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Dividend data doesn't change very often, so you could download the results of the dividend scan to a csv file for reference.
In any case, I agree that the list of column options could be expanded.
Also setting a personal default time span would be helpful.
Otherwise I love the charts.
Thanks!
Henry
- Access to more fundamental data when searching
- Print quarterly EPS as a graph
- Maintain a selected order of stocks in a chart list (such as gainers) when switching e.g. into PnF or other view mode
- PnF search in different bases, such as and [[double top breakout in 3%x3 is true] and [low pole in 1%x1 is true]]
- View PnF and e.g. weekly time charts or daily and weekly next to each other
- Print quarterly EPS as a graph"
I believe that once they start capturing the data, it will become available to use on charts. It looks like they are planning to, but who knows. I never would have guessed that their recent "big surprise announcement" would be for free options trading. I
"- Maintain a selected order of stocks in a chart list (such as gainers) when switching e.g. into PnF or other view mode"
The chartlist sort is done a couple ways. You can sort it using the Summary view. At the bottom of the Summary view is a button to Number in Sorted Order. Once numbered they stay that way in any other view like 10 per page and CandleGlance.
The other way is through a Rank By statement in a scan or just sorting the results of a scan and asking it to maintain the Sort when saving the results.
To remove a sort numbering, go to Edit the chartlist and then select All and click on the remove the numbering button.
"- PnF search in different bases, such as and [[double top breakout in 3%x3 is true] and [low pole in 1%x1 is true]]"
It's not all that it's cracked up to be but would be nice I guess. I did a trial on Updata software. All they use for scanning is the % trend charts, but very limited in terms of other patterns. Simple DT buy and DB sell was about the limit of it.
"- View PnF and e.g. weekly time charts or daily and weekly next to each other"
In Gallery view you get the intraday, daily, weekly and PnF chart on one page. You can customize each of the chartstyles in the Gallery view as well.
They removed the option to Preserve Sort Order on the Replace an existing list. This is not acceptable for my use. I've asked them to please add back the Preserve Sort Order option to Replace option.
The point is, I can run a scan against an existing list that I want to re-sort based on some criteria that is ONLY available in the Scan workbench. If I want to reuse/ replace the existing list, I can't keep the sort. I would have to create a NEW list and then change my re-sort scan for MY LISTS to look at a new list that was created because they removed the Preserve Sort Order option on replacing an existing chartlist.
I re-sort my lists often, based on some criteria like PPO, or PnF Box Count, or some other technical indicator.
Other option would be to add MORE ways to re-sort a list in the Chartlist Summary function. I would think it would be easier to add back the previous functionality. I don't know why why they would take it away.
Definitely NOT an improvement. I hope that this isn't an indication of their laser focus on improvements to the SharpCharts system.
Absolutely agree with you.
This must be an oversight. There is no reason to take away this feature on the Replace list option. If you have to make a new list for each sort order, the number of lists they have to store will balloon. Storage is a lot cheaper these days, but its still waste, and a huge inconvenience for users.
I rely on this option because I keep a "scratch" list that I use over and over again so I don't have to go searching for saved results. They are always in the same place. I also have lists named for my nightly scans which I replace whenever I run those scans.
I've sent a love letter to support asking to restore it.
This is a sign that there aren't actual users leading the programming. Another clue will be when the fonts change to illegible and smaller type. I'm going through this same issue on the Nasdaq Dorsey Wright website. They did "enhancements" and modifications that made the site more difficult to use. Changed the font to something called Mulish and knocked down the font size on many pages. It wasn't a space issue. The space was left alone. They must knocked down the font size. They also added more clicks to accomplish tasks. After a few months of complaints, they changed the fonts back to Ariel and Times New Roman and increased the size on many pages.
Customers use the sites for their needs and/or businesses. I personally like to be more efficient in processes.
I'll give them a day or two to fix it or then I'll start posting comments on Grayson's YouTube videos.
