A chart shows the price changes for a security with the time. Charts are
necessary for performing of technical analysis, working of expert advisors and testing thereof.
Offline Charts
QChartist allows to work with offline charts. These charts are opened on
basis of data saved on the hard disk in CSV format. These charts turn out as
very useful for working with all kinds of securities or periods.
To open a new chart in offline mode, one has to execute the "File — Import
CSV" menu command. Then, in the parameters window, click on "Open file" :
a .csv file must be selected in the window that appears, and the "Open"
button must be pressed. YHOO1440.csv file is included as an example in the
csv directory of QChartist.
Intraday and End Of Day Charts
Click on "File -- Data source" menu in order to open Intraday or EOD charts
from Yahoo Finance or Stooq or other sources (you need to be connected to
the Internet). More details here.