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Planned and recently implemented improvements to the HotCandlestick service



  • 28-Oct-09    Canada ticker symbols no longer end with ^C. Instead use ^TO or ^V


  • 4-Jan-09    Created a fun candlestick pattern identification flashcard game.


  • 3-Jan-08    Created forex friendly charts and greatly expanded forex candlestick pattern identification. Intraday forex charts now updated Monday - Friday during US stock market hours.


  • 7-Jun-07    Forex data updated. See our symbol lookup tool to find forex symbols.


  • 20-Dec-06    HotCandlestick RSS feed planned. It will include a daily update of candlestick patterns identified for stocks in the Nasdaq 100 index.


  • 7-Jan-06    New chart option: Subscribers can view historical charts by selecting a date via a popup calendar beside the chart options. Very simple and fast!


  • 14-Aug-05    Subscribers can change the default chart settings from their settings page.


  • 28-Jul-05    Buttons at the top of every page can be set by members. Click the button labeled 'SET BUTTONS' and you are taken directly to the area to set the buttons to whatever you wish. 19 settings and any combinations of settings are available. Need to set more buttons to ticker symbols? Members can set some or all 17 buttons at the top to ticker symbols if they wish.


  • 18-Jul-05    'Last 10 Days' daily candlestick database integrated into 'Daily History' candlestick database. This improves the user interface so that subscribers can more quickly screen for candlesticks.


  • 17-Jul-05    Deeply discounted Investment Club, Business and Joint Subscription options available. Fill out the signup form and select the check box beside 'Check this box if this is a multi-viewer (club, business, joint) subscription'.


  • 16-Jul-05    New easier to use 'Settings' page. Default stock scans are set from this page. Subscribers access their default scans at the top of every page from green button labeled 'My Scan' for quick, one-button access to the results.


  • 26-Mar-05    Available now...Greatly enhanced search capabilities. Much faster, quick selections and sorts. See screen shots below to get an idea of the improvements.






  • 5-Sep-04    New server installed. Weekly candlestick statistics page is created every Saturday afternoon. All individual candlestick definition pages are updated to show daily and weekly candle patterns. Access these pages from the 'Candle Statistics' links (Daily or Weekly) on the left navigation panel.


  • 15-Aug-04    Members can access historical data directly from the "Today's Top Longs & Shorts pages". View the fine details of actual 10 day results of securities listed as top long and short trades. Win/Loss ratio included. Immediately after logging in you will see a pull down menu to select the time period to lookup the historical data.


  • 23-May-04    Using all of our historical data combined with the list of stocks showing a candle pattern for the day members have access to a list of the top LONG (BUY THEN SELL) & top SHORT (SELL THEN BUY) candles. This list is updated daily and is the first screen members see after logging in. Members can now quickly & easily add these stocks to their portfolio tracker to see what happens to the price over the coming days.


  • 16-May-04    Currency market (FOREX - FX) candle patterns implemented.


  • 27-Mar-04    Weekly candlestick pattern identification and charts implemented.


  • 5-Feb-04    New Subscription Options - no Paypal account required. Make sure you create your HotCandlestick login first by filling out the signup form.

    Click here to view our payment options.


  • 4-Jan-04    Portfolio Manager integration complete. Expanded capabilities and options for email alerts. Get alerts on an entire portfolio or individually selected stocks. Subscribers can insert a column to view the most recent candle pattern for each ticker symbol.


  • 6-Dec-03    Members can enter criteria to search and sort the last 10 days of candle patterns using the top form on the "Search Databases" page. Until now you could search only the last 1 day of data using that particular form.


  • 4-Dec-03    New symbology for over the counter (OTC) stocks. Append a ^O to the end of any company's ticker symbol you enter.

    Use symbol lookup if you cannot find the ticker symbol.


  • 8-Sep-03    New method for identification of candle patterns. All historical data has been updated using the new method. Long and short candle body sizes are determined using a relative comparison of the previous 25 daily candle bodies on a stock by stock basis. Since our beginnings in March 2001 we have been using a fixed percent change of the price in the calculation of a long and short body candle. The new method of determining candle body size means that a non-volatile stock such as an ETF based on an index may have a long candle definition of 1.4% where a volatile stock may have a long candle definition of 8.7%.


  • 3-Aug-03    Timely updates of historical databases. History databases updated daily instead of monthly. A 5 day gap (lag) exists in the history databases so 5 day gains can be captured into the databases after a candle pattern has formed.


  • 3-Aug-03    Expanded sorting and searching capabilities. Sort by date available now. Quick sort feature planned.


Examples of things to come...

AMAT
Long Positions Short Positions
Top 5 Candle Patterns by Day 1 Score Top 5 Candle Patterns by Day 5 Score
Bullish ... Set Alert Bearish ... Set Alert
Bullish ... Set Alert Bearish ... Set Alert
Bullish ... Set Alert Bearish ... Set Alert
Bullish ... Set Alert Bearish ... Set Alert
Bullish ... Set Alert Bearish ... Set Alert


  • Detailed PDF guide to using HotCandlestick.


  • Much improved custom scans. Ability to create multiple custom scans, save them, and optionally have them emailed to you at the end of trade every day.


  • Update FAQ and Benefits pages to include the latest implemented site improvements.




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