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Friday, February 17, 2012

Stockcharts.com

Using Stockcharts.com is like legal stealing!

I am not an expert at technical analysis, but I plan to be one or at least increase my knowledge of technical analysis in the years to come. While learning about technical analysis I have found that it is essential to have Stockcharts.com pulled up on the computer so that I can use at it as a reference and learning tool. Stockcharts.com is free and has detailed customizations that you can use when learning about technical analysis. EMA, SMA, MACD, OHLC bars, Candlesticks, it is all here for the most part. Of course you change the duration of the time periods that you want to view on the chart.

Stockcharts.com also has great articles and information on technical and fundamental analysis. If you click on the 'Chart School' tab you are taken to a portal that will give you a multitude of articles about technical analysis. I looked through these articles quickly and found that they have great illustrations to go along with the written content.

I have read some of the blogs from the 'Blogs' tab on Stockcharts.com and found that they were informative and had great chart illustrations. I have enjoyed the content that I found in the blogs section of the site.

There are sparse advertisements on Stockcharts.com, a huge plus. Nothing pops up on me when I am viewing the content on this site. Ad pop ups on websites make me want to slap kittens in the face.

There is also content available for paying members that includes more customization options and a membership to the site. I do not need these extra customizations at this time, but if I ever do need them, Stockcharts.com will be the first place that I sign up for these services on. I feel like I should already be paying them for the content they provide for free anyway; no one tell them that though!

Overall I give Stockcharts.com an A. I can't think of any draw backs to this site. It has great charts, chart information and technical analysis education, mostly for free. I highly recommend visiting the site. You would think that I was on the Stockcharts.com payroll. I'm not though, the site is just that great! I have supplied the link below. VISIT IT NOW! If you need to view some stock charts that is.

Link for article http://stockcharts.com/

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About Me (Christopher Peterson)

I started 17and17 so that my family and friends could read my thoughts on investing and topics related to investing. I am a novice investor, I am not an expert. I do not work in the financial industry at this time. I work as a customer service supervisor for a national television network. My job affords me the time and opportunity to follow the stock market and study investing, (unless it is Football season!).

I became interested in the stock market in my mid 20s in 2004 when I stumbled upon the show "Mad Money". Since then I have been following the stock market with increasing intensity. I have read multiple texts relating to the stock market and continue to research and develop my investing knowledge.

I have read all of Jim Cramer's books, he is my stock investing mentor. I credit him with introducing me to the market and providing me with a base of knowledge about investing through his show, books, and thestreet.com. As I have learned more about investing though I have slowly migrated away from Mr. Cramer's optimistic trading on investor sentiment style toward a more value oriented philosophy about investing. I feel that my mentor can be over optimistic at times! I am still developing my investing philosophy and will be for the rest of my life.