Each candlestick in the chart can be mouse-clicked to show the open, high, low, close price points along with the 10-day exponential moving average. The up and down keyboard cursor keys (arrow keys) can be used to select the function of the left and right cursor keys. The selected cursor key function is shown at the bottom of the chart area e.g. "pick candlestick". In addition to using the cursor keys to control chart navigation, the mouse-clickable buttons below the chart area can be used to navigate the chart.

When a candlestick is selected, either by keyboard cursor key or by mouse click, a vertical line is drawn to align with the information on the horizontal axis of the chart. The presence of a 'B' or 'S' designates a buy or sell Ctabs action. A box marker indicates if a candlestick pattern exists in which case the candlestick type is shown in the information area below the chart. The presence of a horizontal line shows the price level above/below which the buy/sell action should be taken. The actual price is shown in the information area below the chart.

Where a candlestick is marked by a box on the chart's horizontal axis, it means a candlestick pattern has been detected with a resulting action commentary to buy or sell the stock on the next trading day if the stock movement follows the condition stated in the action commentary. Ctabs is always in the market with either a long or short position on the stock.

Reports can be generated to show the Ctabs simulated trading performance summary, gain/loss and details.

The Stock Symbol Lookup input box is used for stock search by entering a stock symbol or part of the company name. Click the input box and enter a search string. Search results are shown in a drop-down display as each character of your search string is entered. The Backspace and cursor keys can be used within the input box to delete and reposition the input cursor. To select a stock in the drop-down display, use the up and down cursor keys to navigate the list and the Enter key to select, or alternatively, use the mouse to directly click the stock you wish to chart. To clear the input search string, hit the Esc key which also collapses the drop-down display area. To exit the input box, mouse click outside the input box.

If you know the stock symbol and exchange, you can enter stockname:exchange directly into the Stock Symbol Lookup input box and hit enter to chart that stock. e.g. rim:tsx

Information is available to help you with stock market trading. The Ctabs sub-page contains specific information to help you with trading decisions and actions.

A StockTradersPlace subscription service is available to provide comprehensive candlestick technical analysis functionality.

As a non-subscribing guest user, you are able to see demo stocks along with demo portfolios on this page. Furthermore, as a non-subscribing guest user, you are generally able to see various functionality in the other pages on this site. The intention is to expose you to as much functionality as possible to allow you to see the capabilities and potential of what Ctabs candlestick analysis can do to help you achieve successful trades.