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Kajulie, no problem always glad to help.
You should also consider having a look at and joining the new users help forum hosted on the StockCharts servers. It is becoming the new source for users helping users on the tips and tricks of Stockcharts.
Ask a question or help out with an answer, the database is building quickly, there is a great bunch of users willing to share tips and lots of great questions and answers.
http://scan.stockcharts.com/
cheers Quasi
Much appreciated Quasi
Under Type the current options are "Type = Stock", "Type = Fund", "Type = Index", "Type = Future"
If you look in the dropdown menu in the scan builder, "Indices and ETFs:" you can then select all ETF's or other options.
cheers hope this helps
Quasi
Scanning question: Considering the default scan expression in the advanced scan workbench, [type = stock] and [daily sma(20,daily volume) > 40000]
What other "types" does the scan expression accept besides stock? I tried ETF and it didn't like that. Is there a list of "types" syntax somewhere in the documentation?
Thanks!
Hi av8tor,
I haven't recently been doing any scanning, but I think you may be able to work that out in the Standard Scan engine. It will depend. You need to further define exactly what you are looking for.
Under both the 20 and 50 EMA? Or under one or the other?
Closing price?
Exactly 7%?
Or 7% and more? Or less?
Try using the Standard Scan engine using the Multiplier to achieve the 7%. You can configure it for greater than or less than.
If you want to use the (or) clause you may have to move to the Advanced Scan engine.
Let me know how it goes.
If you want some further suggestions I am sure Gord on the StockCharts Answer Network S.C.A.N. could be quite helpful. You can find S.C.A.N. at http://scan.stockcharts.com/
Cush
Just recently new to stock-charts scan and was wondering if anyone has a scan to find stocks under the 20 and 50 day ema by 7% ?
Market Summary - Don't know if anyone else has noticed the realigned indexes in the Intraday Market Summary. I like it. The Major Markets and Major Indexes that I like to watch are all together now.
I usually have this open all day on one of my screens.
http://stockcharts.com/freecharts/marketsummary.html
Cush
Glad to see you are enjoying all the old posts, there has been alot of good stuff here over the years.
However I will warn you that things at StockCharts have changed over the years and also the experience of myself and other posters here has changed. So some things that were not possible or were done a certain way years ago have now been updated to better or new methods or techniques. But the whole evolution process is still very interesting.
have fun
Quasi
Check out the new StockCharts Answer Network...
I'm sure most of you have already seen the ads for the new site which StockCharts created to help users share ideas on how to use all the features of StockCharts.
http://scan.stockcharts.com/
This new site was just one of the many new features rolled out at the ChartCon 2011 conference. Cush and I were both there and had a wonderful and learning experience. If they have another one I highly recommend it to all users.
PS; the evening events were also very special and the whole team did a wonderful job.
Quasi
Just as a observation...I have started reviewing all of the posts on this board. I am now on post 668 after getting through the growing pains of 2002. Some of it was indeed boring, but overall I learned a few things, so that alone makes it worth it. Cush, kudos to you, you had your hands full.
Peace
Trade-to_Live
Quasi,
Thank you VERY much for such a detailed answer. I thought I had read somewhere on StockCharts that the Basic plan was only limited to 10 search results but now I see by adding additional criteria I can make those 10 count...or just buy the Extra package!
Anyway, it's nice to know I can tailor my search to something that narrow of a criteria. That definitely makes things easier for how I trade.
Thanks again!
Re Daniel244, Stochastic scan in Basic
Yes you should have no problem in creating a scan of the type you are looking for in the scan engine.
However if you are looking at the Basic level of service to try it out you will only see the first 10 results returned in your scan. If you have the Extra level of membership you will see the max results which is capped at 999, (way more than you would ever want to look at).
Now be aware first 10 are not necessarily the best picks they are just the first 10 in alphabetical order. Now for getting used to the scan engine, trying it out and seeing what it can do you could price bracket your scan and run it several times to get more results. ie run your scan for stocks that are between, $1-$2, then $2-$4, then $4-$7, $7-$15 etc etc
If you find the scan engine is doing what you want then upgrade to the Extra level of service. Note you can also try out the extra level of service for a month and then cancel or switch to the basic if you wanted.
hope this gives you some ideas.
Quick question about custom scans
I have a question about the Stochastics scan as I am considering purchasing the Basic plan on StockCharts. Can I scan for specific Stochastics settings, such as 5,3,3 and have all stocks that crossed above the 20 for that day come up (again using the Basic plan)?
Not just to view it but to scan specifically for those stocks.
Thanks everyone!
