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Here are some tips and links to help you get the most out of your browsing experience:

- By clicking on "Forums" on the navigation bar, then clicking the small "forum" link in the drop down menu, you can see the top level forum tree and easily access all the different stock market forum sections.

 

The Activity Feed

 

- You will notice that all the forum sections have a subscribe iconsubscribe1.gif . You can click these to subscribe yourself to the sections you would like to see show up in the Activity Feed on the front page. For example, if you only want to see posts from the large cap stocks section, the subscribe only to that section. You can now click on the "Subscriptions only" button and you will only see posts from that section show up in the feed.

 

More on the activity feed here.

 

Profile Management

Click on "My Profile" on the navigation bar, you will find all the profile management tools. Click on Edit Account Details to manage preferences such as email, passwords, notifications and your subscription preferences.

5 site tutorial submissions by the HotStockMarket community.

How to insert an updating chart or gif into a post

  • by admin

How do you get a chart to update in your post?!?!   Is there some magical way to do this?!?     If you try insert an image the normal way (by clicking the insert image button), the platform takes a snapshot of the image and loads it to our servers. That snapshot does not update, so if you want to insert updating charts into your post, you need to do the following.   The current editor you are using to post is called a rich editor, it does not accept HTML.   To make the editor accept HTML you need to click on "Source".     Once you are in... read more

How to insert a stock chart or image into a post

There are two types of stock charts you can insert into your post, it can be a static image (a snapshot, the image will not update) or a dynamic chart (this chart updates from the site you are taking it from). If you want to insert an updating chart from another site like finviz.com, click here for instructions.   If you want to inserting a static chart or image, it is as easy as clicking a button!   To insert a chart, you need to have the URL of the image.   For PC users, just mouseover the image and right click, you will see an option to "Copy Image... read more

Groups Guidelines

Groups allow you to start your own "mini" forum within HotStockMarket.com.   You can create groups to discuss specif topics, run investment clubs, keep a trade journal or just to let others know what you are doing.   Creating a group:   - Hotstockmarket.com/groups is the main landing page.   Before you start, you need to be sure that you are creating a compelling group, one that others will be interested in!   - Click on "Start Group" - Be sure to give your group a relevant name, one that will explain the activity within. Some current examples:... read more

Activity Feed

Hi there traders!   If you are a power user and would like to skip all that featured content on the front page, so only the activity feed shows, here is what you do:   Step 1   You first need to select the forums or threads you are interested in.   Click on Forums to see the top level forum listings.     Step 2   When the top level forums show up, choose which forums you are interested in. You may choose the Penny Stock forum, or how ever many forums you want. In this example I am going to subscribe to the NYSE, NASDAQ, Amex forum as I am... read more

Followers And Following

What is Following? Following is like subscribing to another member; you'll receive notifications of their activity in public areas.   How do I follow another member? To follow a member, visit their profile page and click the "Follow Member" link under their avatar. You will be able to "unfollow" someone in the same place.   What will I be notified about? When following another member, you'll be notified about many of the same things that appear in their activity feed: replying to threads, writing reviews, and other actions they take around the... read more

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