StockCharts

What it does

StockCharts is a technical analysis website built around price charts rather than fundamental data. Its SharpCharts charting tool lets users plot stocks, ETFs, mutual funds, and indexes with overlays such as moving averages and Bollinger Bands, indicators like RSI and MACD, and drawing tools for trend lines and annotations. Charts can be saved in named chart lists and annotated for later review.

The site publishes daily market commentary from its own analysts, covering index trends, sector rotation, and notable chart patterns. Its ChartSchool is a free education library that explains technical analysis concepts from the ground up, including chart types, trend analysis, indicators, and market breadth. StockCharts also maintains its own family of market breadth and sentiment indicators used by its commentators.

The site's analysts host regular video shows and write daily articles interpreting what the charts are saying about indexes, sectors, and market breadth. StockCharts maintains proprietary breadth indicators, such as its Bullish Percent Indexes, which measure the share of stocks in a group giving bullish chart signals. These indicators have their own symbols and can be charted like any security on the platform.

Who it is for

Technical traders and chartists use StockCharts as a workspace for marking up price charts and tracking watchlists. Investors learning technical analysis work through ChartSchool, which is widely referenced as a plain-language introduction to the subject. Financial advisers use the charts in client presentations to illustrate trends without overwhelming viewers.

Because the site focuses on price action rather than earnings and balance sheets, it suits investors who make decisions from charts. Beginners can start with the free charts and ChartSchool articles to learn the vocabulary of technical analysis, while frequent users work with saved chart lists and custom chart styles tailored to their own process.

Market technicians studying breadth use the site's advance-decline data and proprietary indicators as part of their daily routine. Newsletter writers embed StockCharts charts in their publications. Investors who prefer visual evidence over narratives use the annotated charting to document their own market views and share them with others.

Key capabilities

SharpCharts supports intraday, daily, weekly, and monthly timeframes with hundreds of technical overlays and indicators. Users can create custom chart styles, save annotated charts into named lists, and scan their lists for specific technical conditions such as a price crossing above a moving average. The site's market summary pages track the major indexes, sector performance, and market breadth indicators like advance-decline lines and new highs versus new lows.

ChartSchool articles explain each indicator and concept with illustrated examples, forming a self-contained technical analysis course that readers can work through at their own pace. The commentary section features daily market recaps and regular shows from StockCharts analysts. A scan engine lets users search for stocks meeting technical criteria, such as new momentum highs or oversold readings.

The scan engine searches the site's database for stocks meeting technical conditions, from moving-average crosses to new highs with expanding volume. Market breadth pages track participation across indexes and sectors, showing whether a rally is broad or narrow. The gallery of public chart lists lets members study how experienced technicians annotate their charts.

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