Using Eikon
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Login
Using Google Chrome as your web browser, go to [Link]
Select the web version of Eikon
Your login screen will appear
User ID is your RMIT email address
Initial password provided, you’ll be asked to
change it at your first login
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Navigation
Security codes for all financial instruments are entered into the search box at top left
We’ll use Singapore technologies Engineering as our example. Its security code is [Link]
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Navigation
The first screen shows Summary information
Scroll down to see more. Sections can be clicked for further information
The Navigation menu gives many more options
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Charting
The Price & Charts menu shows charting and data options
Selecting the Chart option bring up the charting screen
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Charting
Chart scales can be adjusted for shorter or longer periods
Additional chart elements Buttons to add elements to chart
Date Selection
Scale shortcuts
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Adding Elements to Charts
This button brings up a menu to add analysis to charts
Selecting Moving Average allows MA lines to be added
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Adding Elements to Charts
The default SMA period is 20 Days. Hover over the MA 20 box and click More
Then click Settings… to edit the length of the MA period
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Adding Elements to Charts
Change the SMA period to your desired number of days (200 or 50).
Then click OK
Repeat this process to add another SMA line to your chart
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Adding Elements to Charts
Add Volume to show the column chart for daily trade volume
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Adding Elements to Charts
You’ll now be able to identify SMA crossing points, and volume confirmation
Set the chart period to 5 Years for best results
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Adding Additional Lines to Charts
Multiple securities on one chart allows comparison of price performance.
Add new securities or indices here
Up to 20 can be added
Click the icon to add lines to your chart.
A new menu will open
Selecting Rebasing allows all charts to be shown
on a common axis for easy comparison of price
performance
(Example on next page)
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Adding Additional Lines to Charts
Multiple securities on one chart allows comparison of price performance.
Scale shows percentag
price change over the
selected period
for all securities
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Why common-base charts are important
This chart shows the prices of the [Link], [Link] and [Link] and the Straits Times Index over five
years (based on absolute price).
Which one has had the best price performance?
This mixed-scale chart does not allow price performance comparison.
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Why common-base charts are important
This chart shows the prices of the [Link], [Link] and [Link] and the Straits Times Index over five
years as a common-base chart which clearly shows the performance rankings of these companies.
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Adding to Charts
Trend channels may be added using the Customise Trendlines menu
Single trendline
Channel
Select your preferred tool then drag the cursor along the trend of your choice (see over)
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Adding to Charts
There’s a clear bullish channel in this chart over the selected period
Open out channel by dragging this point
Click again to end
Click here to begin
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Adding to Charts
Significant events affecting the company’s price may also be shown on the charts
Select any you’d like to view and they’ll be shown on the chart.
Click on the event marker for a pop-up information box
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Finding Financial Data
The Financials menu has links to accounting data
Raw data and some ratio data is available
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Financial Data
Income Statement Example
Choose
different
reporting
format
Scroll through the complete Income Statement for data
Similar data for Balance Sheet and Cashflow are available
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Peers and Competitors
The Peers & Valuation menu allows peer comparison
Eikon selects peers based on SGX sector classification. Check the business model
of each listed competitor to ensure that it is in a similar line of business.
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General
Spend some time experimenting with the menus and the other functions.
You might discover something useful. You can’t break anything.