I did get a response from support
"Thank you for contacting us. Our programming team is aware of the issue and are working on a correction. We sincerely apologize for the inconvenience and appreciate your patience. "
Never mind. Syntax error on my part.
I hear you about more clicks. I wonder whether this is a trend. I upgraded my laptop to Windows 11 and it seems everything requires more clicks than before. Are these newer, less competent designers? Or is there value in clicks, maybe to advertisers? There seems to be a lot of change for the sake of change, rather than actual improved user experience.
@azb ACP is an example of the new platforms I mentioned above. There's "tons of stuff" being added to there. It's still hideous in comparison to SharpCharts, but they have programmers who can work on that platform. I'm just hoping that they don't use ACP as the model to influence the "improvements" to SharpCharts functionality. Most all of the Plug Ins are just packaged user defined displays of common indicators.
I CAN NOT run my scans. I am waiting for the programmers to fix the revised scan so it can SORT and replace an existing chart list. I want to REPLACE my current LISTS with SORTED lists, not alphabetical ones. They definitely added MORE CLICKS which is annoying.
I would like ACP more if it's GUI - graphical user interface - was more functional. (Examples - 1) ACP candleglace is far worse than original, and 2) the drop down's are scattered everywhere - on the left, on the right, at top ... drop down should drop down from the top, menu style. Industry standard.
If you have a perfectly good, running, functional CAR, why would you park it in the garage, and begin building a BOAT, from scratch ???
When they went to indicators that you can't scan for, that really toasted my bread. What good is an indicator that you have to put on a chart and flip through a bunch of charts looking for one or some where the indicator may be at an actionable level? That's not efficient, nor effective.
GO, NO GO, NO GO, NO GO, NO GO, NO GO, NO GO, GO, NO GO, NO GO, NO GO, NO GO, NO GO, NO GO, .................
Like I mentioned before, the ACP ONLY indicators can mostly be replicated to a certain extent using the SharpCharts indicators but rolling out ACP the way they did certainly leaves a lot to be desired. I think that they still only have a small minority of the bloggers/ TV host and guests who use the ACP in their presentations.
I hope Definedge brings their package to the US market soon.
Oh, by the way, it appears that they fixed the Preserve Sort Order for the Replace List option.
On my chartlists, I have some that are checked off in Summary View to send a daily or weekly report.
On the email it lists the symbols of the list sorted by return for the period of the report.
Prior, when clicking on the symbol in the list, a new tab would open showing the symbol on my default chart. In the last few days it now opens the symbol in the Symbol Summary page. Opening in the chart is preferable as the Symbol Summary page requires a bunch of scrolling to be able to click on the chart.
Can this linkage be changed back to the Chart? I really don't like having to add steps to my process for no apparent reason other than a programming change.
Thank you for your consideration
"Clicking the symbol in the ChartList Report will display the symbol in Symbol Summary page view; clicking the name will display it in the SharpCharts workbench with default ChartStyle settings."
So either, I've always been clicking on the Name all this time, or they added this new functionality. Either way, it's good to know. I like versatility.
Symbol Summary is a nifty link as you can see if the symbol is in any chartlists that you maintain right there along with other interesting and useful information.
I'll report this to Support and see if they can change it back.
So, for example the SP 500 stocks trading above their 200 day moving average is a StockCharts symbol. There are many segments and sections of securities that StockCharts compiles into a breadth indicator. You can see how many by typing in 200 in the Enter Symbol or Name at the top of the StockCharts page and click on the "More Results for "200" at the bottom of the listing
The other day I noticed that they had created several new breadth indicators for the SP 1500. Data on these doesn't go back past June at the moment. So not a very "useful" set of indicators at the moment. BUT you would never know that there are new breadth indicators or other new StockCharts created symbols unless you stumble upon them. There are other SP 1500 indicators in the system with over 10 years of data but the new ones, currently don't have the history created.
So I asked for a method to be developed to provide better visibility to these things. Possibly add a new filter to the Symbol Index page(s). Or a filter in the Data Adjustments page, although I don't like that page. Or have Grayson point out the NEW things in his stockcharts show/ newsletter article.
