StockCharts review
Web-based technical analysis platform for self-directed investors, with SharpCharts, Point & Figure and RRG charts, scans and alerts, free with limits or $19.95 to $49.95 per month.
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Best for: Self-directed investors running end-of-day technical scans and reviewing saved chart lists
Pricing: Free with 3 indicators per chart; Basic $19.95/month, Extra $29.95 and PRO $49.95 month to month ($18.42, $27.65 and $46.11 a month on annual billing), plus $9.95/month per official real-time data plan.
- StockCharts Basic costs $19.95 a month, Extra $29.95 and PRO $49.95, with a 13th month free on annual billing.
- A free StockCharts account allows 3 indicators and 3 overlays per chart, with ads and no saved charts.
- StockCharts sells official real-time data plans for the US, Canada and the UK at $9.95 a month each.
- StockCharts was founded in 1999 and says 1.9 million investors use it.
- StockCharts' scan workbench covers more than 50,000 symbols.
- StockCharts PRO includes price history back to 1900; Basic and Extra start in 1980.
Limitations: Basic is capped at 1 ChartList, 1 saved scan and 2 price alerts.; No automated strategy backtesting.; Official real-time exchange data costs extra, and subscription charges are non-refundable.; No Android app, and the iOS companion app was last updated in January 2023.
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What is StockCharts?
StockCharts is a browser-based charting platform that Chip Anderson, a former Microsoft developer, founded in 1999 to give individual investors professional technical analysis tools. Its core is SharpCharts, a configurable price chart with bar, candlestick, Heikin-Ashi, Renko, Kagi and other chart types and dozens of indicators. Alongside it sit the interactive Advanced Charting Platform (ACP), Point & Figure charts, Seasonality, PerfCharts, MarketCarpets heat maps and Relative Rotation Graphs (RRG). Members organize symbols in ChartLists, filter markets with a screener and a scan workbench, schedule scans to run daily, and set alerts on price or technical conditions. Membership tiers raise the limits on saved lists, scans and alerts and the depth of price history, which reaches back to 1900 on PRO. StockCharts also publishes ChartSchool tutorials and members-only commentary from analysts including David Keller, Martin Pring and Larry Williams, and sells third-party indicator add-ons in its marketplace.
StockCharts is a web charting and technical analysis service for self-directed investors, covering US, Canadian, UK and Indian stocks, ETFs, mutual funds, indexes, commodities, currencies, bonds and crypto. Members build SharpCharts with up to 25 indicators, Point & Figure and Relative Rotation Graph charts, save them in ChartLists, and scan 50,000+ symbols with alerts by email, text or web notification. A free account allows 3 indicators per chart, with ads and no saved charts. Basic costs $19.95 a month, Extra $29.95 and PRO $49.95, with a 13th month free on annual billing and official real-time exchange data at $9.95 a month per market. Founded in 1999, StockCharts says 1.9 million investors use it.
Standout feature: Classic technical analysis tools in one web account: SharpCharts with up to 25 indicators per chart, Point & Figure, Relative Rotation Graphs, SCTR rankings and scheduled scans, backed by ChartSchool and members-only commentary.
Biggest weakness: StockCharts' Basic plan is too limited for regular use (1 ChartList, 1 saved scan, 2 price alerts), so most members need Extra at $29.95 a month. Official real-time exchange data costs $9.95 a month per market on top, charges are non-refundable, and there is no automated strategy backtesting or Android app.
StockCharts: pros and cons
Pros
- Classic technical tools in one place: SharpCharts, Point & Figure, Seasonality, RRG charts, MarketCarpets and SCTR rankings.
- Scans cover 50,000+ symbols with technical and fundamental criteria, and Extra and PRO can schedule them to run daily.
- Alerts on price or technical conditions arrive by email, text or web notification.
- Price history back to 1980, or 1900 on PRO, and annual billing adds a 13th month free.
- ChartSchool tutorials and members-only commentary from analysts such as David Keller, Martin Pring and Larry Williams.
Cons
- Basic allows 1 ChartList, 1 saved scan and 2 price alerts, so most members need Extra at $29.95 a month.
- Official real-time data for NYSE and NASDAQ costs an extra $9.95 a month, as do Canada and the UK, and all charges are non-refundable.
- No automated strategy backtesting; testing a setup means running scans as of past dates and reviewing the results by hand.
- No Android app, and the iOS companion app has not been updated since January 2023 and holds a 2.8/5 rating from 49 ratings.
StockCharts pricing
Free tier · paid from $18.42/mo · verified from the vendor's pricing page
| Plan | Price | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Free | Free | 3 indicators and 3 overlays per chart, ads, 900px charts and no intraday charting; no saved charts, ChartLists, scans or alerts. |
| Basic | $18.42/mo | Billed $239.40 a year for 13 months ($19.95 month to month); 25 indicators and overlays, intraday and real-time charts, no ads, 1 ChartList, 1 saved scan, 2 price alerts, 1 advanced alert, price history back to 1980. |
| Extra | $27.65/mo | Billed $359.40 a year for 13 months ($29.95 month to month); 250 ChartLists, 200 saved scans and screens, 10 scheduled scans, 100 advanced alerts, ChartPacks and user-defined indexes. |
| PRO | $46.11/mo | Billed $599.40 a year for 13 months ($49.95 month to month); 500 ChartLists, 500 scans, 25 scheduled scans, 500 price alerts, 250 advanced alerts, 5-second refresh, quarterly and yearly charts, price history back to 1900. |
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