How do you guys not kill your eyes?

limitupmike · Aug 10, 2009

i have decided to wear a patch on one eye and then when my other eye gets tired i will move the patch over the tired eye. I tried it today and it worked flawlessly. If you cannot afford a real patch duct tape or bandanna or cut up an old t-shirt should work just fine.

on a serious note i just chagned my charts from bright white to a nice light gray and 2 things happened..
1. my eyes do feel better
2. the colors on teh chart..e specially yellows really "POP" and are easier to see.
thanks for starting this post.
i recommend a light gray

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Cesko · Aug 10, 2009

Not expert but I have heard many many times black(dark) bakground is actually not good at all. Any real expert around here??

murray t turtle · Aug 10, 2009

Quote from limitupmike:

you are really are too cocnerned about every tick if you watch the screens that closely.. i look at my charts and watch what is going on but i do not constantly stare at the screens..

if you are a screen watcher then you are not trading properly .. in my opinion.. and thus you are doing more work than needs to be done to make money by trading.

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Like the carrots comment also.

Same old, same old, staring may not be best, for eyes;
i like a screen next to a window, bird feeder.

Some eyes are simply more sensitive to light/sunlight.
as some skin[redheads] is also.

Also most any artificial light is not ''full spectrum'' like sunlight

crgarcia · Aug 10, 2009

Quote from AyeYo:

I hope this is the right section for my question, if not then the mods can feel free to move it.

I don't trade full-time, but I'd like to. I currently trade on my one day off, and from 8-12 in the morning before work every day. Honestly, my eyes are nearly smoking by noon. How do you guys do it? Do you eventually get used to it?

I recently upgraded my horrific 17" CRT to a 22" LCD, which managed to improve my experience from "raging headache" to "heavy eye strain." As it is, I just get up every half hour or so and walk outside. As luck and the par factor would have it, that's also when I miss all my entries.

What's the trick or is this just what I have to look forward to? I suppose it's no worse than a computer in a cubical all day.

Set your monitor to 800x600 resolution, even if it's a huge monitor.

Place it relatively far away.

Turn down the brightness a bit.

puretruth · Aug 10, 2009

Quote from puretruth:

In case you are working outside in the sun, I would think a screen with light colors instead of dark , would be better because there is less "contrast" between your screen and the background ?

Any input ?

brownsfan019 · Aug 11, 2009

Quote from Cesko:

Not expert but I have heard many many times black(dark) bakground is actually not good at all. Any real expert around here??

That's what I was told by my eye doc.

Reasoning is it's easier on the eyes. You don't need a bright white, but a dull off-white / light grey is the best option for your eyes. That's why you read books with white pages and black text, same w/ magazines, most websites, etc.

The dark blackground is enticing initially but it forces your eyes to focus and creates additional strain that is not needed.

Scataphagos · Aug 11, 2009

Quote from brownsfan019:

That's what I was told by my eye doc.

That's why you read books with white pages and black text...

Or, black pages with white text would cost a lot more for all of the expensive ink.

I've tried white pages with black text... in fact, it's the default in MetaStock. I found it overly bright even at the lowest "brightness" settings.

I've been using black background with cyan bars for many years, and I've never noticed any eye strain, etc.

trade2212 · Aug 11, 2009

You might also want to try setting up different work areas. I use 3â¦one standing area, one sitting and one yoga ball where I use a projector for a screen. I think the variance in eye to screen distance helps(or maybe itâs just psychological, Iâm not sure).

johnpinochet · Aug 11, 2009

Quote from limitupmike:

you are really are too cocnerned about every tick if you watch the screens that closely.. i look at my charts and watch what is going on but i do not constantly stare at the screens.. if you are a screen watcher then you are not trading properly .. in my opinion.. and thus you are doing more work than needs to be done to make money by trading.

The above is one of the most valuable posts ever made here on ET.

college_trad3r · Aug 11, 2009

Quote from limitupmike:

i have decided to wear a patch on one eye and then when my other eye gets tired i will move the patch over the tired eye. I tried it today and it worked flawlessly. If you cannot afford a real patch duct tape or bandanna or cut up an old t-shirt should work just fine.

on a serious note i just chagned my charts from bright white to a nice light gray and 2 things happened..
1. my eyes do feel better
2. the colors on teh chart..e specially yellows really "POP" and are easier to see.
thanks for starting this post.
i recommend a light gray

hue= 111
sat= 18
lum=221

red=218
grenn= 233
blue=221

coincidental wearing an eyepatch also helps normalizing cross-eyes. its an easy solution for that

i have been using yellow background 1 week into my trading helped tremendousl. No black background for me I dont like it

I trade based of longer timeframes 5, 15 min and up.
No more 1 min besides they fakeout to much

Occasionally look outside the window or take a stroll of 5 min every hour, this readjusts the eyes from up close to afar. If eyes are always readjusted to look up close, for example you read a book 12 hours every day, you will get myopia.

This is the most important thing, No 22" monitors. You realize having 2 17"are better then one 22"for your eyes. reason desks are usually small so your 22"inch is at same place as 17" inch when with 22"inch your eyes need to be farther away.
The set-up ihave now is dual monitor and I am putting the big 22"inch monitor aside so I dont look directly at it and it can be farther away from my eyes.
If possible, use dual monitor but put both monitors farther away than where the current one monitor is right now. this way youll have more charts to look at and you can scan the charts back and forth and not strain your eyes too much on one chart