There is a "what's new" page accessible from the home page under "member tools" (scroll to the bottom), but it's infrequently updated and mainly for major upgrades.
They are creating it. Probably at someone's direction. Probably for the benefit of someone. Why not us subscribers?
"When running a scan and then saving to a chartlist, the results are coming in to the chartlist with a comma after the symbol. This appears to only happen when I use Replace Chartlist
It doesn't appear to add the comma when I Merge with a chartlist, or Create a New chartlist with the results.
An interesting side note. The chartlists with the comma symbols will display "correctly" in Summary View, in CandleGlance view with a blue background color on the StockCharts styles. They will display in PnF views with a different PnF appearance than "normal" but not in Custom style. The list will appear "correctly" in RRG, Performance and Symbol Summary .
I've cleared cache. I'd used new and existing Scans, and still get the issue with Replacing a chartlist with the results. This started last evening.
I've attached a screen shot of the issue I'm seeing."
I sent them feedback yesterday about the Range and Selecting the Start/End option. There was no scroll bar showing on the new workbench. The scroll bar is very useful to me as I can drag one edge to make a longer or shorter period very quickly. I can drag the whole bar to show other periods in detail. The other thing I use are the Arrows on the ends of the bar. They allow you to move the period back or forward by one period per click. Want to shift back one period, click the left arrow. Want to go backwards more, keep clicking the left arrow. This is a lot of fun to review setups or prior setups and then walk forward one period at a time to see how the chart moved.
The scroll bar is highlighted below
So I reported that the scroll bar wasn't on the new workbench.
Today my message on the SharpChart workbench says
That's very nice and interactive of them. AND it works.
Two suggestions/ requests for chartlist viewing enhancements.
First, I'm looking to gain visibility on my saved chartlist numbering.
I can create chartlists. In fact, I can create hundreds of chartlists, some that may have very similar names. These are only available to me by the Name of the chartlist in viewing and editing.
When I go into the Scan workbench and run a scan to update or replace or modify a list with the results I'm only given the Name of the list to choose from.
If I add a chartlist to my scan, it adds them in and includes the Number of the chartlist. In fact, the Name of the list isn't important in the scan workbench.
Not having the chartlist number available in the Chartlists display can be confusing as to which chartlist is being used in a scan, for example.
I'd also like to have a "last updated field" available in the Chartlists display on the homepage. It would make it easier to tell the "active" lists from the , potentially, abandoned lists that are just taking up space on your servers and on my account. You have it displayed in the Public Chartlists. It'd be nice to see it in the Chartlist listing on the homepage as well.
Thank you for your consideration of these suggested improvements to the user experience on the site.
I know how to change the time frame on seasonality,
But, Is there any way to change the time frame and keep it set for all the charts as I scroll through.
It resets every time I scroll forward and it's kind of a pain to change it every time.
If not, is there anything you guys may be working on.
When scrolling through my ChartLists on seasonality it always resets to 5 years. I would like to keep a longer time frame. Especially since it says five years, but it's really not five if you look forward. It's only five for Jan-March, four for April-December.
I would suggest that you add a link to the StockCharts Answer Network (S.C.A.N. forum) in the "getting help with scans" section of the website.
https://help.stockcharts.com/scanning-and-alerts/getting-help-with-scans
You do list the S.C.A.N. forum in the Educational resources
https://help.stockcharts.com/learning-more/educational-resources#the_stockcharts_answer_network_scan.
Listing the forum in the "getting help" section would provide additional options for subscribers to explore in getting the help they may need to achieve a satisfactory StockCharts.com experience.
My experience on the S.C.A.N. forum is that most of the questions and comments are from users that have questions or need help with scans and alerts.
In my opinion, the StockCharts Answer Network is a valuable resource for StockCharts.com users. The more visibility you give it as an available resource for StockCharts.com users, the more likely you are to have very satisfied customers/subscribers,
Thank you for your consideration.