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Orca

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Re: Help the newbies
« Reply #15 on: August 01, 2013, 03:17:14 pm »
Correct. But still it could have gone down. Hindsite does help.
Ten cents is still okish but the guys are still buying 1c stocks that might get suspended. Did they not read the introduction to the competition?
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Re: Help the newbies
« Reply #16 on: August 07, 2013, 10:19:15 am »
Good morning all... :TU:
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Orca

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Re: Help the newbies
« Reply #17 on: August 07, 2013, 11:28:00 am »
Quote from: Soutie on August 07, 2013, 10:19:15 am
Good morning all... :TU:
Took you awhile. 8)
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Re: Help the newbies
« Reply #18 on: August 11, 2013, 09:11:35 am »
I see a lot of free American websites that show candle charts for shares on the NYSE. Where can I get such a site that will show SA candle charts?
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Re: Help the newbies
« Reply #19 on: August 11, 2013, 03:06:42 pm »
http://www.reuters.com/finance/stocks

That's the only one I know. Daily candles only though. You must add J.J after each ZA stock ie BILJ.J
Then click on the correct stock that comes up. A day chart will open then click on the Charts box.
A 3 m chart will come up changeable to 6m, 1y, 2y etc.
Click on chart styles.

Anyone got better charts?
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Re: Help the newbies
« Reply #20 on: August 11, 2013, 03:25:54 pm »
Here's one of NPN .. complete with those Bollinger Bands, Orca.
You can get these charts by visiting ft.com
I am sure you will find your way around.  :)

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Re: Help the newbies
« Reply #21 on: August 11, 2013, 05:52:28 pm »
There is another one, from marketwatch http://bigcharts.marketwatch.com/
Enter symbol eg. ZA:NPN (doesn't have to be upper case.)

Trouble with that site is that when you have javascript enabled and select interactive chart, there is a
certain amount of cross site scripting (XSS). I don't like that from a security pov.
You won't be alerted to that with Opera (unless you have a suitable extension), but Firefox with
the NoScript add-on will warn you.

Best to turn off js and just use 'basic' for the charts.
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Re: Help the newbies
« Reply #22 on: August 11, 2013, 06:00:11 pm »
That's cool Moon. Beats Reuters as I can now draw trend lines without using Screenshot and Photo Editor. Hope the Android App works as well because I mostly use my tablet at work.
We both posted at the same time. The FT.COM was the one I was talking about.
« Last Edit: August 11, 2013, 06:03:16 pm by Orca »
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Re: Help the newbies
« Reply #23 on: August 12, 2013, 08:09:09 am »
Quote from: Moonraker on August 11, 2013, 05:52:28 pm
There is another one, from marketwatch http://bigcharts.marketwatch.com/
Enter symbol eg. ZA:NPN (doesn't have to be upper case.)

I like that one. They also seem to have data going quite far back:

The alsi goes back to 95, still looking for something that goes waaaay back.
« Last Edit: August 12, 2013, 08:15:07 am by Patrick »
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Re: Help the newbies
« Reply #24 on: August 12, 2013, 08:23:25 am »
Thanks guys. Much appreciated.

Another request to the forum admin - How about a share buying calculator on the buy page? I have R20230 and I want to buy a 4.23 share. How many can I buy and what will my fees be? I looked at the calculator you mentioned on the sharenet website. Doesn't help.
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Re: Help the newbies
« Reply #25 on: August 12, 2013, 11:28:06 am »
Quote from: Snakepit on August 12, 2013, 08:23:25 am
Thanks guys. Much appreciated.

Another request to the forum admin - How about a share buying calculator on the buy page? I have R20230 and I want to buy a 4.23 share. How many can I buy and what will my fees be? I looked at the calculator you mentioned on the sharenet website. Doesn't help.

I'll see what I can do.
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Re: Help the newbies
« Reply #26 on: August 12, 2013, 03:44:12 pm »
Imagine you shorted HAR on Thursday
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Re: Help the newbies
« Reply #27 on: August 12, 2013, 04:26:13 pm »
Quote from: jaDEB on August 12, 2013, 03:44:12 pm
Imagine you shorted HAR on Thursday

 ??? ??? ???

 :wtf: happened there?
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Re: Help the newbies
« Reply #28 on: August 12, 2013, 04:29:09 pm »
Gold up + report that clever people think that gold should be higher.

Gold futures advanced the most in three weeks as demand surged in China, the world’s biggest consumer of the precious metal after India. Silver rallied to a seven-week high.
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Re: Help the newbies
« Reply #29 on: August 12, 2013, 05:49:11 pm »
Bigcharts is great! Thanks it's a nice free resource. Does anyone have another resource available for historical share prices that could be exported to Excel? That is without having to pay for it like all the SA sites. So many foreign sights provide this free of charge, ADVFN.com is one of them, yet SA you gotta pay for everything.
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