I really enjoyed ChartCon 2011. If they hold another one, I think almost anyone would find it worthwhile. It was an opportunity to hear how John Murphy and Arthur Hill are using the site, the charts and the indicators. Very interesting hearing their insights into the current markets, as well. Chip Anderson gave an excellent review of the site and the indicators.
One of the things announced at the Conference was a new site for users to help each other.
StockCharts Answer Network (s.c.a.n.)
http://scan.stockcharts.com/
Quasi and I will still be around here, but s.c.a.n. may be another place to seek (or provide) answers to StockCharts.com questions.
Cush
Question
"...I'm hoping someone can help me with some criteria for setting up a scan.... I came up with a description in words, but other than item 1 and 2, not sure how to input things into stockcharts.com.
1. Stock must trade over 500,000 shares average for last 20 days
2. Greater than $5
3. Stock must have traded above the 200 DEMA for 20 days or more
4. Stock must be in decline
5. Stock must trade at less than 105% of the 200 DEMA
I define the pivot as the following, using candlesticks:
A down bar, followed by a bar that opens lower and closes higher, and the final bar opens down or equal to the previous bar’s close, and closes higher on the day.
I'm probably asking a lot for the pivot part and I'm cool with eye balling that part if necessary...."
Answer
Great question,
I've been away for a few weeks unplugged, (ie without internet). Back now, currently at the Chartcon conference out in Seattle. The short answer is yes you can scan for all of what you are looking for.
Let’s break it up into sections and review each in a little more detail.
- 1. Stock must trade over 500,000 shares average for last 20 days
and [daily sma(20, daily volume) > 500000]
- 2. Greater than $5
and [Close > 5]
This requires today’s close to be greater than $5, but we could also expand this to require that the average close for the last 20 days be greater than $5.
and [daily sma(20, daily close) > 5]
We could also require the min close for the last 20 days to be greater than $5.
and [Min(20, daily close) > 5]
Or we could require that the min daily low be greater than $5.
and [Min(20, daily low) > 5]
- 3. Stock must have traded above the 200 DEMA for 20 days or more
This one is a little tricky, lets look first at some of the things which won't work.
and [close > ema(20, close)]
This requires only today’s close to be above today’s value of the ema20.
and [min(20,close) > ema(20,close)]
This requires the min close over the last 20 days to be above today’s value of the ema20.
and [min(20,close) > max(20, ema(20,close))]
This requires the min close over the last 20 days to be above the max value over the last 20 days of the ema20, however not necessarily on the same day.
In summary the above criteria are close to what we are looking for but none of them require the close on every individual day to be above the ema20 for that same individual day.
One way to accurately check for a few days is to just write the criteria for each day, as follows.
and [close > ema(20,close)]
and [1 day ago close > 1 day ago ema(20, close)]
and [2 day ago close > 2 day ago ema(20, close)]
and [3 day ago close > 3 day ago ema(20, close)]
etc,
etc,
etc,
and [20 day ago close > 20 day ago ema(20, close)]
While the above method is OK for a few days it can become lengthy for longer time frames and luckily there is another method. We need to start by becoming familiar with the formulas for all the indicators we use on our daily charts. In this case the MACD indicator is of interest, Moving Average Convergence Divergence. The MACD line which is plotted is the raw difference between two exp moving averages, the typical default values are 12, 26. Normally there is also a signal line plotted which is typically a 9 ema of the MACD line.
In our case we are looking at the close being above the 200ema, the trick to remember is that a 1 day ema or sma is actually the closing price for each day. Thus if we plot the Macd 1,200 we are actually plotting the difference between the daily close and the daily value of the ema200 for each individual day. The value is positive when the close is above the ema200 and negative when the close is below the ema200. Thus we only need to scan for the min value to be positive, (greater than 0), for the last 20 days, as follows.
and [Min (20, MACD Line (1,200)) > 0.0]
-4. Stock must be in decline
Lots of ways to this so lets just say in the medium term the 20SMA is below the 50SMA.
and [sma(20, close) < sma(50, close)]
- 5. Stock must trade at less than 105% of the 200 DEMA
Here we simply have to require the close to be less than the ema200 times 1.05
and [Close < ema(200, close)*1.05]
- 6. "I define the pivot as the following, using candlesticks:
A down bar, followed by a bar that opens lower and closes higher, and the final bar opens down or equal to the previous bar’s close, and closes higher on the day".
In this case we just need to look at each day and define the criteria for the open and close each day, note as far as the scan engine is concerned today is day zero "0" and counts back in time. See the following chart which identifies the criteria for each day.
and [2 days ago close < 2 days ago open]
and [1 day ago open < 2 days ago close]
and [1 day ago close > 1 day ago open]
and [open <= 1 day ago close]
and [close > 1 day ago close]
hope this gives you some new scanning ideas
good luck
Re Scan question on percentages,
Yep Cush has already shown you the easiest way, I don't really have much to add.
