth part of a series of articles about Technical Analysis from a new course we're developing. If you are new to charting, these articles will give you the "big picture" behind the charts on our site. if you are an "old hand&... READ MORE