GRAPHICAL CONVENTIONS

Page Summary: Colour coding and consistency for easier fundamental and technical analysis of charts

• The Price Index that one wants to analyse is shown as a thick white line, with its values shown on the right hand vertical axis.
• The Variable that explains its past behaviour is shown in yellow,  with its values shown on the left hand vertical axis. Where there are two variables, the other is shown in light green.
• Our Best Guess as to the future is shown in orange (and in pink for a second one). Where this is a forecast of the variable it is shown as a separate series projecting into the future with its values also on the same left hand axis. Where these are Buy & Sell signals they are red arrows embedded in the price index at the time and place where they occur. Where these are Odds they are shown as values alongside the index.

• Blue circles and rectangles are for directions you may take
• Brown rectangles are for free tourist information
• Red triangles are warnings
• Red circles are for actions you must take

These use the traffic light convention. There are links to all pages at the Site Map, links to home, parent and subsidiary pages on navigation bars at the bottom of each page  and links in the text, where appropriate. N.B. All the traffic sign images are also links to the relevant pages.

• Red is stop - you already visited this hyperlink
• White or Yellow is neutral or prepare - you may want to visit this hyperlink
• Green is go - you are going to this hyperlink