The Quote Overview page gives you a snapshot view for a specific symbol. During market hours, delayed exchange price information displays (delayed per exchange rules. Stocks: 15 minute delay, EST. Futures and Forex: 10 minute delay, CT.) and new delayed trade updates are updated on the page (as indicated by a "flash").
Barchart Symbol Notes Tutorial (8:43)
Quoteboard data fields include:
- Day High / Low: The highest and lowest trade price for the current trading session.
- Open: The opening price for the current trading session is plotted on the day's High/Low histogram.
- Previous Close: The closing price from the previous trading session.
- Weighted Alpha: A measure of how much a stock or commodity has risen or fallen over a one-year period. Barchart takes this Alpha and weights this, assigning more weight to recent activity, and less (0.5 factor) to activity at the beginning of the period. Thus, Weighted Alpha is a measure of one-year growth with an emphasis on the most recent price activity.
- YTD High, Low, Change, %Change: The high and low price year-to-date, with the change and percent change year-to-date.
Chart Snapshot
A thumbnail of a daily chart is provided, with a link to open and customize a full-sized chart.
Price Performance
This section shows the Highs and Lows over the past 1, 3 and 12-Month periods. Click the "See More" link to see the full Performance Report page with expanded historical information.
Barchart Technical Opinion
The Barchart Technical Opinion widget shows you today's overall Barchart Opinion with general information on how to interpret the short and longer term signals. Unique to Barchart.com, Opinions analyzes a stock or commodity using 13 popular analytics in short-, medium- and long-term periods. Results are interpreted as buy, sell or hold signals, each with numeric ratings and summarized with an overall percentage buy or sell rating. After each calculation the program assigns a Buy, Sell, or Hold value with the study, depending on where the price lies in reference to the common interpretation of the study. For example, a price above its moving average is generally considered an upward trend or a buy.
The Opinion will show on the Quote Overview Page for all asset classes with this exception: For all U.S. Stocks, the Market Cap must be greater than $1B.
A symbol will be given one of the following overall ratings:
- Strong Buy (greater than "66% Buy")
- Buy (greater than or equal to "33% Buy" and less than or equal to "66% Buy")
- Weak Buy ("0% Buy" through "33% Buy")
- Hold
- Strong Sell (greater than "66% Sell")
- Sell (greater than or equal to "33% Sell" and less than or equal to "66% Sell")
- Weak Sell ("0% Sell" through "33% Sell")
The current reading of the 14-Day Relative Strength Index is also factored into the interpretation. The following information will appear when the following conditions are met:
- If the Relative Strength is above 80, the following displays: "Relative Strength is above 80%. The market is in extreme overbought territory. Beware of a trend reversal."
- If the Relative Strength has moved to 'above 80' with today's session, the following displays: "Relative Strength just crossed above 80%. The market has entered extreme overbought territory."
- If the Relative Strength has moved to 'below 80' with today's session, the following displays: "Relative Strength just crossed below 80%. The market has dropped from extreme overbought territory, indicating a possible trend reversal. "
- If the Relative Strength is above 70, the following displays: "Relative Strength is above 70%. The market is in overbought territory. Watch for a potential trend reversal."
- If the Relative Strength has moved to 'above 70' with today's session, the following displays: "Relative Strength just crossed above 70%. The market has entered overbought territory."
- If the Relative Strength has moved to 'below 70' with today's session, the following displays: "Relative Strength just crossed below 70%. The market has dropped from overbought territory. Beware of a potential mean reversion."
- If the Relative Strength has moved to 'above 50' with today's session, the following displays: "Relative Strength just crossed above 50%. The market is indicating support for a bullish trend."
- If the Relative Strength has moved to 'below 50' with today's session, the following displays: "Relative Strength just crossed below 50%. The market is indicating support for a bearish trend."
- If the Relative Strength has moved to 'above 30' with today's session, the following displays: "Relative Strength just crossed above 30%. The market has bounced from oversold territory. Beware of a potential mean reversion."
- If the Relative Strength has moved to 'below 30' with today's session, the following displays: " Relative Strength just crossed below 30%. The market has entered oversold territory."
- If the Relative Strength is below 30, the following displays: "Relative Strength is below 30%. The market is in oversold territory. Watch for a potential trend reversal."
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- If the Relative Strength has moved to 'above 20' with today's session, the following displays: " Relative Strength just crossed above 20%. The market has bounced from extreme oversold territory, indicating a possible trend reversal."
- If the Relative Strength has moved to 'below 20' with today's session, the following displays: "Relative Strength just crossed below 20%. The market has entered extreme territory."
- If the Relative Strength is below 20, the following displays: "Relative Strength is below 20%. The market is in extreme oversold territory. Beware of a trend reversal."
