| (formerly BestFreeCharts.com) is, in my opinion, the | | | | of these lesser-used timeframes like the 3-day chart |
| best free stock charting software. Actually, I believe | | | | or 7-day chart. The time frame simply refers to the |
| is head and shoulders above most stock charts by | | | | amount of time each bar or candle covers. For |
| online brokers on their websites and other expensive | | | | example, a bar on a 3-day chart shows the price |
| stock charting software. If you're still using Yahoo! | | | | range of that stock for 3 days. |
| Finance for charts and checking the price of a stock, | | | | Intraday Time Frames: 1-minute chart (yes! for |
| you're living in a cave (no offense to the Geico | | | | hyperactive day traders/scalpers!), 2-minute, |
| Caveman). | | | | 5-minute, 10-minute, 15-minute, 30-minute, and 1-hour. |
| FreeStockCharts.com's parent company, Worden, | | | | Daily Time Frames: Daily, 2-day, 3-day, 4-day, |
| took their flagship charting software package | | | | Weekly, 6-day, 7-day, 8-day, 9-day, Monthly, |
| TeleChart 2007 (a.k.a. TCnet) and opened it to the | | | | Quarterly, and Yearly charts (for those investors |
| public free to use. For many professional investors | | | | who live forever). When you move beyond looking |
| and traders, TeleChart 2007 is the top choice for | | | | at just 1 stock on 1 timeframe, FreeStockCharts |
| charting software. has a database of over 7000 | | | | allow a lot of freedom to customize your workspace. |
| stocks. | | | | Tools & Indicators |
| *Note: Latest 15-minutes of real-time data is provided | | | | comes equipped with a full collection of 25 charting |
| by the BATS exchange that currently accounts for | | | | tools and 68 of the most common indicators. The |
| 12% of market volume. | | | | main thing that lacks compared to top charting |
| The top 3 features that set apart: | | | | softwares is the ability to code your own indicators |
| 1. Real-Time charts and data for over 7000 U.S. | | | | or install proprietary indicators such as John Person's |
| stocks, some foreign markets, all major forex pairs, | | | | PPS indicator. If you want to code your own |
| and market internals data (such as the NYSE | | | | indicators, alerts, and autotrade, you will have to |
| advance/decline statistics Mark Haines announces | | | | trade up to the likes of TradeStation, E-Signal, TD |
| every morning on CNBC's Squawk on the Street). | | | | Ameritrade's thinkorswim, NinjaTrader, or RealTick. |
| Make big watchlists of stocks you're interested in and | | | | The basic tools allow you to navigate the chart and |
| see all of the price changes in real-time. | | | | mark the chart for your own reference: cross (see |
| 2. Browser-based desktop-quality stock chart | | | | the price and indicator statistics), plain, pan, erase, |
| software right in your browser. No more worries | | | | text, ellipse, rectangles, and arrows. Technical analysis |
| about downloading, installing, and updating software. | | | | tools include: trend, fibonacci arc, fibonacci fan, |
| We are entering the age of cloud computing where | | | | fibonacci retracement, fibonacci time, Andrew's |
| all the expensive equipment and software are stored | | | | pitchfork, error channels, Gann fans, horizontal lines, |
| on some far away server. All you need is to turn on | | | | Quadrant lines, Raff regression channels, regression |
| your browser, on any computer from anywhere, and | | | | channels, regression lines, speed line, tirone levels, and |
| access all your data online. Google is doing it to email | | | | vertical lines. |
| with Gmail, tradeMONSTER has done it with the first | | | | You can customize the indicator according to each |
| browser-based broker & platform, and Worden is | | | | indicator's specifics, but also the color, period, and |
| doing it to stock charting software with | | | | positioning of the indicators. Particularly cool is the |
| 3. Access your personal watchlist and chart | | | | ability to apply certain indicators ON TOP of other |
| configurations all online. You have to register for the | | | | indicators. For example, you can apply moving |
| free account so they know who is customizing the | | | | averages to just about any indicator. Advanced |
| settings, but once you do, all your latest updates will | | | | traders may find that useful if they use moving |
| be saved. If you add certain indicators or draw | | | | averages to filter and manipulate the original indicator |
| trendlines on a specific chart, Apple (AAPL) for | | | | one level further to find the patterns they find useful. |
| example, those lines and indicator settings will stay. | | | | It is amazing FreeStockCharts lets you export any |
| You can access that chart from any computer from | | | | and all data displayed on the chart. |
| anywhere, not just on your computer anymore. | | | | Watchlists and News |
| Same with your watchlists. Make a list for the top | | | | For veteran users of TeleChart 2007, you'll know |
| stocks you want to trade, make another for market | | | | Worden's extensive data isn't limited to stock prices |
| data. All of these settings will be accessible whether | | | | but also company financial data. FreeStockCharts, like |
| you're traveling or at a friend's house just borrowing | | | | TeleChart 2007, can build customizable watchlists |
| their computer. | | | | based the the stock's price, the price change, but |
| Charts | | | | also countless corporate financial data such as |
| The charts are clean and easy to see. Several | | | | earnings, return on assets (ROA), sales growth, etc. |
| options are available to customize the look of the | | | | Before you make your own watchlist, check out the |
| chart by editing the "price history" properties. Choose | | | | countless standard watchlists that come with |
| from the standard plot styles: Line Chart, OHLC | | | | FreeStockCharts - they organize stocks in just about |
| (Open High Low Close) Bar Chart, HLC (High Low | | | | every way you can think of. The news panel shows |
| Close) Bar Chart, CandleStick Charts, Bar Charts, and | | | | you constant updates of headlines related to the |
| Area Charts. | | | | stock you're currently focused on in the chart. Like a |
| To cover users of all preferences, FreeStockCharts | | | | lite version of SkyGrid, this panel brings the news to |
| went overboard and provides a ton of ways you can | | | | you instead of you having to go to several news |
| view the stock's chart and data. I haven't seen many | | | | sites. |
| charting software that allows you to see these some | | | | |