StockCharts Blogs - Step-by-Step

Clearing your Browser's Temporary File Cache (Firefox)

If you are having problems seeing up-to-date charts and information on our website, it may be because your browser has "cached" an earlier copy of things on your local hard disk and is now using that old version instead of the new version from our website. To fix this problem, you can clear your browser's "Temporary File Cache." Here's how to clear your cache if you are using Firefox 3.

Clearing your Browser's Temporary File Cache (Internet Explorer)

If you are having problems seeing up-to-date charts and information on our website, it may be because your browser has "cached" an earlier copy of things on your local hard disk and is now using that old version instead of the new version from our website. To fix this problem, you can clear your browser's "Temporary File Cache." Here's how to clear your cache if you are using Internet Explorer 7.

Increasing Your Java Memory So You Can Annotate Large Charts (Mac)

Our ChartNotes annotation tools uses the Java plug-in to do its thing. If you try to annotate a really large chart, Java may run out of memory since, by default, it is limited to only 64MB of your computer's memory space. In this tutorial, we'll show Mac users how they can allow Java to access more memory, thus allowing ChartNotes to work with really large charts. (Note: Click here if you use Windows.)

Increasing Your Java Memory So You Can Annotate Large Charts (Windows)

Our ChartNotes annotation tool uses the Java plug-in to do its thing. If you try to annotate a really large chart, Java may run out of memory since, by default, it is limited to only 64MB of your computer's memory space. In this tutorial, we'll show Windows users how they can allow Java to access more memory, thus allowing ChartNotes to work with really large charts. (Note: Click here if you use a Mac.)

Sending Us Your Java Console Log (Mac)

If you are having problems with one or all of our Java-based tools - e.g., ChartNotes, PerfCharts, MarketCarpets, etc. - we may ask you to send us the "Java Console Log" so that we can see what the problem is. Here are the steps for doing that if you are using a Mac.  (Note: Click here if you use Windows.)

Sending Us Your Java Console Log (Windows)

If you are having problems with one or all of our Java-based tools - e.g., ChartNotes, PerfCharts, MarketCarpets, etc. - we may ask you to send us the "Java Console Log" so that we can see what the problem is. Here are the steps for doing that if you are using Windows.  (Note: Click here if you use a Mac.)

Enabling Cookies in Internet Explorer 7

In order to get StockCharts.com to work properly, your web browser must be configured to accept all "web cookies" from our servers. Here are the steps for ensuring that your browser is properly configured...

Note: These are the steps for Internet Explorer 7 under Windows XP. Things may be slightly different in other environments. Click here for Firefox instructions.

Enabling Cookies in Firefox (Windows)

In order to get StockCharts.com to work properly, your web browser must be configured to accept all "web cookies" from our servers. Here are the steps for ensuring that your browser is properly configured...

Note: These are the steps for Firefox 3.x under Windows XP. Things may be slightly different for other computers.

Getting Started with SharpCharts at StockCharts.com

In this tutorial, we'll go over the basics of creating high-quality financial charts using SharpCharts, the main charting tool at StockCharts.com

In this example, let's assume that we've just read a nice article about a company called "Hudson Technologies" and we'd like to examine their stock chart closely.

Our first problem is that we need to find out what the ticker symbol for Hudson Technologies is, then we need to create a simple chart for it, then we need to start customizing the chart. Let's get started...

Adding a Moving Average to the Volume Bars at the bottom of a Chart

Most SharpCharts include a histogram at the bottom of the chart that represent the trading volume for each bar. Sometimes it is useful to add a moving average to those bars to see when unusual volume days occurs. Here are the steps to do that...