ETF Pages: Support and DocumentationFind help and documentation on each page within the ETFs tab using the index below. This documentation explains how each page is set up, with tips on how to best use the information. An Exchange Traded Fund (ETF) is a group of securities that is designed and created to track an index (broad stock, bond market, stock industry sector, or international stock). Each ETF trades like a single stock. Subset of ETF's are ETF Industry Sector, ETF Broad Based, and ETF International. The ETF pages also offer a quick link to the Sectors, which offer a more detailed view of the components contained within.
The New Highs/Lows page provides a link to lists of ETFs that have made or matched a new high or low price for a specific time period. By clicking on the link (the number of ETFs that fit the criteria), you can view the complete list of ETFs as well as other relevant information. ETFss must have traded for the specified time period in order to be considered as a new High or Low.
Summary Page The front page shows a summary and lists the number of ETFs that have made a new high or new low price over a given time period. By clicking on the link (the number of ETFs that fit the criteria), you can view the complete list of ETFs:  The blue bar at the top of the Summary page allows you to select the time frame for the data to display. Weekly and Monthly data allows you to view longer-range information, including stocks that reached 20-Year Highs and Lows. Current | Daily | Weekly | Monthly
For Current and Daily, you can choose from 1-Month, 3-Month, 6-Month, 12-Month, and Year-to-Date periods. For Weekly, you can choose from 6-Month, 1-Year, 3-Year, and 5-Year periods. For Monthly, you can choose from 2-Year, 5-Year, 10-Year, and 20-Year periods.
*The number of New Highs or New Lows is the number of times the ETF has hit a new high price (or low price) over the given period. For example, in a 20-day period, if an ETF's daily high price is always greater than the previous day's high over the 20 days, then this ETF will have made 20 new highs over the 20-day period. **The Percent Range for New Highs is the difference in the high price minus the lowest price over the period divided by the lowest price over the period. The percent range for New Lows is the difference in the low price minus the highest price over the period divided by the highest price over the period. The pages are initially sorted by Symbol. You can re-sort the page by clicking on any of the column headings: New Highs/Lows only includes ETFs with over 5 days of prices, and with a last price above $0.25.
The All Time Highs and All Time Lows pages contain the ETFs that have made a new all time High or all time Low price or matched a previous all time High or Low price during the current trading session. Up to 25 years of historical price data is used to identify the ETFs that appear on these pages.
The page is initially sorted by Symbol. You can re-sort the page by clicking on any of the column headings: 
The ETF All Time Highs/Lows pages are updated every 10 minutes throughout the trading day. You will see new price data appear on the page every 10 seconds for the first minute you visit the page, as indicated by a yellow "flash". (Prices are updated every 1 minute thereafter.) However, EFTs are not automatically added to the page until the site performs its 10-minute update. The pages will list EFTs that have made a new all time High or Low during the current trading session, and EFTs that matched their prior all time High or Low.
To be considered for the All Time Highs and Lows pages, an ETF has to have at least six months of trading activity. It also has to be trading between $2 and $1000 and have daily volume above 10,000 shares.
The 52 Week Highs/Lows pages list ETFs that have made a new 52-week high or low price today.
The page is initially sorted by Symbol. You can re-sort the page by clicking on any of the column headings:
Volume Leaders lists the ETFs with the greatest volume for the day.
The page ia initially sorted in descending Volume sequence. You can re-sort the page by clicking on any of the column headings: The Volume Leaders page is updated every 10 minutes throughout the trading day. You will see new price data appear on the page every 10 seconds for the first minute you visit the page, as indicated by a yellow "flash". (Prices are updated every 1 minute thereafter.) However, ETFs are not automatically re-ranked on the page until the site performs its 10-minute update. The page contains three standard views, and FlipCharts are available for the symbols listed on the page. My Barchart members also have the option to display the data using any Custom View you've created, and the data can be downloaded to Excel. Each view contains links to the Detailed Quote, Chart, Opinions, and Cheat Sheet for individual ETFs.
