Record your trading sessions - an idea

For those of you who have set trading hours and have a capable machine to do this should try it.

When I played poker full time I recorded all of my cash game sessions using camtasia and went over winning hands and losing hands to plug up leaks I may of had or saw how I could of played the hand differently. I also spoke out loud to myself and listened to myself think using a headphone/mic setup, I found for me speaking my thought process helped me stick to what I should or shouldn't be doing.

How this translates into trading? well I think if you trade certain hours, why not record your screen and speak out loud what you are thinking and will or will not do if price goes this way or that way? You would be able to see exactly how you entered the market and what you did right or wrong and how the results came about !

I will start doing this, and the following morning/night review the tape where I made trades and take notes on where I could of improved, and possibly spot bad trading habits.

what do you guys think? anyone else done this yet?

i think thats a great idea - I think you would get some massive realisations looking back at yourself after the fact

good one

Very good idea, but i think camtasia isn't the best choice for this. When i use it, the mouse cursor is constantly flickering. Do you know any other solution?

I'm contemplating starting a Video Journal showing the entire trade sessions. But, would need to edit so when no trade was on, it would play at 10x speed. Would also like to add music to make it more appealing... and make sure to show that it was a recording of a Live account.

Right now it's just an idea.

hmmm i'll look into that. I'm glad you guys think it's a good idea



my idea would be more of self reflecting, not really for others to see, just so I could study myself.

I've tried some other software, but i think camtasia is the best choice. I found the solution for the flickering mouse pointer:

http://forums.techsmith.com/showthread.php?t=6171

Just installed this but haven't used it yet. Hope its what you need.

http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=...70/HsitZuxrLi0

Hi, sounds real nice to use videodocumentation, this camtasia, what features does it have, is it a large program or does it just take a raw feed of your desktop?

Regards

David

That will be a great idea.

I think there are some alternatives of Camtasia because I can't afford it. I used DemoCreator to make some trading tutorial when I was on my last job. No mouse flickering.

http://www.sameshow.com/demo-creator.html

Nice, i could really use a program that's available for those without 100 of dollars to spend. Any other good ones except for democreator?

Good old screenshots are cheap and easy. You could also try SnagIt if you want video but cheaper than camtasia.