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MOBILE VERSION OF STOCKCHARTS.COM NOW IN BETA TEST - You've asked (and asked and asked and asked...) and we've responded!  A mobile version of our website is now available for early testing.  The mobile version of our site is specifically designed for iPhone and iPad users (sorry Driods, maybe later).  It allows members to review their saved charts easily and also access the common areas of our website.  It is NOT an app - it is a website for iOS devices.  You use the Safari browser on your iPhone or iPad to access it using http://m.stockcharts.com  (or click on the link in the yellow box on our normal homepage).  We are still working on a couple of remaining features (like the "Free Charts" tools) so check back throughout the week for improvements.

(And no, you still can't use Java or Flash-based tools from your iPhone or iPad.  That's out of our control and unfortunately we don't expect it to change anytime soon.)

LAST CHANCE TO REGISTER FOR NEXT WEEKEND'S SCU CLASS IN NYC - If you will be in Manhatten next Saturday with nothing better to do, why not sign up for our all-day SCU Seminar?  Chip Anderson, John Murphy and Greg Schnell will be giving attendees a thorough introduction to all of the tools on StockCharts.com.  It's a great session for people who are new to the site or members that want a complete refresher of everything we offer.  Click here for more details.

CHARTCON 2012 DVDs NOW AVAILABLE - We're now offering a 2-disk set of DVDs containing all of the presentations and live audio from the ChartCon 2012 conference that was held in August.  If you attended or if you wanted to attend but couldn't, this DVD set is intended for you.  Click here for more details.

FEATURES WE'VE ADDED SO FAR THIS MONTH:

• Eight new Technical Indicators
• Five new Chart Color Schemes
• Five new Time Period choices (2-, 3-, 120-minute as well as quarterly and yearly)
• The new Two Year Subscription Option (w/3 free months)
• The New "Best of s.c.a.n." Blog
• Parabolic Curves
• Transparent shapes
• Rotated shapes
• The Inspector's new Measuring Stick
• Unlimited Annotation colors
• Workbench Skins
• Predefined Technical Alerts
• User-Defined Technical Alerts - *
• User-Defined Indexes - *
• User-Defined Chart Colors - *
• Charts going back to 1900 - *
• Data going back to 1970 (where available) - *
• 5-second Auto-Refresh - *
• Charts up to 2500 pixels wide - *
• Charts with up to 10 different price overlays - *
• HTTPS site access - *

The features at the end of the list with stars by their names are the key features of our new PRO service level.

So, by my (somewhat generous) count, that works out to 8+5+5+18 = 36 new features released in the last half-month.  Oh, and did we mention that we also held our annual conference during that same time?  (Click here for conference news and pictures.)

Phew!  We're going on vacation!  (Not really, sigh...)

In case you missed our earlier announcements, ChartCon is our annual gathering for StockCharts.com users.  This year's event is being held on August 10th and 11th in downtown Seattle.  We'll have live presentations from all of our ChartWatchers' authors including Arthur Hill, John Murphy, Chip Anderson, Greg Schnell, Tom Bowley, Erin Swenlin Heim, Richard Rhodes and Gatis Roze.  If you want to learn how to get the most out of your StockCharts.com account as well as how stock charting can make you a better investor, then you need to attend ChartCon 2012.  The ChartCon atmosphere is very friendly and the focus is on education and training.  You do not need to be an expert to attend!  All StockCharts.com users are welcome.

In order to keep ChartCon friendly and accessible, we are limiting the size of the conference to 300 people.  At this point, we still have approximately 30 seats available for ChartCon 2012.  If you are at all interested in attending, CLICK HERE to read more about the agenda and what you can learn by attending.  The people behind this newsletter would love to meet you in person next month.  Please let us know if you can make it.

