Interactive Charting

Help and Definitions

Ticker Symbol: The Ticker Symbol text box allows a user to enter one or more space separated ticker symbols. A maximum of eight tickers can be entered. Note that the selection of a Comparison Index reduces the maximum number of symbols that can be entered to seven.

Frequency: Frequency is defined as the interval between pricing observations. The Frequency Drop-Down box allows a user to select from a list of pre-defined frequencies. The list includes the following choices: 1-Minute, 5-Minute, 10-Minute, Daily, Weekly, Monthly, Quarterly and Yearly. The default value for the Frequency control is Daily.

Period: Period is defined as the date range covered by the chart. The Period Drop-Down box allows a user to select from a list of pre-defined periodicities. The list includes the following choices: Intraday, 1-Month, 3-Month, 6-Month, Year-to-Date, 1-Year, 2-Years, 3-Years, 5-Years, 10-Years and All Data. The default value for the Period control is 1-Year.

Upper Chart: The Upper Chart Drop-Down box allows a user to select the format for the Upper Chart display. This control allows a user to select a Price format, Percent format or Volume format for the Upper Chart display. The default value for the Upper Chart control is Prices.

Lower Chart: The Lower Chart Drop-Down box allows a user to select the format for the Lower Chart display. This control allows a user to choose between a Price format, a Percent format, a Volume format or "None" for the chart data display. The default value for the Lower Chart control is Volume.

Comparison Index: The Comparison Index Drop-Down box allows a user to select a market index for inclusion in the chart display. This allows a user to see the performance of a selected stock(s) relative to the selected market index. The list includes the following Choices: "None", S&P 500 (S&P 500), Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA), NASDAQ Composite (Nasdaq) and Russell 2000 (Russell 2K). The default value for the Comparison Index control is "None".

• S&P 500 Index: Widely regarded as the standard for measuring large-cap US stock market performance, this popular index includes a representative sample of leading companies in leading industries. The S&P 500 covers approximately 75% of the US equities market. Companies eligible for addition to the S&P 500 have market capitalization of at least $3 billion. 1
• Dow Jones Industrial Average: The DJIA is an index of 30 "blue-chip" US stocks. At 100 plus years, it is the oldest continuing US market index. It is called an "average" because it originally was computed by adding up stock prices and dividing by the number of stocks. (The very first average price of industrial stocks, on May 26, 1896, was 40.94.) The methodology remains the same today, but the divisor has been changed to preserve historical continuity. The DJIA is the best-known market indicator in the world, partly because it is old enough that many generations of investors have become accustomed to quoting it, and partly because the US stock market is the globe's biggest. 2
• Nasdaq Composite Index: The Nasdaq Composite Index measures all Nasdaq domestic and non-US based common stocks listed on The Nasdaq Stock Market. The Index is market-value weighted. This means that each company's security affects the Index in proportion to its market value. The market value, the last sale price multiplied by total shares outstanding, is calculated throughout the trading day, and is related to the total value of the Index.Today the Nasdaq Composite includes more than 3,000 companies, more than most other stock market indexes. 3
• Russell 2000: Measures the performance of the 2,000 smallest companies in the Russell 3000 Index, which represents approximately 10% of the total market capitalization of the Russell 3000 Index. The largest company in the index had an approximate market capitalization of $1.5 billion. 4

Moving Average: The Moving Average Drop-Down box allows a user to include a Moving Average in the chart display. The list includes the following choices: "None", Simple Moving Average (SMA), Exponential Moving Average (EMA), Weighted Moving Average (WMA) and Triangular Moving Average (TMA). The default value for the Moving Average control is "None". A value of 50 days is used for all Moving Average calculations.

• Moving Averages: A Moving Average is an average of a security or commodity prices constructed in a period as short as a few days or as Long as several years and showing trends for the latest interval. As each new variable is included in calculating the average, the last variable of the series is deleted. Moving averages often serve as support or resistance points for a security.
• Simple Moving Average: A Simple moving average is a moving arithmetic mean. It is calculated by adding the closing price of the security for a designated number of time periods. This total is then divided by the number of time periods.
• Weighted Moving Average: A Technique whereby the first period of data is multiplied by 1, the second by 2, the third by 3, and so on until the latest one. The calculation for each period are then totaled and divided by the sum of the weights. Weighted moving average is used for the purpose of identifying trend reversals.
• Exponential Moving Average: Is a front weighted smoothed line that is calculated by applying a smoothing constant to today's price and adding it to the previous day's exponential moving average.
• Triangular Moving Average: Is a middle weighted moving average- more weight is assigned to the middle portion of the data. It is obtained by dividing the number of periods by 2 and using the resultant number for a doubly- smoothed simple moving average.