To be included in the Volume Leaders page, an ETF has to be trading above $2.
Percent Advances list ETFs with the highest Percent Change (the difference between Previous Close and the Last Price), while Percent Declines lists ETFs with the lowest Percent Change. These pages can help you identify the ETFs with the most price movement from the close of the market yesterday.
This page differs from the Range Advances and Declines, where Range Change is calculated based on Today's Open Price. The pages are initially sorted by descending or ascending Percent Advance. You can re-sort the page by clicking on any of the column headings: The Percent Advances and Declines pages are re-ranked every 10 minutes throughout the trading day. You will see new price data appear on the page every 10 seconds for the first minute you visit the page, as indicated by a yellow "flash". (Prices are updated every 1 minute thereafter.) However, ETFs are not automatically re-ranked on the page until the site performs its 10-minute update. The page contains three standard views, and FlipCharts are available for the symbols listed on the page. My Barchart members also have the option to display the data using any Custom View you've created, and the data can be downloaded to Excel. Each view contains links to the Detailed Quote, Chart, Opinions, and Cheat Sheet for individual ETFs.
To be included in the Percent Advances and Declines pages, an ETF has to be trading between $2 and $1000 and have daily volume above 10,000 shares.
Price Advances and Price Declines lists ETFs in order of price increase or price decrease for the day.
The pages are initially sorted by descending or ascending Price Change. You can re-sort the page by clicking on any of the column headings:
The Price Advances and Declines pages are updated every 10 minutes throughout the trading day. You will see new price data appear on the page every 10 seconds for the first minute you visit the page, as indicated by a yellow "flash". (Prices are updated every 1 minute thereafter.) However, ETFs are not automatically re-ranked on the page until the site performs its 10-minute update. The page contains three standard views, and FlipCharts are available for the symbols listed on the page. My Barchart members also have the option to display the data using any Custom View you've created, and the data can be downloaded to Excel. Each view contains links to the Detailed Quote, Chart, Opinions, and Cheat Sheet for individual ETFs.
To be included in the Price Advances and Price Declines pages, an ETF has to be trading between $2 and $1000 and have daily volume above 10,000 shares.
Range Advances lists ETFs with the highest Range Change (the difference between today's Open and the Last Price), while Range Declines lists ETFs with the lowest Range Change. These pages can help you identify the ETFs with the most price movement over the course of the current trading session.
This page differs from the Percent Advances and Declines, where Percent Change is calculated based on Previous Close Price. The pages are initially sorted by descending or ascending Range Percent. You can re-sort the page by clicking on any of the column headings:  The Range Advances and Declines rankings are updated every 10 minutes throughout the trading day. You will see new price data appear on the page every 10 seconds for the first minute you visit the page, as indicated by a yellow "flash". (Prices are updated every 1 minute thereafter.) However, ETFs are not automatically re-ranked on the page until the site performs its 10-minute update. The page contains three standard views, and FlipCharts are available for the symbols listed on the page. My Barchart members also have the option to display the data using any Custom View you've created, and the data can be downloaded to Excel. Each view contains links to the Detailed Quote, Chart, Opinions, and Cheat Sheet for individual ETFs
To be included in the Range Advances and Declines pages, an ETF has to be trading between $2 and $1000 and have daily volume above 10,000 shares.
The Gap Up page lists ETFs where the current session Low is higher than the previous session's High.
The Gap Down page lists ETFs where the current session High is lower than the previous session's Low.
