Setup context
Document the market structure, level or condition that supported the original trade idea.
Screenshot review workflow
Keep screenshots connected to the trade you are reviewing.
Screenshots become more useful when they remain beside the trade record, notes and review fields instead of disappearing into dated folders with no clear link back to the decision.
FTJ stores screenshots locally with your journal workflow. It does not analyse chart images or make trading decisions for you.
The organisation problem
A folder of charts is not automatically a review system.
File names and dated folders can preserve images, but they often lose the relationship between the chart, execution record and the trader’s reasoning.
- The screenshot cannot be matched confidently to the correct trade.
- The image shows a setup, but not what was planned or changed.
- Different naming habits make repeated patterns difficult to compare.
- Review becomes a search through files instead of a return to the journal record.
A repeatable capture flow
Give every screenshot a clear place in the review.
The value comes from consistency. Decide what each image should document and attach it while the trade and reasoning are still clear.
- 1Capture the useful view
Save the setup, management or exit context that will matter during later review.
- 2Attach it to the trade
Keep the image with the corresponding journal record rather than in an unrelated folder.
- 3Add written context
Record the plan, observation or mistake the image is intended to document.
- 4Classify the record
Apply the relevant strategy, confluence and exit reason so similar trades are easier to compare later.
Useful screenshot roles
Capture images that answer a later question.
More screenshots do not automatically create better review. A smaller, consistent set is often easier to compare.
Management context
Preserve the visual state around scale-ins, partial exits, stop changes or other management decisions.
Review evidence
Show the pattern, mistake or execution detail that your written reflection refers to.
From one image to a pattern
Use structured fields to find the trades worth comparing.
A screenshot is easiest to review when the journal can first narrow the records by a consistent strategy, confluence, exit reason, mistake or other field.
Open the selected trades, compare their images and notes, and look for repeated decision-making rather than judging the latest chart in isolation.
Watch reusable review fieldsTest the complete context
Add one representative trade and review it later.
Use the free Demo to attach a screenshot, write the notes and apply the review fields you would normally use. Then return to the record and judge whether the context is easier to understand.