Help A - Z
Help A - Z A - C About the Trading Diary Explains the purpose of the Trading Diary, how to interpret the Market Strategy and how to search the diary archives.
Advanced Options Commands that are complex or infrequently used are placed under View >> Advanced Options
ASX Option Codes ASX Options are issued with a six letter code....
ASX Warrant Codes ASX Warrants are issued with a six letter code...
Back Testing Use the scroll buttons on the toolbar to simulate actual trading conditions.
Backup It is advisable to backup your watchlists and project files on a regular basis.
Candlestick & OHLC Colors Candlesticks are colored according to opening and closing price, OHLC by comparing closing price to the previous close.
Captions Incredible captions - highlight buy and sell signals and record your observations right on the chart...
Chart Construction Details This page explains some of the issues surrounding actual construction of the charts ...
Chart Intervals Use the View menu to switch between chart intervals such as minute, hourly or daily bars.
Chart Types Candlesticks, bar charts, equivolume, candlevolume and point and figure
Chart Views Chart types, log and normal scale, legends, crosshairs, price and time axes, indicator views and screen splits.
Crosshairs Use cross-hairs to line up bars on a chart, or to check dates or price levels.
D - H Data Compatibility Incredible Charts fetches packets of data from the server as you chart each stock - eliminating the need for daily data downloads. The data format is not compatible with other charting software.
Data Import Import data from files on your computer - in descending date order.
Data Update Times 20-minute delayed ASX and SGX updates, and 15-minute delayed LSE, TSX, NYSE, NASDAQ and AMEX updates.
Display Period Select How to select a time frame to display on your chart such as 6 months, 1 year, 5 years
Dilution Adjustments Stocks may be adjusted for the dilution effect of share splits, special dividends, rights issues, spin-offs and reconstructions. Here are some examples ...
Email Charts Effortlessly send charts to your friends.
Fibonacci Extensions Project Fibonacci extension levels from a present trend.
Fibonacci Retracements Project Fibonacci retracement levels from an existing trend.
Format Charts Customize indicator colors, chart gridlines and background colors to suit your needs.
Get Started Find a stock, select a chart type, add indicators, adjust the screen view and change the time period.
Hide Advertising Premium members can hide the top banner and right margin advertising banners ...
J - P Keyboard Shortcuts Shortcut keys to activate Incredible Charts commands from the keyboard.
Legend Display the chart legend, show/hide indicators and edit their colors.
Live Updates Incredible Charts automatically updates when when there is a new version available on the server.
Log & Normal Scale Use log scale to view charts with large price variations, normal scale for shorter-term charts.
Mac Users There is no special Mac version but some users successfully run Incredible Charts with Vitual PC.
Menus & Toolbars Menu and toolbar commands.
Point & Figure Setup Create custom Point and Figure chart s from the Indicator Panel.
Premium Members Assistance for new subscribers.
Price & Time Scales Adjust scales for the price and time axes
Price Bar OHLC Volume and Date are displayed on the price bar below the chart.
Print Charts Create handy print copies of charts.
Project Customize Set a project to open with a custom security, time period, chart interval, chart type and log/normal scale.
Project Tabs Recently used project files are displayed as tabs below the price chart (and indicators), above the bottom price bar. Click on a tab, for example [Relative Strength], to display the project ...
Projects Add Create new project files for your separate trading systems. Save all customized chart and indicator settings.
Projects Explained A project contains a set of indicators, trendlines, captions and default settings. A project does not contain data relating to specific securities. All data is stored in a ...
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Relative Strength The Relative Strength indicator is set up using the Price Comparison indicator. Indicators are saved to your Project ...
Save Chart Image Save charts as bitmap or png images.
Scroll Back/Forward Scroll back/forward on the time axis with the scrolling toolbar.
Sector Analysis From Stan Weinstein's Secrets for Profiting in Bull and Bear Markets - a breakout model for trading stocks and shares in a longer time frame ...
Sectors Dow Jones Dow Jones US Sector Indexes ...
Sectors S & P Standard & Poors (S&P) US Sector Indexes ...
Stock Menu Add Add exchanges to the stock menu list.
Stock Menu Browse Browse securities menus alphabetically or by sector.
Stock Menus Customize You may wish to customize your watchlist and menu settings to reduce the number of sub-folders
Stock Search Find a stock or index by searching for the security name or symbol.
Stock Select Select a stock by entering the symbol in the securities toolbar.
T - Z About the Trading Diary Explains the purpose of the Trading Diary, how to interpret the Market Strategy and how to search the diary archives.
Data Update Times 20-minute delayed ASX and SGX updates, and 15-minute delayed LSE, TSX, NYSE, NASDAQ and AMEX updates.
Display Period Select How to select a time frame to display on your chart such as 6 months, 1 year, 5 years
Time Zones Advice on converting times in different countries.
Toolbars Customize Left-click and right-click commands for toolbars
Trend Channels Trend channels are used to track the momentum of a trend, with peaks (or highs) frequently respecting the upper trend channel; and troughs (or lows) respecting the lower ...
Trendlines Draw trendlines on a chart.
Undo/Redo Easily undo or redo recent changes.
Uninstall To uninstall, open Uninstall.exe in the Incredible Charts folder
Watchlist Emails Set up daily or weekly watchlist emails that can be exported to spreadsheet.
Watchlists Save time: Add securities to your watchlist.
Watchlists in Excel Creating watchlists with Excel
Watchlists Multiple Organize your securities into multiple watchlists.
Zoom Drag your mouse pointer to zoom in on a specific chart period