A gap is simply a price level where a market does not trade. In a rising market, a gap occurs when prices open at a higher level than the previous session's high and do not trade lower to fill the space. The reverse is true for a falling market. Gaps signal market strength and weakness, respectively. Types of Gaps There are four basic types of gaps and they are only distinguished by their placement within the chart pattern. These are called breakaway, continuation, exhaustion and "other." The last category is simply a catch-all for gaps not interpreted as any of the other three. TIP: Use the FlipCharts link at the top of the page to view charts for all the symbols listed on the page. The charts provide an indication of the type of pattern the gap is making. Breakaway gaps occur at the completion of an organized price pattern and usually signal the start of a significant price move. They are important because they emphasize that there was a breakout and this becomes an even stronger signal when it occurs with higher volume. Heavy volume breakaway gaps are usually important levels of support and resistance over the longer term as well. When market participants are adjusting their activities in a consolidation pattern such as a rectangle, triangle or head and shoulders, they buy and sell to lock in profits and limit losses within a defined price range. Whether these ranges are constant (rectangle) or tightening (triangle), value in the market remains at accepted levels. At the breakout, market opinion has shifted. A gap signifies that a very large share of market participants have changed their opinions together and is a very powerful indicator. Once a rally or decline is underway, the market pauses and retraces as participants again position themselves. These sorts of patterns are to expected but sometimes market opinion is so strong that there is no time for normal profit taking and last chances to establish a position (long or short, depending on the market). When the majority of participants think a market will continue its move, the market can simply jump to those new prices immediately and this is known as a continuation gap. Because these types of gaps typically occur at the half way point of a move they are sometimes called measuring gaps. Continuation gaps can occur alone, as a series of gaps or not at all. The last of the classified types is called an exhaustion gap because it occurs near the end of the move to signal a last push toward new highs or lows. It is sometimes to difficult to identify this type of gap because it appears in a trending market just like a continuation gap. Price action in the days immediately following the gap help the analyst determine which kind of gap it was. Whereas continuation gaps are following by a continuing strong trend, exhaustion gaps are followed by more congested, sideways market action. Such signals as one-day reversals help identify which gap has occurred. Prices usually trade back to fill the gap and when they do, it is a good sign that the move is over. The gap represents the market "frenzy" where all participants are buying or selling at any price just to be involved. The smart money uses this activity to take profits, leaving only the weak participants left to try to push the market further. A common reversal pattern seen with exhaustion gaps is called an "island reversal." After a market gaps (exhaustion), it usually trades for a few days in a small range. If the relative numbers of weak participants is high, those last minute buyers or sellers quickly reverse their positions to cause a gap in the opposite direction. The shape of the gap, congestion and reverse gap looks like an island surrounded by water. This sort of pattern usually signals a strong change in trend. The final category for gaps does not really have a name but has been called "common" or "unclassified" gaps. These types of gaps occur within price patterns or congestion zones and are the least meaningful of all gaps. They generally signify a lack of direction in the market or lack of conviction of the market participants. News and sentiment affect these markets more than others simply because they are less liquid at that time. The pages are initially sorted by the Gap (Up or Down). Gap Up: the current session's Low is higher than the previous session's High. Gap Down: the current session's High is lower than the previous session's Low. You can re-sort the page by clicking on any of the column headings:  The Gaps Up and Down pages are updated every 10 minutes throughout the trading day. You will see new price data appear on the page every 10 seconds for the first minute you visit the page, as indicated by a yellow "flash". (Prices are updated every 1 minute thereafter.) However, ETFs are not automatically added or deleted from the page until the site performs its 10-minute update. The page contains three standard views, and FlipCharts are available for the symbols listed on the page. My Barchart members also have the option to display the data using any Custom View you've created, and the data can be downloaded to Excel. Each view contains links to the Detailed Quote, Chart, Opinions, and Cheat Sheet for individual ETFs
To be included in the Gaps Up / Gaps Down pages, an ETF has to be trading between $2 and $1000 and have daily volume above 10,000 shares. Additionally, an ETF must have traded for at a least 1-week to be considered.
Price Volume Leaders lists ETFs in order of Price Volume Ratio. Price Volume is simply the Price multiplied by the Volume; the numbers are listed in thousands.
