LIVE WORLD INDICES
In this page there are the links to the interactive charts of all major world stock market indices as plotted by Reuters interactive chart. At the end of the page there are the instructions to use Reuters interactive chart with the specifications of the single commands at the top of the chart.
On the right side of the page there are the links to other charts that offer additional tools to analyse the trend of world stock market indices and the link to Tradingview chart with the possibility to apply technical analysis tools and indicators.
VOLATILITY all these volatility indices are compared with the relative basic stock market indices |
In this page you may plot the charts of all world stock indices and sub-indices
INSTRUCTIONS TO USE REUTERS INTERACTIVE CHART
In the following pictures there are the images and the information regarding the different commands to use in the Reuters interactive chart which are classified in 6 groups: TIME SPAN & FREQUENCY, CHART STYLES, COMPARISONS, OVERLAYS, INDICATORS, EVENTS.
TIME SPAM & FREQUENCY
In "ENTRY CHART" of the interactive chart, besides the the list of the 5 "analysis tool" sections in the upper side of the chart − COMPARISONS, OVERLAYS, INDICATORS, EVENTS, CHART STYLES − there is the area reporting the tools to choose the chart timeframe regarding the "time span" (1 Day, 5 Days, 1 Month, 3 Months, 6 Months, Year To Date YTD, 1 Year, 2 Years, 3 Years, 5 Years, Max) and the "time frequency" (minute, hour, day, week, month).
CHART STYLE
The second section to explain is the one named "CHART STYLES" because, together with the previous one, defines the analysis style of the interactive chart. In this section are listed the tools that can be used to plot the interactive chart that regard two types of methods.
- DISPLAY: Mountain; Open-High-Low-Close; OHCL w/New Highs; OHCL w/New Lows; Candlestick; Candlestick Red/Green; Close Line; %Change Fill; %Change Line.
- SCALING: Linear; Logarithmic.
COMPARISONS
The section named "COMPARISONS" reports a list of preselected Benchmarks to analyze the relative trend of the analyzed indices:
- Major World Stock Market Indices: DOW; S&P 500 Index; NASDAQ Composite; NYSE Composite; Thomson Reuters US Equity; FTSE 100 Index; DJ Euro Stoxx50; DAX 30; Nikkei; Hang Seng.
- Major Sector Indices: Non-Cyclical Goods and Services; Cyclical Goods and Services; Energy; Financials; Health Care; Industrials; Basic Materials; Technology; Utilities; Telecoms.
- Major Fixed Income Benchmarks: 3-Month T-Bill Index; 5 Year Note Index; 10 Year Note Index; 30 Year Bond Index; Discount Rate.
- Major Forex Rates: US Dollar Index; Euro/USD; GBP/USD; USD/JPY; USD/CHF.
In alternative to choosing a preselected benchmark you may digit the Reuters code of the security you want to compare in the area named ADD SYMBOL.
OVERLAYS
The section named "OVERLAYS" reports a list of preselected technical tools that are usually considered to be among the more useful "trend" indicators of market transactions (quotes and volumes):
Different types of Moving Average (Simple, Exponential, Weighted); Moving Average Envelope (or Moving Average Channel); Bollinger Bands; Price Channel; Parabolic SAR; Volume By Price.
Amang these tools, we suggest to use the "Volume by Price" (or "Volume Profile") indicator, which measure the distribution of transactions at different levels of prices, together with long term Moving Average (200 or 150 days) and a Moving Average Envelope with a short moving average (10 to 20 days).
INDICATORS
The section "INDICATORS" reports a list of preselected technical indicators that are usually considered among the more usuful "oscillators" (tools that measure overbought and oversold) of market transactions (quotes and volumes):
MACD (Moving Average Convergence Divergence); Slow Stochastics; Fast Stochastics; RSI (Relative Strenght Index); Momentum; DMI (Directional Movement Index); Chaikins Volatility; Williams %R; Mass Index; Ultimate Oscillator.
Among these tools, the most indicative we consider are: MACD and RSI.
EVENTS
In the section "EVENTS" there is a list of some information data regarding the analysed securities. These data regard more to single stocks than indices.
ENTRY CHART
COMPARISONS
INDICATORS
CHART STYLES
OVERLAYS
EVENTS
