Using the Dashboard to monitor new sectors

[darell miller]

Don't forget that the brand new Dashboard edition of Advanced GET is a *great* way to monitor sectors--you can check out tranches of interesting stocks instantly and it takes only a moment two enter in up to 20 stocks...and you can swap them out just as quickly. You don't need to scan hundreds of charts--with 20 symbols and 5 timeframes (5min, 15min, 60min, Daily, Weekly) you're monitoring 100 charts on one small window...it's a deceptively powerful tool.

[Andy S]

Also monitor the FTSE

Remember the 80/20 rule...

Well the FTSE is a great example. The top 20 stockspretty much dictate the flow of the FTSE. So why not set up a dashboard with the 20 top FTSE stocks. This way you can see the underlying trends of the market. I use this for identifying the lesser FTSE stocks and find it more benefitial than using a FTSE 100 chart.

[MR]

Hi Andy,

Thanks for sharing this information. For those of us unfamiliar with this market, could you post the top 20 FTSE and FTSE 100 esignal symbol(s) so we can check this out. Again, thanks for sharing.

Marc

[Andy S]

For all sorts of info I use www.digitallook.com.

The folloeing link should show you the FTSE 100 listing, which is sortable by Market cap.

http://uk.finance.digitallook.com/cgi-bin/digital/security.cgi?security_classification_id=100002&country_id=1&csi=50058&trade_analysis=1&id=50058&sub_action=&orderby_field=security_name&price_type=closing_&intraday_prices=1&ac=&username=&action=constituents&order_by=column7&view_data=standard&sequence=descending

Just in case it doesnt work... here are the top 20...(I feel like a Top of the Pops presenter!)

Just noticed there are 2 number 3's...oops.

1-BP (bp.-lon)
2-HSBC(hsba-lon)
3-Vodaphone(vod-lon)
3-GlaxoSmithKline(gsk-lon)
4-Royal Dutch Shell 'A'(rdsa-lon)
5-Royal Bank of Scotland(rbs-lon)
6-Royal Dutch Shell 'B'(rdsb-lon)
7-Astrazeneca(azn-lon)
8-Barclays(barc-lon)
9-HBOS(hbos-lon)
10-British American Tabacco(bats-lon)
11-Lloyds TSB(lloy-lon)
12-Anglo American(aal-lon)
13-Diageo(dge-lon)
14-Tesco(tsco-lon)
15-Rio Tinto(rio-lon)
16-BHP Billiton(blt-lon)
17-BG Group(bg.-lon)
18-BT Group(bt.a-lon)
19-Unilever(ulvr-lon)

[Andy S]

Sector DashBoards UK FTSE

Following the thread here I thought I would post a picture of my sector Dash. I have also padded it out a little with a list of the current symbols and the sector.

Hope this is useful to some one!

Remember that only 20 symbols can be show in the dash at any one time. This list has 21 symbols...I drop the FTSE 250.

$UKX-FTSE FTSE 100
$MCX-FTSE FTSE 250
$NMX-FTSE FTSE 350
$UB3300-FTSE FTSE 350 - Automobiles & Parts
$UB8300-FTSE FTSE 350 - Banks
$UB1700-FTSE FTSE 350 - Basic Resources
$UB1300-FTSE FTSE 350 - Chemicals
$UB2300-FTSE FTSE 350 - Construction & Materials
$UB8700-FTSE FTSE 350 - Financial Services
$UB3500-FTSE FTSE 350 - Food & Beverage
$UB4500-FTSE FTSE 350 - Health Care
$UB2700-FTSE FTSE 350 - Industrial Goods
$UB8500-FTSE FTSE 350 - Insurance
$UB5500-FTSE FTSE 350 - Media
$UB0500-FTSE FTSE 350 - Oil & Gas
$UB3700-FTSE FTSE 350 - Personal & Household
$UB5300-FTSE FTSE 350 - Retail
$UB9500-FTSE FTSE 350 - Technology
$UB6500-FTSE FTSE 350 - Telecommunications
$UB5700-FTSE FTSE 350 - Travel & leisure
$UB7500-FTSE FTSE 350 - Utilities