TOP TEN STOCKCHARTS.COM "NOOKS" THAT YOU MIGHT BE MISSING - Every day we hear from people that have just discovered a great little nook of our website that they didn't know about.  While we love hearing from people when they make these discoveries, it is always a little frustrating because it means that there are probably lots of other people out there that haven't fully toured the website yet.  In an effort to speed up the discovery process, here are 10 great 100% free "nooks" that everyone should know about:

1. The old archives for our ChartWatchers newsletter - going all the way back to 1999.
2. Our Facebook page - a great "timeline" record of all the new content on our site and no, you don't need to be a Facebook member to see it.
3. Our new Sector Summary - lets you drilldown through the US stock market starting with S&P Sectors and then Dow Industries and the individual stocks.
4. Our Top Subscriber Cities map - are there lots of other StockCharts members near you?
5. Our Sitemap - the roadmap to all the big areas on StockCharts.com
6. The Recent Data Updates Page - all the data changes that we have made over the past month
7. Trading Strategies - complete documentation for many popular technical trading strategies
8. Advanced Scan Library - important and educational scan criteria that can be used directly or incorporated into other custom scans
9. Our Market Summary Page - a complete overview of what happened in the market today
10. Our Sector Rotation Analysis Page - a PerfChart that shows the current state of sector rotation in the market (Hint: Change the chart to use Histogram mode.)

There are lots of other great tools and features of the site waiting to be discovered.  Why not set asside some time soon to see what other great gems you can find?

BE SURE TO CHECK OUT THE PUBLIC CHARTLIST OF THE WEEK - Each week, Chip is singling out one of the Public ChartLists for recognition as the "Public ChartList of the Week."  Two weeks ago it was Gary Berkley's "Simple Systems" list.  This week it is Dirk Hettrich's "Broad Look to Various Markets."  A new list is chosen each Tuesday and highlighted on our main Public ChartList page.  If you haven't reviewed the Public ChartLists recently, you really should visit and see some of the great charts our dedicated authors have created.

CALLING ALL PINTEREST USERS! - Pinterest is one of the newest social websites out there.  It's great for organizing, reviewing, and rating things that have pictures associated with them.  We aren't sure - this stuff is new to us too - but it seems like Pinterest might be a great place to share charts and commentary and we need people to try it out and let us know.  So we're holding a contest!  To enter, just create a Pinterest board with some great organized collections of StockCharts charts.  By the way, you can now use the "Share" link under any SharpChart to quickly post a chart on Pinterest.  Once you've created your board, let us know by sending us a link to it.  Next weekend, we'll judge all of the entries and reward the best looking board with three free months of service!

BRING A BUDDY TO CHARTCON FOR HALF-PRICE! - Today we are announcing a new program for people that want to bring a friend with them to ChartCon - our User Conference being held in Seattle on August 10th and 11th.  Anyone who registers for ChartCon can now bring a friend along for half price!  We have a very limited number of these half-price seats available so don't wait - click here to learn more about ChartCon and sign up.  Once you have signed yourself up, you will receive additional details on how you can sign up a buddy for half price.  (And remember, spouses can attend the conference sessions for free also!)  ChartCon is THE must-attend conference for all StockCharts users.  Don't miss it!

CHARTCON AGENDA FINALIZED - Speaking of ChartCon, we've just finalized the ChartCon agenda.  We've added two new speakers to the list - Gatis Roze and Greg Schnell - and we've adjusted the timing and order of the presentations to make things flow more smoothly.  Check out this page for all the new details.

UPDATES TO OUR SHARE SYSTEM - This week we've updated the "Share" and "Linkable Version" links on our SharpCharts workbench.  In the past, we've had trouble with several of the share links that stopped working because of changes at the target website.  Because of that, we've scaled back the number of supported websites on our "Share" link to only include high-traffic websites with reliable sharing capabilities.  Currently, that means that we only support Twitter, Facebook and sending a chart in email.  We expect to add Blogger.com soon and we hope to add other popular websites back at some point in the future.  We also updated our Step-by-Step tutorials on sharing charts.

UPDATES TO CHART LINKING - The "Linkable Version" link has also undergone some changes - it now pops up a box that gives you the link instantly.  Simply press "CTRL-C" on your keyboard to copy it to your computer's clipboard ("Cmd-C" on a Mac).  Better yet, check the "Shorten URL" checkbox to get a super-short "sharts.co" version of the link and then copy it to your clipboard.  Once you've copied the link, you can paste it into an email, an IM message, a document, or some other website.

