NEW VERSION - Calling for input...

Robert B

It has been in excess of 6 months since your post was initiated.
Perhaps it is time that a list, or 3 lists of suggested improvements be compiled.

I would suggest 3, with Low, Medium and High priority.
This way the users of BullCharts can see what maybe improved.
I would also suggest the lists be open to comments. i.e. items on one list maybe added to another.

Regardless of what you are attempting to achieve, I think a time frame would be appreciated by the users.

Regards Joe Allen

Hi mcdirt and others,

The tech support staff have reviewed this detail regarding the volume bars, and have agreed that a small tweak is justified.
Please note the following key points:

1. BullCharts displays a bar for the first day of the week that has trading data.  In this case Wednesday.  Normally a Monday (see screen shot below).
2. By hovering over the bar you will see the date of the bar as 27 April for the week starting 25 April.  In this case there is a bar for that short week.
3. We have decided to change our rule.  For a short week, always display the bar on the Monday even though it may not be a trading day.
4. This change will appear in the next version.

Comparison of MetaStock v11 (top) vs BullCharts (bottom) ...

Hi mcdirt,

Sorry for delay in replying.

This is regarding the "feature" that you highlight to do with the volume axis and scale.
I can see the issue that you refer to; however, I think this is how it is supposed to be.
Any "gaps" that you can see are due to non-trading days such as holidays.
Please remember that the time axis on a regular price chart is a strict linear scale, so BullCharts handles the data correctly. The gaps indicate the non trading days.

If you think this is not professional, then take a look at something like http://stockcharts.com/h-sc/ui and view the weekly version of the chart. Notice that all volume bars touch the adjacent bars, and that some bars are thinner than others.

But, do you have a price chart from another professional charting program which does not show gaps? If so, please post it for the developers to look at and comment on.

Also, you are looking at a weekly chart, which complicates things a little. Because the vertical bars that are along the axis between the month letters, suggest the months are different durations. And in fact this is somewhat true. Notice that the last day of a calendar month is sometimes mid-week, so the vertical bars along the axis ought to be placed exactly where the month ends. Interpreting this on the chart is not easy.

Hi Robert,