The purpose of this tool<\/h3>\n
It has happened to all of us that we place an order only to realize too late that we forgot to check some critical indicator or parameter. Haphazard chart inspections and random system checks result in a lack of confidence, is stressful, delays your action, leads to errors, and will eventually cost you money. <\/p>\n
If you are always fully aware of all factors that influence your trading decisions you will trade with greater confidence, greater expediency, less stress, and hopefully with greater profitability. <\/p>\n
It is hoped that the tool presented here can help you develop such professional trading habits. <\/p>\n
How to use this tool<\/h3>\n
First you create a checklist of all the tasks you should remember to do but that you are likely to forget. Messages are entered in csv format using a ParamStr(). Use commas to separate messages. Messages should be as short as possible, make them only as long as is needed to make you remember the tasks to perform. <\/p>\n
The program reads messages from this checklist and displays them, or reads them to you, at periodic intervals. Messages can be presented sequentially or randomly. To learn you must comply with each prompt. <\/p>\n
You can buy similar programs and they seem to work. It seems logical that if you routinely perform the tasks prompted for, these will eventually become habitual. Good practice is, when you get a prompt, to take note if you are already aware of the condition prompted for. This will give you an idea of how good or bad your trading habits are. Eventually you should already know all conditions you are prompted for.<\/p>\n
Try to keep the list moderately short so that there is not too much time between the same message. Place the visual prompts at a location where you most often look at your chart, that way they are less of a distraction and can be read more easily and quickly. Use font properties that lets you read the messages at a glance. You should periodically go over the checklist and remove\/replace prompts you no longer need. <\/p>\n
Technical considerations<\/h3>\n
To experiment with subliminal sound levels you can set your speaker volume to a barely audible level (at very close range) and then gradually increase their distance until the sound level becomes imperceptible. There are no technical limitation with respect to subliminal audio messaging.<\/p>\n
If you have enabled a timed refresh rate of 0.1 second you can obtain a guaranteed minimum message duration of 100 milliseconds. This may be brief but this is not subliminal. If you trade high liquidity instruments and set Preferences -> Intraday -> Real-time chart refresh interval to zero, you might be able to further reduce the message display time and reach subliminal durations. <\/p>\n
You can adjust text and background colors in the parameter window. To make messages appear more subliminal, or less obtrusive, you can reduce their contrast with the background. You can do this by setting the text-color to your background-color, clicking ‘more’ at the bottom of the color menu, and then use the color slider to shift the color to select the desired contrast. Here is an example of a “soft” message.<\/p>\n
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