One important note about "Linkable Version" and bookmarking: If you want to bookmark a chart in your browser's Favorites area - you need to first click "Linkable Version" (just like before) and then click the "Reload with link" button to reload the page.  You can then bookmark your chart just like before.

WELCOME GATIS ROZE AND "THE TRADING JOURNAL" BLOG - In case you missed it, we've added another great author to our collection.  Gatis Roze is not writing articles in our free Blogs area for "The Trading Journal" blog.  His first article, titled "Double Your Money - Buy on Rumors" was very well received and this latest effort, "Talk to Your EGO Before You Trade!", is also generating lots of buzz.  Be sure to check them out.

OUR NEW SECTOR SUMMARY AREA CONTINUES TO IMPROVE - Our new Sector Summary area lets you drill down into the various sectors and industries that make up the stock market showing you the strongest performers at each level.  We've just added the ability to see MarketCarpets for each level as well as the ability to select different time frames for performance calculations.  To get started, simply click on the "Sector Summary" link on the homepage located just under the yellow "Today in the Market" chart.

PUBLIC CHARTLIST UPDATE NOTIFICATIONS START NEXT WEEK - Our Public ChartList area continues to get lots of visitors as the authors continue to improve their content and readers continue to vote for and follow their favorites.  If you haven't visited the Public ChartList area recently, be sure to stop by today and see some of the great content you've been missing.

Next week, we will roll out another big improvement for PCL readers - an email-based notification system that will let you know whenever any of the lists your are following have been updated.  You can choose to be notified immediately after any of your lists are updated, or via a once-a-day digest message that summarizes all the changes for the previous 24 hour period.  You can also choose to disable notifications entirely (or simply unfollow whichever lists are annoying you).

Public ChartList authors will also be able to earn a new perk that will allow them to add a personal message to the notification messages that get sent out.  Watch for more details to appear during the week.

IMPROVE YOUR CHARTING SKILLS AT CHARTCON IN AUGUST - We're holding a unique gathering of StockCharts users in August here in Seattle and YOU ARE INVITED!  Hobnob with ALL of the StockCharts charting experts and learn how to use charts better as they show you how they analysis the market and selecting winning stocks.  All of the authors that you are reading in this very newsletter will be there in person - John Murphy, Arthur Hill, Carl Swenlin, Richard Rhodes, Tom Bowley and Chip Anderson.  In addition, you'll hear from Greg Schnell, the voice behind our new "Canadian Technician" blog.

Last year's ChartCon was a blast and this year's event is almost sold out.  We still have some slots available at the special pre-Conference price of $449.  That's $50 off the regular price.  That price includes all presentations and materials, meals, and two big evening events.  You can learn more by clicking here but don't delay, this special price expires at the end of April.

"I am looking forward to meeting everyone at this year's ChartCon.  I really enjoyed talking to the friendly folks who came out last year and I know that this year's event will be even better." - John Murphy

Again, don't put this off.  If you are a serious StockCharts.com user, you need to come to ChartCon.  Click here for all the details.

NEW SECTOR SUMMARY AREA LETS YOU DRILL DOWN THRU THE MARKET - We've just added a new area to our website called the "Sector Summary" which lets you see the market's strongest performing sectors, industries and stocks by simply clicking on each entry. To get started, click on the "Sector Summary" link below the yellow chart at the top of our homepage.

NEW PUBLIC CHARTLIST AREA CONTINUES TO IMPROVE - Be sure to visit our new Public ChartList area on a regular basis.  You can now quickly find ChartLists that meet your investing style using a simple dropdown at the top of the page.  So if you are interested in Elliott Wave charts or Canadian charts or Gold charts or Cycle Analysis or whatever, you can find lists that match those interests very easily.

OVER 800 ARTICLES AND COUNTING!  The StockCharts Answer Network (s.c.a.n.) passed another milestone last week with its 800th question getting answered.  If you haven't visited it yet, s.c.a.n. is a free user-to-user question-and-answer area where you can get your questions about using StockCharts.com answered quickly by other experienced StockCharts.com users.  But don't just visit s.c.a.n. when you have a problem, keeping up with the answers to questions that other people ask can be even more rewarding.  Each week another couple of gems pops out of the discussions there - for instance here's one from last week about the differences between Price Channels and Keltner Channels.

