Eye Fatigue

Quote from Babak:

infinitis, about refreshforce, does this software 'force' the monitor above its 'max' refresh rate?

Yes, read the instructions and the forum related to the software.
It is simple to use.

I have a Samsung 191T that the max refresh rate at 1280x1024 is 60 in the Nvidia set up window. If I run Refreshforce and set 1280x1024 to 75, 75 shows up as an option in the Nvidia set up window, I select it and it runs great.
 
I'm being serious, I used to have the same problem. There was nothing wrong with my eyes, it was my trading style, and yours too. I used to watch every tick,, I also has a nervous twitch back then. Now, I place my trade, set my sell price, and take an occasional look at an active chart, or the TV, (Bloomberg or CNBC) in case the Market moves against me and I have to sell for a small loss. I was over trading back then, stressed out, my eyes hurt,on and on. Now I find out which way the Market is heading, place the appropriate directional option trade, set my upside sell-price, and make sure the Market doesn't move against me too much. Like the Good Fellas say, I can "Forgid Aboud Id",well almost. The point is I rarely am behind a computer, except to enter the trade. Change your style ,and your sore eyes won't be sore,, no more.

...Rennick Out
 
For what it is worth, top Swiss watchmakers often work at home in their private workshop. To avoid eye fatigue, they (mostly?) have their bench installed below a window. They will regularly look up from their work and focus at a distant object through the window. It seems that regular re-adaptation exercises can help in reducing eye fatigue.
 
Quote from lescor:

All my chart backgrounds are black. All my spreadsheets use a grey background. I find that lots of light colors on the screen is hard on the eyes because it opens the pupils more.


Totally agree with the black background color for charts. And don't
put bright (example: yellow) colored objects against the black. Use
what I call "soft" colors against the black like gray, red, green, ect.

That way your "cones" aren't working overtime. Or your "rods".
 
Quote from nononsense:

For what it is worth, top Swiss watchmakers often work at home in their private workshop. To avoid eye fatigue, they (mostly?) have their bench installed below a window. They will regularly look up from their work and focus at a distant object through the window. It seems that regular re-adaptation exercises can help in reducing eye fatigue.

That's a very important point and this alone can help alot.

Also for years I had eye problems, which in fact were caused by my glasses. I regularly visited my eye doctor, however he was too old school.

When I went to another eye doctor she demonstrated that I could live with 0.5 dioptres less and still have 100% vision (about 120% with my old glasses). The key is to get glasses with as few correction as necessary and than let the eye muscles do the rest.

Now I no longer have any problems at the computer. The only problem is that after 10 hours at the computer, when watching TV in the evening I sometimes wish my old glasses back, because my eyes (muscles) are tired then and Eva Longoria looks a bit blurred.
 
stockerup,

can you post a screenshot of a chart?

Quote from stockerup:

Ok, I think I've got some colors that work for me.

top_playa, I'm using your color scheme (listed above) for my stock charts, and I'm using a light gray B/G for my indices:

Hue 160 RED 192
Sat 0 GREEN 192
LUM 181 BLUE 192

I'm also using BLACK candles for up ticks and RED for down ticks in both color schemes.

I like the two color scheme better, because it breaks it up a little, and I'm able to separate stocks from indices at a glance.

The biggest thing I readily see is that the brightness is definitely gone.

I should also mention that both my monitors are LCD's, from which, I sit approx. 30" away.

Who knows? Maybe I've got my problem solved. I'll give it a try Monday.

Thanks for everyone's input.


Good Trading.
 
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