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ASX Charting library provides a wealth of information

Charting or technical analysis is a popular method used by professional traders to evaluate how and when to trade into and out of the financial markets. The key to successful investment in any market can rest as much in the timing of the decision to buy or sell, as in the selection of direction. Regardless of how you invest your money, you need to know when to buy or sell. Your timing is crucial for your return.

The intention of this charting library is to explain how to construct and analyse the most commonly used types of charts. Charting is as much an art as a science, with different interpretations of the same chart possible depending on who is doing the analysis. Your interpretation may depend on the type of trader you are and your intended time frame.

Topics covered range from identifying patterns and chart formations (including trendlines, pennants and flags) through to the more advanced topics of technical indicators where Bollinger bands and Gann charts are explained.

It is advised that investors new to charting techniques start at the top and make their way through the more complex techniques. Go to the Charting Library for more details.

FCharts SE free charting software for Windows

FCharts SE is a free stock charting software program which will import price data from a wide range of sources, displaying it as OHLC, Candlestick and Line charts. It has a number of built-in indicators (MACD, RSI, Exponential and Standard Moving Averages and more), or you can write your own with the inbuilt formula language and display them as standalone charts or overlays. You can also draw trend lines with a few clicks of the mouse and print your charts in full colour or black and white. You can download FCharts SE right here.

CommSec Update

Did you know that Commonwealth Securities Limited - Australias largest online share traders has free morning, mid-day and afternoon audio and video market reports? Click here to see and hear what's happening in the local and global markets now. Go to their home page for more information on trading, cash management, news, research and lots more.

Looking for an ASX stock market data provider? Then this is where to look.

Vendor directory

ASX has over 60 information vendors who distribute a wide range of market information from the Australian Securities Exchange and Sydney Futures Exchange trading platforms.

The ASX Information Vendors Guide contains details of the products and services offered by these vendors, together with contact information and links to their websites.

Please contact these vendors directly to obtain ASX price and reference data.

Download the ASX Information Vendors Guide (PDF 847KB)