The page is initially sorted by descending Price Volume. You can re-sort the page by clicking on any of the column headings: The Price Volume Leaders page is updated every 10 minutes throughout the trading day. You will see new price data appear on the page every 10 seconds for the first minute you visit the page, as indicated by a yellow "flash". (Prices are updated every 1 minute thereafter.) However, ETFs are not automatically re-ranked on the page until the site performs its 10-minute update. The page contains three standard views, and FlipCharts are available for the symbols listed on the page. My Barchart members also have the option to display the data using any Custom View you've created, and the data can be downloaded to Excel. Each view contains links to the Detailed Quote, Chart, Opinions, and Cheat Sheet for individual ETFs.
To be included in the Price Volume Leaders page, an ETF has to be trading above $2.
Volume Percent Advances lists ETFs in order of their percentage increase in volume from the previous session.
The page is initially sorted by descending Volume Percent. You can re-sort the page by clicking on any of the column headings: The page contains three standard views, and FlipCharts are available for the symbols listed on the page. My Barchart members also have the option to display the data using any Custom View you've created, and the data can be downloaded to Excel. Each view contains links to the Detailed Quote, Chart, Opinions, and Cheat Sheet for individual ETFs.
To be included in the Volume Advances page, a ETF has to be trading above $2.
Top Trading ETFs ranks ETFs by Trading Liquidity (a ratio defined as 100-Day Average Volume divided by Shares Outstanding). Trading Liquidity provides an indication of what percentage of Shares Outstanding turns over each day. Barchart uses a long-term 100-Day Average Volume in its calculation to ensure that ETFs presented in the report are consistently high-volume ETFs, rather than those whose trading volume was high for a short period of time.
The Top Trading ETFs page is initially sorted by descending Trading Liquidity, or Ratio (100-Day Average Volume divided by Shares Outstanding). You can re-sort the page by clicking on any of the column headings: The Top Trading ETFs page is updated every 10 minutes throughout the trading day. You will see new price data appear on the page every 10 seconds for the first minute you visit the page, as indicated by a yellow "flash". (Prices are updated every 1 minute thereafter.) However, ETFs are not automatically re-ranked on the page until the site performs its 10-minute update. The page contains three standard views, and FlipCharts are available for the symbols listed on the page. My Barchart members also have the option to display the data using any Custom View you've created, and the data can be downloaded to Excel. Each view contains links to the Detailed Quote, Chart, Opinions, and Cheat Sheet.
To be included in the Top Trading ETFs page, an ETF has to have a minimum Shares Outstanding of 10,000 and minimum 100-Day Volume of 100,000.
The "Hot ETFs' pages highlights ETFs that have unusually large price movement relative to their usual pattern, meaning ETFs that are seeing breakouts or abnormally large bull or bear moves. There may be trading opportunities in these large-movement ETFs.
Standard Deviation In order to calculate the number of standard deviations that an ETF moves in the latest session, we use the following formula:
In this formula we are simply comparing the latest price change to the standard deviation of the price returns over the last 20 sessions. We are using the "price return" for the daily change because this is how historical volatility is calculated. A "price return" is simply the natural log of the latest close divided by the previous close. Historical volatility is the measure that we use for the comparison in the denominator of our equation because historical volatility is simply defined as the standard deviation of the price returns, factored up to an annualized number. Since historical volatility is typically expressed as an annualized number, we need to reduce it to a daily figure for our daily "What’s Hot" calculation by dividing it by the square root of 252 (i.e., the approximate number of trading days in a year). Let's look at an example. A123 Systems (ticker: AONE) on the close of Friday, May 14, 2010 had the following input figures: 5/10/2010 close was $11.46, 5/09/2010 close was $10.33, and the 20-day historical volatility on 5/10/2010 was 66.69%. Let calculate how many standard deviations A123 Systems moved on 5/10/2010:
This indicates that A123 Systems on May 14, 2010 moved by 2.47 standard deviations, which is an unusually large move. According to the normal distribution curve, we would expect a move of more than two standard deviations less than 5% of the time, indicating how unusually large A123 Systems’s price change was on May 14. The "What’s Hot" report is also available for weekly and monthly price changes, in which case the price change over the past week or month is divided by the 20-week or 20-month standard deviation, respectively. Interpretation ETFs are ranked by Standard Deviation. You can re-sort the page by clicking on any of the column headings: The page contains three standard views, and FlipCharts are available for the symbols listed on the page. My Barchart members also have the option to display the data using any Custom View you've created, and the data can be downloaded to Excel. Each view contains links to the Detailed Quote, Chart, Opinions, and Cheat Sheet for individual ETFs.
