How do I bookmark a chart?

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 ====== How do I bookmark a chart? ====== ====== How do I bookmark a chart? ======
  
-Whether you're a StockCharts member or a free user, you can bookmark a chart. This can be useful because it allows you to access your chart and save the charts you create. Follow the steps below to prepare a customized link for your chart. Afterward, you can safely bookmark the chart like any other webpage on your browser.+Whether you're a StockCharts member or a free user, you can bookmark a chart in SharpCharts and StockChartsACP. This can be useful because it allows you to access your chart and save the charts you create. ​ 
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 +===== Bookmarking a Chart in SharpCharts ===== 
 +Follow the steps below to prepare a customized link for your chart. Afterward, you can safely bookmark the chart like any other webpage on your browser.
  
 **Step 1.** Create a SharpChart that contains the attributes, overlays, and indicators that you want. To learn about how to create SharpCharts,​ please refer to our [[:​sharpcharts:​]] documentation. **Step 1.** Create a SharpChart that contains the attributes, overlays, and indicators that you want. To learn about how to create SharpCharts,​ please refer to our [[:​sharpcharts:​]] documentation.
  
-{{:faqs:screen_shot_2017-02-15_at_1.25.33_pm.png}}+{{:faqs:bookmarking-sharpcharts.png|Bookmarking charts in SharpCharts}} 
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 +**Step 2.** Click "​Permalink"​ below the chart (red arrow in the above image). 
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 +**Step 3.** Click the "​Reload with Link" button in the pop-up window that subsequently appears 
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 +You will now have a detailed description of your chart stored in our databaseThe page will be reloaded with a slightly altered web address, now containing a "P number"​ (e.g. "​P123456"​). Web addresses with P numbers can be bookmarked safely. If you forget this step and store the original page address instead, you will see our default $INDU chart when you click your bookmark. 
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 +Once complete, you can safely bookmark your chart for easy access from your browser. 
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 +===== Bookmarking a Chart in StockChartsACP ===== 
 +Bookmarking charts in StockChartsACP are relatively straightforward.  
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 +{{:​faqs:​bookmarking-chart-acp.png|Bookmarking charts in StockChartsACP}} 
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 +**Step 1.** Create a chart in StockChartsACP containing indicators, overlays, and desired attributes. 
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 +**Step 2.** Click the "​Share"​ button (red arrow in the above image). ​
  
-**Step ​2.** Before you can bookmark a chart to your browser'​s "​favorites"​ area, you will first need to click "​Permalink"​ below the chart (as indicated with the red arrow in the above image), followed by the "Reload with Link" button ​in the pop-up window that subsequently appears. Now, you will have a detailed description of your chart stored in our database. The page will be reloaded with a slightly altered web address, now containing a "P number"​ (e.g. "​P123456"​). Web addresses with P numbers can be bookmarked safely. If you forget this step and simply store the original page address instead, you will see our default $INDU chart when you click your bookmark.+**Step ​3.** Click the "Copy Link" button.
  
-Once this is complete, you will able to safely ​bookmark ​your chart for easy access from your browser.+**Step 4.** Paste the link on your browser and bookmark ​the chart.