Quick answer: A trading journal with screenshots captures the chart exactly as it looked when you entered — structure, levels, indicators, the position tool itself — instead of relying on memory written down later. ReziFX takes this screenshot automatically the moment you draw a Long or Short position tool on TradingView, so every entry in your journal has the visual evidence attached, not just numbers.
Why memory fails in the weekly review
You sit down on Sunday to review the week. You open your log: symbol, entry, stop, target, result. It's all there in numbers. What's missing is the picture in your head of why you took the trade — and by day four of the week, that picture has already blurred.
Was the entry a clean break-and-retest, or did you jump in on the first push through resistance? Was the stop placed below a real structural low, or just at a round number that felt safe? Two weeks ago you knew. Today you're reconstructing it from a one-line note that says "breakout, felt good."
This is the real gap in most journals. The numbers survive; the context doesn't. And expectancy, setup quality, drawdown patterns — all the things you actually want to learn from a review — live in the context, not just the P&L column.
What a screenshot at entry time actually captures
Take a concrete example: a long position at 2.4500, stop at 2.4300, target at 2.5000. That's a 1:2.5 risk/reward setup, 20 pips of risk against 50 pips of reward. The numbers alone tell you the trade was well-sized. They don't tell you whether price was sitting on a daily support level with a bullish engulfing candle, or whether it was a knife-catch in a strong downtrend that happened to bounce. A screenshot taken at the moment you drew the position tool shows you:
- The exact market structure — swing highs/lows, trendlines, ranges — as it existed before the outcome was known.
- Any indicators or levels you were reading at the time, not the ones you'd add in hindsight.
- The position tool itself: where you actually placed entry, stop and target, and how they related to the chart around them.
- The session and volatility context — a chart from the London open looks different from one taken during a quiet Asian session.
None of that survives in a spreadsheet row. All of it survives in the image.
How automatic screenshot capture works
The problem with "just take a screenshot" advice is that it adds a step — and steps get skipped on busy days, which is exactly when you need the record most. ReziFX removes the step:
- Draw a Long or Short position tool on your chart at tradingview.com, same as you already do to plan entry, stop and target.
- Click Won, Lost, Open or Skip in the ReziFX bar that appears next to the tool.
- Entry, stop-loss, take-profit, risk/reward, position size and a chart screenshot land in your journal on app.rezifx.com — no typing, no separate screenshot tool, no alt-tabbing to a spreadsheet.
If you'd rather not click anything at all in the moment, Flow mode automatically captures the newest drawn trade for you. Either way, capture happens when the trade is planned — while the chart still looks the way it looked when you decided to take it, not minutes or hours later when you finally get around to logging it.
This also means there's no broker login involved anywhere in the process. Nothing to link, no keys to manage. The capture happens on the chart itself, before the trade is even filled — so your journal reflects your decision-making, not just your fills.
Manual screenshots vs. automatic capture
Plenty of traders already know screenshots matter — that's why "TradingView screenshot workflow" is such a common search. The manual version usually looks like: hit the camera icon, copy the link, alt-tab to a spreadsheet, paste it, then type the entry, stop, target and result by hand. It works, but it's friction, and friction is what gets skipped on your worst trading days — which are usually the days most worth reviewing.
The automatic version removes the copy-paste-type loop entirely. You draw the trade, you click one button, the screenshot and the trade data arrive together in the same record. We've written a full walkthrough of the manual process and where it breaks down in our TradingView screenshot workflow guide — worth reading if you're still doing it by hand and want to see exactly where the time goes.
What this looks like in the weekly review
With screenshots attached to every trade, a review stops being a guessing game about what you were thinking. You scroll through the week's entries in the journal, see the chart next to the stats — win rate, average R:R, profit factor, session breakdown — and can actually compare setups visually. Did your best week come from clean structure trades, or from a lucky streak of chasing breakouts? The screenshot answers that in seconds; a note written from memory usually can't.
None of this changes whether a given trade wins or loses — a journal shows you your own data, it doesn't predict the market. But seeing the chart as it was, attached to the numbers as they were, is what makes a review honest instead of a story you tell yourself after the fact.
Getting started
Get the extension and connect it to your TradingView chart, or head straight to the app to see how captured trades and their screenshots appear in the journal. The Free plan includes a limited number of captures per day so you can try the workflow before committing to anything — full plan details, including the Pro plan with unlimited stats and reports, are on the pricing page.
Frequently asked questions
Why should a trade journal include a chart screenshot?
A screenshot freezes the exact price action, structure and indicators you saw at the moment you drew your entry. Written notes are a summary made after the fact; the chart is the primary evidence, and it doesn't drift the way memory does.
Does ReziFX take the screenshot automatically?
Yes. When you draw a Long or Short position tool on tradingview.com and click Won, Lost, Open or Skip in the ReziFX bar, the entry, stop-loss, take-profit, risk/reward, size and a chart screenshot are captured into the journal at app.rezifx.com without you typing anything.
Do I need to connect my broker account for this to work?
No. There is no broker login and nothing to link. Capture happens on the chart, at the moment the trade is planned — see our guide on running a trade journal without a broker login for more on why that matters.
Can I still add notes to a screenshot journal entry?
Yes. The screenshot and trade numbers are captured for you, and you can add context, setup tags or a reason for the trade in the journal on app.rezifx.com whenever you have time.
What if I forget to click Won, Lost, Open or Skip on a trade?
Flow mode captures the newest drawn trade automatically, so a busy session doesn't leave gaps in your data. You can still review and correct any captured trade afterward in the journal.
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