User’s guide

Table of contents

• Basics:
  • New to Chartoasis Sesame? – Quick start guide
  • What is Chartoasis Sesame?
  • First Steps
• Troubleshooting
• Starting Sesame
  • Minimum requirements
  • Java install
• Downloading data
  • Stocks
  • Mutual funds
  • Indices
  • Currency / forex
• Loading data
• Saving and loading your work
• Saving your work as image
• User interface
  • Price chart
  • Annual return chart (is it worth in the long run?)
  • Calendar effect chart (Will Santa Clause Rally Take Effect?)
  • Relative price change (Underperforming? Outperforming?)
  • Risk-return chart (take reasonable risks only)
  • Tables

New to Chartoasis Sesame?

Have a look at the Quick Start Guide!

What is Chartoasis Sesame?

Chartoasis Sesame is an investment analysis program, which allows access to the following information for all types of investments:

• calendar effect analysis
  

• analysis of relative price changes of investments

• risk – returns chart

and other statistics for the selection of the best possible investment opportunity.

The application is run from a web-browser using freely available finance data.

Private use of the application is permitted without limitation.

First Steps

For trial purposes

 

1. Starting the application: go to the www.chartoasis.com/sesame site. The application starts automatically. (In case of problems starting the application, visit this page.)
2. Press Load example data button on the top of the application and you can start experimenting with Chartoasis Sesame.

If you want to use Sesame with real market data:

 

1. Download data file! (Refer to the Data download guide here.)
2. Starting the application: go to the www.chartoasis.com/sesame site. The application starts automatically. (In case of problems starting the application, visit this page.)
3. Load the data file using the button marked on the image below: