Patent ID: 7401038
Filing Date: 2008-07-15
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. A method of providing a stock price chart in which “sticks” for a predetermined stock brand are arranged in time series on coordinates consisting of a price axis and a time axis, comprising: calculating, for each of a plurality of specified days for which a “stick” should be displayed, an average closing price of a present evaluation period based on a closing price of the present evaluation period and already obtained closing prices of a prescribed period before that, and an average closing price of a previous evaluation period based on a closing price of the previous evaluation period and already obtained closing prices of the prescribed period before that; displaying the “stick” wherein an upper end and a lower end of said “stick” are arranged so as to show one of the average closing price for the present evaluation period and the average closing price for the previous evaluation period, respectively, and displaying an indication showing a magnitude relationship between the average closing price for the previous evaluation period and the average closing price for the present evaluation period, and a “line” connecting a coordinate point showing the closing price of the present evaluation period and an upper end or a lower end of a “stick” showing the average closing price for the present evaluation period, added to said “stick”, together with an indication showing a magnitude relationship between the closing price for the present evaluation period and the average closing price for the present evaluation period, added to said “line”.