"SAME SCALE" PRICE OVERLAY FIXES BOND YIELD CHARTS - Quick, what is wrong with this picture?

(Click for live version)

This is a chart with the 10-year and 20-year bond yields overlaid on top of each other.  The problem is that the vertical scales are different.  Compare the scale of the left with the scale on the right.  Now check out this chart:

(Click for live version)

Now that's more like it!  Both bond yields are now on the same scale and their distance is accurately displayed.  If you want to chart several things on the same scale, you can now do so with the new "Price (same scale)" choice in the SharpCharts "Overlays" dropdown.

SEATTLE SCU SEMINAR ANNOUNCED! - Registration for our one-day Seattle SCU Seminar is now open.  If you are interested, you better register fast because this one is sure to sell out quickly.  Click here for more details including the seminar agenda.

LAST CHANCE TO VOTE FOR SCU SEMINAR CITY #4 - We're winding down the voting for which city we should hold our 4th SCU Seminar in this year. Currently Toronto is leading, followed closely by Dallas and San Francisco.  If you are interested in attending our one-day SCU Seminar series and you cannot make it to our LA, Seattle or NYC events, be sure to click on this link and vote for the city of your choice before the end of February.  We'll announce the winner in March!

JOSEPH MAJOCHA'S eBOOK "THE ART OF THE CHART" IS NOW ONLY $7.99 IN OUR STORE - Majocha's easy-to-read eBook teaches you the essential concepts of Technical Analysis using StockCharts.com tools and charts.  It can help anyone become a better, more organized investor and it is now only $7.99 as a PDF download in our online store.  Get your copy right now.

OH, AND DON'T FORGET TO REGISTER FOR SEATTLE CHARTCON 2012 - It's filling up fast!  Do not delay! Anyone who's a fan of StockCharts and this ChartWatchers newsletter really owes it to themselves to attend.  You'll meet all the ChartWatchers authors and see the Great Pacific Northwest at the absolutely best time of year.  Click here for details.

CHARTCON EARLY REGISTRATION DEADLINE FAST APPROACHING - Join us in Seattle this August for our second annual ChartCon conference.  Two days of presentations by John Murphy, Arthur Hill, Tom Bowley, Richard Rhodes and Carl Swenlin - basically all of the ChartWatchers columnists!  Last year's convention was a huge hit with everyone that attended - don't miss this year's event.  The cost is going up by $100 after January 31st so don't delay - CLICK HERE TO LEARN MORE AND REGISTER TODAY!

GET THE DOWNLOAD VERSION OF OUR 100-YEAR NEW CENTURY WALL CHART - The printed version of this chart was such a huge hit we've created a downloadable PDF version that you can view on your computer or print out in any size you want.  Only $9.95!  Click here for details

SCTR LINE INDICATOR LETS YOU SEE HISTORICAL SCTR TRENDS - We've added the "SCTR Line" indicator to our SharpCharts charting tool so you can see how SCTR values have changed over time for a particular stock.  Just add it via one of the "Indicator" dropdowns on the SharpCharts workbench.

NEW eBOOK FROM ALEXANDER ELDER AVAILABLE EXCLUSIVELY FOR STOCKCHARTS USERS - Dr. Alexander Elder has just published a new eBook called "To Trade or Not to Trade, A Beginner's Guide".  It is now available for instant download in the StockCharts Store for only $8.00.  This version contains information that is specific to the use of StockCharts.com and is only available here.  Dr. Elder has written several classic books on how to trade succesfully including Come Into My Trading Room and Trading for a Living.  This latest eBook can help anyone become a better trader and may be the best $8 you ever spent.  Download your copy today.

COVERAGE OF EUROPEAN STOCKS AND INDEXES WILL END ON MARCH 1st - As Chip announced in his blog yesterday, we have not had enough demand for our European charting services - ExtraRT/EU and ExtraRT+ - to justify continuing them.  Unfortunately the high cost of that data combined with the low number of subscribers means that we have to discontinue coverage of all LSE, Euronext and German stocks and indexes after March 1st. Please read Chip's blog post for more details.

