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Introduction To Bloomberg Charts: Technical Analysis On Bloomberg

This document provides an introduction and instructions for creating and customizing charts on the Bloomberg platform. It outlines how to create historical or intraday price charts, use custom graph templates, launch the charting application, link charts together, and utilize various analysis tools like tracking price movements, viewing news headlines, and applying annotations. Additional functions are listed that can help sample technical indicators, set defaults, backtest performance, and screen for chart patterns.

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Introduction To Bloomberg Charts: Technical Analysis On Bloomberg

This document provides an introduction and instructions for creating and customizing charts on the Bloomberg platform. It outlines how to create historical or intraday price charts, use custom graph templates, launch the charting application, link charts together, and utilize various analysis tools like tracking price movements, viewing news headlines, and applying annotations. Additional functions are listed that can help sample technical indicators, set defaults, backtest performance, and screen for chart patterns.

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Technical Analysis on Bloomberg

Introduction to Bloomberg Charts


Creating a chart on Bloomberg
Type G <GO> Select 1 <GO> to Add Worksheet
Follow the options to create a historical or intraday price chart.
Using your custom graph templates

Use the format <Ticker> <Yellow Key> G# <GO>, where # is the number of the graph
template. E.g. T US
G5 <GO>
For a list of all your custom graph templates, type G <GO>

Use LAUNCHPADSM as a custom charting desktop application


Type BLP <GO>, or press the white LPAND button on your Bloomberg Keyboard to display
the red Launchpad toolbar
On the Launchpad toolbar, click on Launch Analytics/Chart Chart.
Click on any of the G graphs listed, then select Open.
To link charts together so that when you change the ticker on one, the other charts also
change: Click on Tools Group Manager. Click on Add New and select the charts from
the list of objects, then Save Done.
Gray toolbar buttons- getting more detail behind the chart
Track Mouse
News
Zoom
Study

Line up support/resistance levels, identify specific highs/lows


See news headlines for that security on a specific date
Left click and drag to zoom into an area
Toggle on/off any indicators

Gray Annotations button- applying your own analysis to any chart


% Change
Trend Line
Fibonacci
Regression
Shapes

Identify percent difference between two price points


Left click and drag for segmented, left click twice for extended
Identify support/resistance levels within a price range
Identify short-term momentum shifts within an overall trend
Apply arrows, rectangles, and circles to note your analysis

Additional tools to help you get started


Follow each function listed with the <GO> key to activate your selection
GEG
TDEF
BTST
LTEC

Sample all the technical indicators on Bloomberg


Set your graph defaults- moving averages, gray buttons, etc.
Back test technical indicators to compare performance
Screen for technical chart patterns on your list of names

Help x2

Press the <HELP>


key twice for instant
live assistance.

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