[close>open] and [close<open*1.2]
The easiest way to think of it, is to break it up into sections,
- First find all the stocks with a close greater than the open
- Then filter that group down where the close is less than 20% above the open.
Quasi
Yes Chartcon is coming up fast and I will be there. Hope to meet up with you on the way Cush. As for the rest of you hope to see you there, should be a great time.
Quasi may have another answer but I would suggest trying two conditions.
[close>open] and [close<open*1.2]
Cush
Quasi or Cush....I'm getting confused when trying to do some percentages....for example,
If I want the close to be greater than the open but not by more than 20%.....so all stocks up but not more than 20%
My scan should not read....and [close > open*1.2]
gives me greater than 20%
So how does my old brain fix this?
Many Thxs
Trade_to_Live
StockCharts' ChartCon in Seattle next week. I am planning to attend, and I think Quasi plans to be there, too. Should be an interesting couple of days.
May bump into a few of you there.
Cush
Dudeman, pivot should be easy I think, I was doing something similar before will check and if I find I will post pivot part, wouldn't know how to do the first part. But before I try, I need few clarifications
1 - down day - ok
2 - followed by the day that opens lower
{ lower than previous day close or lower than previous day low?}
3 - and closes higher
{again, higher than previous open, or higher than previous high?}
.... if you are talking highs and lows then it is an outside day reversal, correct?
4 - final bar open below previous close (not low, correct?) or equal previous close
Need help setting up a new stock scan...
I'm hoping someone can help me with some criteria for setting up a scan. I'm looking to capture stocks which have achieved an intermediate high within the last 60 days and have been in a downtrend and are trading near the 200 day EMA currently and ideally have formed a pivot. I came up with a description in words, but other than item 1 and 2, not sure how to input things into stockcharts.com.
1. Stock must trade over 500,000 shares average for last 20 days
2. Greater than $5
3. Stock must have traded above the 200 DEMA for 20 days or more
4. Stock must be in decline
5. Stock must trade at less than 105% of the 200 DEMA
I define the pivot as the following, using candlesticks:
A down bar, followed by a bar that opens lower and closes higher, and the final bar opens down or equal to the previous bar’s close, and closes higher on the day.
I'm probably asking a lot for the pivot part and I'm cool with eye balling that part if necessary.
Thanks ahead of time for any info!
You think stockcharts will ever have a way to put in your own values in order to make charts of your own? Investment returns, tracking a businesses sales, ect... Just a thought of extra value.
Re: Trade to Live, scan for NOT "OTC" stocks,
Sorry I can't think of any way at the present time to specifically eliminate OTC stocks from a scan. However I did find this article announcing the separation of PINK sheet stocks in the scan engine and it indicates that they are also working on adding the same function for OTC and BB stocks, (coming in the future).
http://blogs.stockcharts.com/scanning/2011/01/welcome-pink-sheets-to-the-scan-engine.html
In the mean time you could use a price filter, say price greater than a penny, or 10 cents, that would eliminate many of them. I usually set the min at $1 or $5 and I catch very few. Depends on what you are looking for.
Another way is to set the stocks to "Optionable" under ticker properties in the advanced scan engine, that would eliminate virtually all OTC stocks, however you would also miss a few you might want to pick up which just don't have options as yet.
hope this gives you some ideas
Quasi
Quasi....If I wanted to exclude a exchange...such as....and [exchange is NOT PINK]...this would exclude the pinks in my scans. My question.... is there a way to exclude OTC's?
Many thxs
TTL
Very, very nice, Quasi...
Thanks so much...will be fun to play with , indeed...
'Tis very cool!
WoW!, those are cool . . . thanks !!!
Re Iconoclassic, inverse charts..
Yes I see Blasher has already helped you out, (thanks Blasher).
But just thought I would add another couple of special symbols which can be very useful.
$ONE, basically just a constant value of 1, so when using the ratio function it becomes 1 divided by the say S&P or the inverse of the S&P.
Also try playing with the following two and apply different indicators, overlays and setting to see how they react.
$THSAW, this is a theoretical saw tooth wave.
$THSINE, this is a theoretical sine wave.
hope you have fun
Quasi
Re Alamanjani,
Thankyou very much for your kind words, I do enjoy helping most of the posters here.
Although "Bottom Fisher" is really pushing his luck and I assume will probably be cut off shortly by either IHUB or StockCharts.
Quasi
Thank you so much, blasher...very helpful...
And good to see you. It has been a long time since we talked. Glad to know you are still around too.