LOS ANGELES SCU SEMINAR ALMOST FULL - Only a couple of slots are still open for our first ever StockCharts University (SCU) Seminar at the Marina del Rey Marriott in sunny Los Angeles this March.  Have Chip Anderson show you how to use StockCharts to analyze the market and find great stocks.  Click here for more information.

CHARTCON 2012 EARLY BIRD REGISTRATION ENDS ON JANUARY 31st - Don't miss our biggest event of the year, ChartCon 2012 with John Murphy, Carl Swenlin, Arthur Hill, Tom Bowley and Richard Rhodes this August in Seattle.  Early Bird pricing is in effect only until the end of this month.  Don't delay!  Click here for more information including dates and the agenda.

HOLIDAY SALE ENDS MONDAY - Our December Holiday Special ends on Monday, the 19th.  If you are a member, do yourself a favor and visit the Your Account page to see when your account expires.  If it expires anytime between now and June 2012, you should really consider renewing for 6 or 12 months right now.  Renew for 6 months and you'll get 1 additional month for free.  Renew for 12 months and you'll get 2 additional months for free.

Members: Click here and then click the yellow "Extend" button to get started.

Not a member yet?  Thinking about joining?  Join before Monday and you'll get the same deal as the members.  Click here to learn more.

SCTRs INVADE STOCKCHARTS HOMEPAGE, SCAN ENGINE - We are now posting top 10 and bottom 10 lists for our three most popular SCTRs on our homepage.  If you haven't heard yet, the "StockCharts Technical Ranks" are a new rating service we provide that assigns a number between 0 and 100 for each stock in a given group.  The higher then SCTR, the stronger the stock is technically.  For more info, please see our ChartSchool article.

Here's a easy way to see the value of SCTRs (pronounced "Scooters"):  Click on the "PerfChart" link in the S&P 500 SCTR area of our homepage.  You'll see the performance of the stocks with the Highest current SCTR rating on an interactive PerfChart.  Very cool!

By the way, SCTRs are now also integrated in with our Scan Engine.  Extra members can now add SCTR ratings to their scan criteria.  For example:

  [daily sctr.sp5 > 70] and [close > Upper BB(20,2)]

This scan will find all stocks in the S&P 500 with a SCTR rank above 70 that are also above their upper Bollinger Band.  Strong performers indeed!

UPCOMING CHANGES TO THE PUBLIC CHARTLIST REWARD SYSTEM - Starting on January 1st, we will be making some changes to how the Public ChartList reward system works.  As of January 1st, the following changes will occur:

• All current Hall of Fame designations will expire
• In order to earn Hall of Fame status, a Public ChartList must win the monthly voting contest 6 times and be approved by the StockCharts president.
• The winner of the montly voting contest will receive 1 free month of service.  2nd place will receive 2 free weeks, and 3rd place will receive one free week.

The goal of these changes is to ensure that the Hall of Fame designation remains meaningful to the people that are browsing the Public ChartList area.

ANNOUNCING SCTRs, AN IMPORTANT NEW TOOL FOR CHART WATCHERS - Stock ranking systems are nothing new.  Investors Business Daily has had their well-known RS Rank system in place for years.  Today, we are announcing our own stock ranking system called the StockCharts Technical Rank (SCTR) - "Scooters" for short.

Like all ranking systems, SCTRs take a predefined universe of stocks (initially the S&P 500) and calculate a score for each stock.  The stocks are then sorted based on that score and assigned a rank - a number between 0 an 100 based on their position in the sorted list.

SCTR scores are based exclusively on straightforward technical conditions championed by John Murphy in his books and presentations.  They were inspired by John's "10 Laws of Technical Trading" essay.  We'll have a ChartSchool article with the exact formula available in a week or so but essentially we are looking at 6-month performance, 20-day performance, distance from the 200-day moving average, distance from the 50-day moving average, the slope of the MACD histogram, and the RSI's value.  Each one of those factors is weighted based on John's opinion of its importance and then added together to achieve the final score for each stock.

