6) Utilities

1. Related Stock --The related box gives a list of the top 15 publicly traded companies in the same sector ranked by market capitalization, last closing price, last closing volume, relative strength ranking or alphabetically. The default ranking is by market capitalization. To change the way the stocks are ranked, click on the drop-down menu located at the bottom of the window. Select a criterion and click "Submit." Double-clicking on any of the stocks will display that chart in the main window of IQ Chart.

2. Download Data --Daily, weekly, and monthly charts can be downloaded and viewed offline by clicking on the Utilities menu and selecting "Download Data". This downloads daily, weekly and monthly charts for the stocks in your Favorites. A window will pop up with a blue status bar, letting you know that the download is in progress and when it is complete. The daily, weekly and monthly databases are updated with the current day's market data by 6 p.m. EST.

3. Parameters -- You can change the parameters of most technical indicators in the Utilities menu by clicking "Parameters". Two drop-down menus list the indicators available. Select one to change the parameters. Click "Apply" to change any parameters before closing the window. Click "OK" to make any changes while closing the window. Click "Default" to revert to the default parameters for all technical indicators. Click "Cancel" to close the window before making any changes.

4. Ticker Search - If you do not know the ticker symbol of the company you are interested in, click on the Utilities menu, and select "Ticker Search."

5. Clear Cache --The cache is a temporary filing system that stores the last 200 daily, weekly or monthly charts viewed. Any daily, weekly or monthly chart stored in the cache can be viewed offline. To remove the files stored in your cache, select the Utilities menu and click "Clear Cache." Following are further notes on the cache:
   • Cache only works for daily, weekly and monthly data.

   • Data that comes from the "date range" function is not saved in the cache.

   • For stock data that exists in the cache file, the program only retrieves the newest data.

   • For stock data that does not exist in the cache file, the program retrieves all the data.

   • If the program finds that the newly retrieved data has a big spike (in the split case), the program removes the cache for this stock and downloads all the data.

   • Before 7 p.m. EST, the data saved in the cache file does not include that day's trading data. After 7 p.m. EST, that day's trading data is saved in the cache files.

6. Do/Stop Slide Show - This function turns on/off the slide show. When the slide show is not running option will read as "Do Slide Show". Select this option and the slide show will begin. When the slide show is running this option will read as "Stop Slide Show". Select this option and the slide show will be stopped.

7. Slide Show Settings -The slide show automatically scrolls through a list of stocks every 10 seconds. (Other time period may be available depending on bandwidth.) Users can create multiple custom slide shows or they can elect the slide show to scroll through all stocks in their favorites.