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In order to be considered for inclusion in the "What’s Hot" list, an ETF must have a price between $2 and $1000, and a 20-Day Average Daily Volume of at least 10,000 shares.
The ETF Sectors section allows you to view pages containing All ETFs, and also pages that contain ETFs specific to different sectors. You may view FlipCharts for any of the lists, or download the information to Excel (available with your free membership).
ETF Price data is updated every 10 seconds throughout the trading day. You will see new price data appear on the page every 10 seconds for the first minute you visit the page, as indicated by a yellow "flash". (Prices are updated every 1 minute thereafter.) ETF Sectors are broken down into the following groups:
Each sector page contains three standard views, and FlipCharts are available for the symbols listed on the page. My Barchart members also have the option to display the data using any Custom View you've created, and the data can be downloaded to Excel. Each view contains links to the Detailed Quote, Chart, Opinions, and Cheat Sheet for individual ETFs.
The page is initially sorted by Symbol. You can re-sort the page by clicking on any of the column headings:
The ETFs Trading Signals is a complete guide of today's Opinions for Exchange Traded Funds. The Summary Page links to a detailed page for each Indicator's Buy/Sell/Hold rating.
 The first category on the Summary page—the Overall Opinion—lists the ETFs that are at a 100% buy or a 100% sell configuration. The second category—Today's New Indicators—contains the listing of ETFs whose indicators have changed to a new buy, sell or hold signal for the time period selected at the top of the Summary page. Each of these lists have a subset of ETFs, which can be accessed by clicking on the stock listing for each box.  Time Frame Current | Daily | Weekly | Monthly
Views The detailed Indicator pages contains three standard views, and FlipCharts are available for the symbols listed on the page. My Barchart members also have the option to display the data using any Custom View you've created, and the data can be downloaded to Excel. Each view contains links to the Detailed Quote, Chart, Opinions, Cheat Sheet, and Performance pages.
The Main View is initially sorted by Symbol. You can re-sort the page by clicking on any of the column headings: To be included in the Trading Signals page, an ETF must have traded today, with a current price between $2 and $1000 and with today's volume greater than 10,000. An ETF must have an Opinion and a last month's Opinion.
The Top Signals ETFs / Bottom Signals ETFs ranks ETFs by the highest or lowest current Signals Rating, which is a combination of signal strength and signal direction.
Each analytic used within the signals is rated by signal strength and direction. The strengths are allocated 10, 20, 30, 40 or 50 points; the directions are allocated 1, 2, 3, 4 or 5 points. This gives a maximum of 55 points per signal. The totals are added up depending on buy, sell and hold rating and ranked 1 to 100 for the top 100 bullish stocks and the top 100 bearish stocks. The signal strength and signal direction ratings are available from the advanced opinion pages. Signal strength and signal direction are independent of the signals rating. The page contains three standard views, and FlipCharts are available for the symbols listed on the page. My Barchart members also have the option to display the data using any Custom View you've created, and the data can be downloaded to Excel. Each view contains links to the Detailed Quote, Chart, Opinions, and Cheat Sheet.
The page is initially sorted by Today's Opinion. You can re-sort the page by clicking on any of the column headings: Current | DailyIn addition, there are two time-frames to choose from:
To be included in the Signals Strength or Direction page, an ETF must have traded today, with a current price between $2 and $1000 and with today's volume greater than 10,000. An ETF must have an opinion and a last month's opinion.