At this point we are only creating SCTRs for just the S&P 500 stocks and presenting them in table format on this page.  We consider this to be a "Beta" test of sorts and would like feedback from everyone over the next couple of weeks about the rankings.  Do the stocks with a 90+ SCTR rank have "good looking" charts?   Do the stocks with low SCTR ranks have weak looking charts?  Are the stocks with large SCTR changes from the previous day deserving of those large changes?

Down the road, we intend to add SCTRs to a wide variety of things throughout the website including:

• Allowing members to see the SCTR tables update in real time during market hours
• Allowing members to use SCTRs in their custom scans
• Creating SCTR rankings for additional stock universes including Canadians stocks, ETFs, Mutual Funds, Small Cap stocks and Mid Cap stocks
• Allowing members to add the SCTR line as an indicator on their charts
• Allowing members to use a MarketCarpet based on SCTR values

We hope you find SCTRs useful.  Please take a look at them and send us feedback about how you might use them once they are fully deployed.

SEND SOMEONE THE GIFT OF CHARTING WITH THE STOCKCHARTS HOLIDAY GIFT PACK! - We've bundled 6 months of our Extra service with one of John Murphy's best books, "The Visual Investor" and our exclusive 3-disc DVD set from this year's ChartCon conference. We also tossed in a logo baseball hat and travel mug. The price is only $99.95 - that's $120 less than normal! AND we'll wrap it all up an a nice box and send it to whomever you specify along with your personal note. That's one more item checked off your holiday shopping list thanks to StockCharts. What could be better?  But hurry - in order to get things shipped properly, this offer must end on December 8th. Click here for more details.

ANOTHER GREAT OFFER FROM S.R.C. AND STOCKCHARTS - Last week's big wall chart was so well received that we've improved on it for the holiday gift giving season!  Through this special offer with our partners at SRC. we have been able to combine the big 100-year wall chart of stock history with SRC's wonderful chart books - and do it at an 80% discount!   There are three different combinations of chart books to choose from - each a better deal than the last.  Check them out and order them for yourself or your charting friends.  But be sure to order before December 5th.  Click here for more details.

By the way, if you ordered a wall chart and haven't received it yet, don't panic.  Many people got their's in the mail on Friday and yours should arrive in the next couple of days.

DON'T FORGET US ON "CYBER MONDAY" - There's a very good chance we'll have some additional one-day deals then.  Check out the "What's New" section of the website on Monday, Nov. 28th for details.

A SPECIAL NOTE TO BASIC MEMBERS - Be sure to click on the "Members" tab the next time you log in to your Basic account for details on a very special offer.

GREG SCHNELL AND TOM BOWLEY IN CALGARY...  First off, Tom Boley and Greg Schnell - two of our great market commentators - are teaming up to talk in Calgary this week.  They have already presented there Saturday morning, but if you missed that presentation, they will also be presenting on Tuesday evening.  Click here for all the details.

CHIP ANDERSON AT THE AAII CONVENTION IN VEGAS...  Chip will be giving his talk on Friday afternoon at the AAII convention at the Cosmopolitan Hotel in Las Vegas.  If you are attending the convention, be sure to stop by and say Hi!  Here are the details.

UPCOMING CHANGES TO THE PUBLIC CHARTLIST REWARD SYSTEM - Starting on January 1st, we will be making some changes to how the Public ChartList reward system works.  As of January 1st, the following changes will occur:

• All current Hall of Fame designations will expire
• In order to earn Hall of Fame status, a Public ChartList must win the monthly voting contest 6 times and be approved by the StockCharts president.
• The winner of the montly voting contest will receive 1 free month of service.  2nd place will receive 2 free weeks, and 3rd place will receive one free week.

The goal of these changes is to ensure that the Hall of Fame designation remains meaningful to the people that are browsing the Public ChartList area.

DEALS, DEALS, DEALS - Here is a list of all the ways you can save money at StockCharts.  Right now.  No waiting.  No hassel.  Real money.  Just do these things and start saving.

