How many traders take screenshots of their charts?
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I do, if I wish to post them to show the forum something on the chart.
Well, I am running a Mac Mini so in my case, it is cmd shift 4
I do when I need to study a pattern more closely or remember a mistake that I've made so I won't repeat it again. I use the Snipping Tool though.
yes i do
Everyday...exactly how they looked on the screen with whatever other resources I was using... not a maximized chart that I didn't make trade decisions from nor used alone as if it was the only chart...
All via snagit and then saved to the hard drive as is.
No printing...stopped doing that many years ago.
wrbtrader
Of course I do. And I review my screen captured trades nightly.
I do, all the time. Shift+PrtScr here. Click and drag an area instead of the whole window. Not sure if it works on WinDOHs. Or Mac. Does on Linux.
The problem with screenshots of your setups is this is the easiest game in the world when you have the full picture.
But when we trade we don't (at the time of execution) have the full picture, ie THE RIGHT HAND SIDE OF THE CHART.
So it's better to 2 screenshots, the first at the time of the trade (no right hand side) and the second with the subsequent right hand side of the action.
Doing it this way is far superior than just the one chart (with the right hand side action).
But when we trade we don't (at the time of execution) have the full picture, ie THE RIGHT HAND SIDE OF THE CHART.
So it's better to 2 screenshots, the first at the time of the trade (no right hand side) and the second with the subsequent right hand side of the action.
Doing it this way is far superior than just the one chart (with the right hand side action).