:)
ico
You do it like this . . .
$ONE:SPY
if you wanted the inverse of SPY.
The ratio symbol ":" is very helpful for seeing lots of relationships . . .
not just inverse.
You can use it, for example, to see the ratio of SPY versus QQQ to see which is stronger at the moment and relative to recent history:
SPY:QQQ
Enjoy! and Good Luck !!
Good Morning Quasi and all...I am wondering if anyone recalls how to turn a chart essentially 'upside down' as it were.
Seems to me I recall, you would add something before or after the symbol, and what was a high becomes a low, and this affected the candlesticks as well as the indicators, etc...
This has been available from Stockcharts for some time, but it has been so long that I cannot remember how to do it.
Any help would be appreciated...
ico
Hi ChipA the message i receive from here at ihub was 4 to 6 charts was the limit, so on my last two post i use seven after seeing the post about the charts i am going with 7 will that be fine, i can live with 7, stocksharts.com has never personal said anything to me so do you think you guys can live with 7 if so i will honor no more than 7 charts, ChipA i need the the 7 chart frames buddy i can not afford the stockcharts.com charting package at this time.
I was original ask to limit my posting of charts to 4 to 6.
maybe by someone on your board i guess it was about two weeks a go.
so can we agree on the 7 charts.
My last two chart post have 7 charts not 20 as the person alamanjani said, after i seen all his post, but he is correct about the amount before i seen his postings.
He is still posting a lot, sometimes +20 charts. I asked him publicly why and I sent a complaint msg to IH.
I'm assuming the same limit is for SI? (that's where I post charts) - will make sure there will be no more than 4 per msg.
Chip, I'm a little disappointed that you didn't say nothing about the great volunteer work Quasi is doing for Stockcharts and for us.
Apparently you follow this msg board, so you know about his work. Is it so hard to say thank you? Is it so hard to give him year or two free service for what he did for you?
Quasi, at least from me, thank you for all you are doing!!!
If I would be in charge you would get lifetime free service!
RE:Quasi.... Thanks. I thought there might be some other buttons that I wasn't seeing.
RE: Calc, style buttons
Yes I just checked it out, my buttons come up with all chart sizes, if I delete them all, then no buttons on any settings. I guess once you've created them it seems logical that you would want to seem them on all chart pages. Stockcharts could delete the reference to with and without buttons.
Now that being said I haven't checked it in all browsers or MAC vs Microsoft operating systems, could be different. Maybe some users see a difference.
Quasi
RE: Quasi....I have been using those buttons since they became available. What is confusing is that if I choose 1024 or 1024 w/buttons, I always have my buttons.
lol
Yes I see TA4U has already directed you to the notice that Chip just published on the reasons why the high low and open data has been eliminated.
Personally I agree with Stockcharts in their efforts to only provide accurate data and understand they are looking for ways to find a new accurate data source.
Quasi
RE: Calc, buttons on charts
These are user definable style buttons, see the instructions for sharpcharts.
http://support.stockcharts.com/forums/30077/entries/31220
hope this helps
Quasi
In the chart settings, I can choose 1024 or 1024 with buttons. I must be blind, I don't see the difference. Please explain.
Thanks for the reply
FWIW ... I personally think that sucks ???
RE: Rayrohn, USD EOD candlestick chart ??
Yes I see that, but as it is an EOD index chart their are no daily candlesticks as there is only one price per day, the closing price.
I suggest changing the chart type to "line" and then it will show as below.
Just click this link to see the chart settings page.
http://stockcharts.com/h-sc/ui?s=$USD&p=D&yr=1&mn=1&dy=0&id=p78866350906&a=221770022
Now if you were plotting a weekly chart you could use the candlestick type as there would be 5 daily price points per week.
hope this helps
Quasi
Yes . . I love
FinViz Financial Visuals !!
Great Charts and automatic trend-lines.
Thxs Quasi for your help....this also works with Finviz as well.
Many Thxs
TTL
RE: Trade to Live, creating a watch list from an Excel list
Not sure exactly what you are trying to do, but I assume you have downloaded the scan output into excel, then added or deleted some stock symbols and now want to get that symbol list back into a Stockcharts watch list.
Here's an example of transferring a list from Yahoo to Stockcharts, them method would be the same from Excel to Stockcharts. Note if you have quite a few symbols I use Excel to add the commas between the symbols before cutting and pasting into the Stockcharts input screen, under the "add many" function.
http://blogs.stockcharts.com/scanning/2010/04/in-case-youre-not-familiar-with-the-method-of-using-the-add-many-function-for-creating-a-new-list-or-adding-to-an-existing-li.html
hope this helps give you some ideas.
Quasi
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