• Non-Members can subscribe to any of our charting services and get a 10-day free trial to test things out.
• Ex-Members can resubscribe to any of our charting services and get 10 additional days for free.
• All Members now get the "StockCharts Market Message with John Murphy" for free.
• Basic and Extra members get real-time data for US stocks without having to pay exchange fees.
• All Members get a special discount coupon that lets them save 10% off of any order from our online store.
• Any member that refers us to a non-member will get one month of free service if that non-member signs up.
• All members that have been with us for more than 12 months get a loyalty reward coupon that saves them money on their next renewal.
• All StockCharts members qualify for a free one-month trial of DecisionPoint.com.
• Extra members that publish a Public ChartList can win a free month of service if their list is the top vote getter for the month.
• The book bundles in our online store are offered at a h-u-g-e discount.
• Finally, all members that renew for 12 months will get another month of service for free.

Phew!  Did you know about all of that before now?

THINGS NON-MEMBERS ASK ABOUT - Yes, we do have monthly charts.   Yes, we do allow you to create charts that are longer than 3 years.  Yes, you can see the data that makes up each chart.  Yes, our charts can be automatically updated.  Yes, you can scan just the charts in your portfolio.  Yes, we do have 15-minute bar charts.  Yes, we do provide free real-time data for US stocks.  Yes, you can see an example of the Market Message here.  ChartLists are groups of saved charts that you want to review later.  Having more than one ChartList lets you categorize your saved charts.  Yes, members have access to all of this and more.

No, we don't have coverage for the Indian stock market.  No, we don't have technical alerts - yet.  No, we don't provide downloadable data.  No, we don't have real-time futures data.  No, we don't charge your credit card until after the 10-day free trial is over.  No, we don't have Level 2 data.

Yes, you can learn all about our pricing and features at http://stockcharts.com/sales/new.html

"THE CANADIAN INVESTOR" BLOG ADDED - Please give our newest columnist Greg Schnell a big StockCharts welcome by visiting his new blog "The Canadian Technician" located under our Blogs tab.  Greg's blog is about technical analysis from a Canadian perspective and his first couple of articles have been very well received.  

Hint: If Greg's charts look too small on your screen, click on them once to see the enlarged version.

NEW MARKET SUMMARY PAGE - We've updated our Market Summary page to better reflect the indexes, ETFs and Market Indicators that John and Arthur use on a regular basis.  The new version also automatically updates throughout the day.  You can use a dropdown at the top of the page to switch between several different collections of symbols including "Intraday", "End of Day" and "ETF-only".

FREE OFFER FROM DECISIONPOINT.COM! - StockCharts has been a proud partner with Carl Swenlin's DecisionPoint.com website for years.  Now, for the first time, we are offering one free month of service to all of our newsletter readers. (Hey! That's you!)  Simply click here and fill out the form that appears for one month of service.  When you get to the payment page, enter "LETTER10" in the Coupon Code field and press the blue arrow button.  Poof!  Your order total will be zero and you will get to enjoy Carl's great site for one month completely free of charge!  But hurry - this offer is only good for a limited time.  Click here to get started.

CHARTCON DVDs ARE ALMOST READY, PRE-ORDER NOW! - Our ChartCon conference last month in Seattle was a great success and now you can experience it even if you weren't able to attend.  We recorded over 16 hours of audio from the conference and matched it up with the presentation slides to create a 3-disk DVD pack that lets you see and hear everything that went on during the 3 days of conference sessions.  The DVDs are currently getting pressed by the DVD factory and should be in our offices by the end of the month, but you can make sure you get your copy as soon as possible by placing a pre-order for them right now.  Click here to learn more.

CHARTCON EXCERPT AVAILABLE ON OUR YOUTUBE CHANNEL - Click here to see a 5-minute snippet of video from these new ChartCon DVDs.  In this episode, taken from the StockCharts University sessions, Chip discusses the three key assumptions that underlie Technical Analysis.

ONE LAST THING... - All StockCharts.com subscribers should be sure and visit the "Members" page of our website sometime in the next couple of days.  I promise you it will be worth your time.

"BOOK BASH 2011" IS HERE!  SAVE 33% OFF ALL ITEMS IN OUR ONLINE STORE!  From now until Labor Day, everyone can save 33% off all items in our online store.  Books, logo merchandise, videos and bundles - all for 1/3rd off!  This is the first time we've EVER run this kind of sale so be sure to take advantage of it now before it ends on Monday.  Click here for details.

