E*TRADE Charts

Updated Sunday, September 20, 2009

Charts Grade: A

Overview:

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E*TRADE offers excellent stock charts. Charts are clear and attractive both in large and small sizes. There are over forty technical and fundamental indicators to please all investor types. Having the ability to save chart types is easy to setup and very useful. Drawing tools are limited to simple lines. For a web based charting tool, E*TRADE is first class.

Details:

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Basic 1 year chart for GE (click on images for larger views):

5 year chart comparing GE, PFE and MSFT:

GE 5 year chart with dividends, 200 day moving average, and PE history:

E*TRADE allows you to save chart settings. For example, I created a candlestick chart with a time interval of 3 months, bollinger bands, NYSE advance versus decline and momentum. When viewing PFE, I clicked on the Your Saved Settings arrow and selected my saved chart to display:

You can also view charts at an even larger size. Here I selected to view a large 10 year chart of MSFT, comparing it to the Dow, S&P 500 and Nasdaq:

And finally, you can draw simple lines on charts. Here is a three month candlestick chart for BHP Billiton (BHP) which I drew a rising channel in green followed by a horizontal channel in grey:

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