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Trade logging app with screenshots - what you think?

  • #1
  • First Post: Jun 14, 2013 1:39am Jun 14, 2013 1:39am
Hello peoples,

I'm a fellow trader who has been in the game for around 5 years.

In this time I've had a hard time trying to be profitable. Ultimately I blame my lack of consistency for the cause. However, I recently decided to do something about this and teamed up with a dev team to create a software to help me out with this.

The software basically helps me write out a trading plan through checklists and then follow that checklist each time I trade and save my screenshots. At the end I use it to run statistical reports and look back upon it to add notes on where I could have improved etc etc. I've been using it for awhile now and I thought it was super useful to me and wondering if it would be useful to the general community.

What I would like to know from each of you:
- How many years experience do you have trading?
- Are you logging each one of your trades with screenshots
- What are you using currently to track your trades (ie. excel, word or nothing)?
- Does this sound useful to you?

Please help!!
  • #2
  • Aug 21, 2013 3:47am Aug 21, 2013 3:47am
Quoting digital_soul
.... and wondering if it would be useful to the general community. What I would like to know from each of you: - How many years experience do you have trading? - Are you logging each one of your trades with screenshots - What are you using currently to track your trades (ie. excel, word or nothing)? - Does this sound useful to you? Please help!!
so zip it up, put it here and see how many downloads you get, or are you after payment?

edit:

ah, I see you have already tried raising this thread and got bumped to commercial...

http://www.forexfactory.com/showthread.php?t=432309

and I see that you will be wanting money......

You will need to register as a commercial member, after all your survey is for commercial purposes.
  • #3
  • Aug 21, 2013 4:28am Aug 21, 2013 4:28am
commercial or not, I am interested in this kind of stuff.

Currently simply store screenshots with commentary written over.

I do have precise trading plan/flow during trade what to do when but if there are alternatives, would certainly have a look. EA is not appropriate as I play more than 1 broker that are not Mt4. Also it is swing trade so speed or automation is not issue at all.

It is more recording thoughts effectively at different stages of trade that I am interested in.
  • #4
  • Aug 21, 2013 4:42am Aug 21, 2013 4:42am
My thread didn't get bumped, I put it there to begin with. I have no idea how this one got into this category...

As I said, I'm interested in understanding about the community first and not selling anything, I'm giving free access! I use this account for personal reasons. Why do people get so protective about this stuff?

Anyway, seaman if you would like to know more just goto www.tradingconsistently.com
  • #5
  • Edited 5:56am Aug 21, 2013 5:42am | Edited 5:56am
Quoting digital_soul
My thread didn't get bumped, I put it there to begin with. I have no idea how this one got into this category... As I said, I'm interested in understanding about the community firstand not selling anything, I'm giving free access! I use this account for personal reasons. Why do people get so protective about this stuff? Anyway, seaman if you would like to know more just goto www.tradingconsistently.com
I'll tell you why, because these threads are a scammers paradise..... and unless these things are challenged the scammers get through and trust me I have followed some of these through to expose them and they are very clever, very deceitful and dangerous to all the newbies.... I am absolutely sure that you don't want any of that going on right? therefore things like this get picked up

but I am not saying you are a scammer, I respect that you are obviously out to create a piece of software for genuine purposes...

but you are planning to sell it, your website has links for prices and plans and you are trying to do commercial research in the normal forums.... you maybe offering some free trail periods but it is still a commercial proposition being posted in the normal threads, others get banned for it, so why should you not be challenged and corrected on it?
  • #6
  • Aug 21, 2013 6:11am Aug 21, 2013 6:11am
sure. i understand.

but you can't scam when i'm offering it for free.

yes, in the future I will be asking for $$, but for now, I genuinely need everyone's help for the benefit of all and those who do help now also get free access so not asking for a 'free lunch' so to speak.
  • #7
  • Aug 21, 2013 6:13am Aug 21, 2013 6:13am
Quoting MaxDoom
{quote} , I respect that you are obviously out to create a piece of software for genuine purposes... but you are planning to sell it, your website has links for prices and plans and you are trying to do commercial research in the normal forums.... you maybe offering some free trail periods but it is still a commercial proposition being posted in the normal threads, others get banned for it, so why should you not be challenged and corrected on it?


Start looks good but I am not interested in beta testing. However, what would be something that I would fork money out for, is if you can freeze say Mt4 at certain DD:HH:MM so I can return to analysis of various pairs at the time, including news, if possible down to 1min (or lower).
  • #8
  • Aug 21, 2013 6:50am Aug 21, 2013 6:50am
Quoting seaman2
{quote} Start looks good but I am not interested in beta testing. However, what would be something that I would fork money out for, is if you can freeze say Mt4 at certain DD:HH:MM so I can return to analysis of various pairs at the time, including news, if possible down to 1min (or lower).
interesting. while i haven't invented a time machine just yet I will let you know when I make it and its out of beta

my app doesn't freeze time, the idea behind it is to:
1. define your trading plan
2. help you ensure you stick to your trading plan
3. become consistent in your trading plan
4. Capture key stats to help you understand the trade
5. help you manage your psychology
  • #9
  • Aug 21, 2013 4:09pm Aug 21, 2013 4:09pm
Quoting digital_soul
Hello peoples, I'm a fellow trader who has been in the game for around 5 years. In this time I've had a hard time trying to be profitable. Ultimately I blame my lack of consistency for the cause. However, I recently decided to do something about this and teamed up with a dev team to create a software to help me out with this. The software basically helps me write out a trading plan through checklists and then follow that checklist each time I trade and save my screenshots. At the end I use it to run statistical reports and look back upon it to add...
All the EAs I have written automatically capture a screenshot of the trade once it is complete, and they can be sorted to different folders with a few simple code edits depending on what is required. It's really useful for debugging code running in the Strategy Tester, the code can be verified as having placed the correct trades simply by looking at the screen grabs, any that look wrong can be re-run from the exact date and time. It's a pretty trivial thing to do.
20 pips a day isn't too much to ask . . .
  • #10
  • Aug 21, 2013 5:06pm Aug 21, 2013 5:06pm
Thanks RaptorUK, but this software isn't intended for EA's.

Its for manual traders who want to capture statistics and improve their style.
  • #11
  • Last Post: Aug 22, 2013 5:25am Aug 22, 2013 5:25am
Quoting digital_soul
Thanks RaptorUK, but this software isn't intended for EA's. Its for manual traders who want to capture statistics and improve their style.
Yes I know . . . you asked . .

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What I would like to know from each of you:
- How many years experience do you have trading?
- Are you logging each one of your trades with screenshots
[highlight=#f4f6f9][color=#000000][font=Verdana][color=#000000]- What are you using currently to track your trades (ie. excel,...

I was partially answering your questions . . .

Forex trading 5 years, shares 15 + years
20 pips a day isn't too much to ask . . .
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