NOW EARNING A FREE MONTH OF SERVICE IS EVEN EASIER - We're now offering a free 10-day trial for all StockCharts account types.  That means that it is even easier for members to earn a free month of service simply by having their friends join.  Just point your friend to our sign up page and have them test drive us free for 10 days.  If they join up after that, you'll get a free month of service!  You can start by forwarding this newsletter to them right now.  :-)

ANNOUNCING OUR "EXTRA REALTIME FOR EUROPE" SERVICE!  We now provide realtime charts for stocks in the London Stock Exchange as well as the Euronext exchange.  This means we now have three new services - "Extra RealTime for North America" (our old ExtraRT service), "Extra RealTime for Europe" and the combination package "Extra RT+EU" that gives you access to both.  Click here for more information.

USE THE "YOUR ACCOUNT" LINK TO RENEW/UPGRADE/DOWNGRADE/SIDEGRADE YOUR SERVICE  We've changed how members make changes to their accounts.  Instead of going to the old renewal pages to renew, upgrade, downgrade or sidegrade your account, you now go to the "Your Account" page by clicking on the link at the top of any page.  There you will find choices relevant to your account.

 HALF-CIRCLE CYCLE TOOL ADDED TO CHARTNOTES - Our annotation tool got another upgrade last week.  You can now use it to add half-circle cycle lines to your charts. Here's an example that uses our new version of $GOLD:

To add half-circle cycle lines, click on the normal cycle lines tool at the top of the ChartNotes window and then click on the half-circle tool button that appears below the regular cycle lines button.

STILL HAVE SOME FREE HATS AND TRAVEL MUGS AVAILABLE! - To celebrate the grand opening of our new online store, we've been giving away free baseball hats and travel mugs to everyone who places a $20 or more order.  There is still a limited supply of these free items left.  Why not check out our new store and see if there's anything you need?

WELCOME TO "THE STOCKCHARTS STORE" - Our old online bookstore has been updated and expanded to create "The StockCharts Store" where you can find all kinds of merchandise for enhancing your charting.  This includes our heavily discounted book bundles as well as StockCharts logo merchandise like hats, cups and travel bags.  The first 75 people that place an order will get a free StockCharts travel mug and hat!  Why not check it out today?

GERMAN STOCKS NOW AVAILABLE ON STOCKCHARTS - We've just added over 500 stocks from the German Deutsche Börse exchange to our database.  German ticker symbols end with ".DE".  Now we can see how several popular German automakers have been doing so far this year:

With this addition, European investors have access to all stocks listed on the London Stock Exchange, the Euronext Stock Exchange, and the German Stock Exchange.  Soon we will start offering a real-time subscription add-on for Europe that will be almost identical to the real-time subscription add-on we currently have for North American stocks.  Watch for an announcement with all the details in the coming weeks.

GENERATE YOUR OWN INVOICES - Now members can create their own invoices directly from the "Your Account" page.  Simply click on the "Your Account" link in the upper right corner of any page and then scroll down to see your account's transaction history.  Buttons at the bottom allow you to create printable invoices for any range of dates you want!

CHARTCON 2011 IS LESS THAN 2 MONTHS AWAY!  We're hard at work creating some great presentations for everyone that is attending.  All confirmed attendees should have already received Issue #1 of the "ChartCon Insider" newsletter.  We're also getting some nice swag made using the new "official" logo design that we just got back from our designer.

PIVOT POINTS ADDED TO SHARPCHARTS - We also just added support for Pivot Points as an overlay for our main bar/candlestick tool.  Check out this article for more details.

IMPROVEMENTS TO PREDEFINED SCAN RESULTS - We've been hard at work improving our predefined scan results page so that you can quickly see which scans have had the biggest improvements over the course of the past day.  We now have red and green bars that show you the difference in the scan results from the previous trading day.  We've also grouped our scan results into (generally) bullish and bearish scans.  That means that if you see a bunch of red bars by the "bullish" scans and a bunch of long green bars by the "bearish" scans, the market has probably moved lower (and vice versa).  Check it out!