The ETF Top Signal Strength page lists those ETFs who are rated to be in the top 1% based on their signal strength. The page give you an indication of how strong the Buy or Sell signal is. The ETF Top Signal Direction page lists those ETFs who are rated to be in the top 1% based on their signal direction. The page give you an indication of the continuation of the Buy or Sell signal.
Each analytic used within the signals is rated by signal strength and direction. The strengths are allocated either 10, 20, 30, 40 or 50 points and the directions are allocated 1, 2, 3, 4, or 5 points. The strength and direction ratings are listed in the advanced opinion pages. The totals are added up for strength and direction depending on the buy, sell and hold ratings and those stocks within the top 1% bracket are listed in these pages. Signal strength and signal direction are independent of the signals rating. Signal strength can be used as an indicator of the long-term view of a market, whereas signal direction can be used a short-term (3-day) view of the current price activity. The page contains three standard views, and FlipCharts are available for the symbols listed on the page. My Barchart members also have the option to display the data using any Custom View you've created, and the data can be downloaded to Excel. Each view contains links to the Detailed Quote, Chart, Opinions, and Cheat Sheet.
The page is initially sorted by either the Signal Strength or Direction. You can re-sort the page by clicking on any of the column headings: Current | DailyIn addition, there are two time-frames to choose from:
To be included in the Signals Strength or Direction page, an ETF must have traded today, with a current price between $2 and $1000 and with today's volume greater than 10,000. An ETF must also have an opinion and a last month's opinion.
ETF Signal Upgrades/Downgrades ranks ETFs by their change in Opinion from yesterday to today. The pages list the top 100 ETFs ranked by daily increase and decrease of overall opinion.
The page contains three standard views, and FlipCharts are available for the symbols listed on the page. My Barchart members also have the option to display the data using any Custom View you've created, and the data can be downloaded to Excel. Each view contains links to the Detailed Quote, Chart, Opinions, and Cheat Sheet.
The Main View is initially sorted by Opinion Change. You can re-sort the page by clicking on any of the column headings: Current | DailyIn addition, there are two time-frames to choose from:
To be included in the ETFs Signals Upgrade or Downgrade page, an ETF must have traded today, with a current price between $2 and $1000 and with today's volume greater than 10,000. An ETF also must have an opinion and a last month's opinion.
We provide two areas on the site for ETF Screeners.
Basic ETF Screeners (found in the ETFs section) are preformatted to provide a variety of typical ETF searches, such as Gold ETFs, Oil ETFs, iShares, etc. These basic screeners do not allow for further filters to be applied unless you are logged in to your My Barchart account. The Advanced ETF Screener allows you to search for an ETF based on unlimited filters that you apply. When you first load the page, ALL ETFs are displayed. Advanced ETF Screeners are available to My Barchart subscribers only. Advanced ETF Screener:
Available filters include:
To drill-down in any of the screener programs, you will apply a Filter. Filters may change depending on the Instrument Type of the screener (U.S. Equities, Sectors, ETFs, Forex, etc.).
IMPORTANT! Always click the "Show Results" button to view the symbols found by the screener with the filters you've chosen. As you add filters to the screener and click the Show Results" button, a list is formed at the bottom of the screen with your results. For most filters, a column will also be added to the list to show the applicable data. You may remove the symbol Name or Last Price by unchecking the boxes at the top of the screener.
To remove a filter from a screener, click the To Save the screener, click the "Save as New" link just above the "Show Results" button. You will be asked to give the screener a name.
The ETF Research section contains educational articles written by the Barchart.com ETF Research Team.
They are designed to provide a foundation for those who wish to learn more about Exchange Traded Funds and how to trade them.
New articles are added to the ETF Research section bi-weekly. Please check back often.
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to the left of the screener, or click the "Clear All Filters" link to remove all the filters and start again.