It's also an excellent tool to not only improve your trading discipline, but to document any discrepancies or anomaly that you may need documentation for later on.

[torero]

Originally Posted by brownsfan019 »

Minimum requirements: http://www.techsmith.com/camtasia/systemreq.asp

Obviously the more the better.

You can get a 30 day trial, so test it out and see if your machine can handle it.

Could make for a neat TL Members' Video Log Area...

We mentioned this to James before and he mentioned there is little server space since video files are huge.

Originally Posted by torero »

We mentioned this to James before and he mentioned there is little server space since video files are huge.

That's why many sites use "YouTube" or "GoogleVideo" now instead of their own server storage.

In addition to saving bandwidth and storage space, you get the added benefit of international exposure on both sites, plus Google as well.

[torero]

Excellent idea! It'll be a problem searching for them unless we have to put some TL tags on them so we can easily find them.

[Soultrader]

With camstudio, you can save the files as .swf which makes the sizes signficantly smaller. You can then use the attachment to upload it directly or use the megaupload box to store in in a 3rd party server. Obviously storing on our server means it will never disappear.

I do encourage traders to take advantage of techsmith products as they are extremely useful for trading. And also, post them here! Recording visually and receiving feedback I think is one of the fastest learning methods. Visual learning by far beats reading.

Maybe I will create a seperate file storing feature where members can upload any type of file. This way, traders can post away their videos in their posts.

[wrbtrader]

Originally Posted by torero »

A quick question to Mark, you leave on audio recording on your video right? Do you talk yourself through the process of prepration and setups? Right now, I only have the audio off but trying to find a more effective way of using audio in it. Thanks.

Hi torero,

Yes, most of the time I leave my audio recording on except for Monday's and Friday's because the kids are not at day care. :rolleyes:

As a at home based retail trader with my home office next to the kids play room...I do more typing in a chat room on Monday's and Friday's to compensate for the lack of info due to the audio being turned off.

I store all my daily trading recordings (video and audio) on DVD's that go back a few years worth of info.

Thus, after one week of recordings that's stored on my computer...I transfer them to DVD to keep.

Mark
(a.k.a. NihabaAshi) Japanese Candlestick term

[james_gsx]

Today would have been nice for the pit audio. When I saw the huge sell off first take off I was pretty much lost and just had to go with what was on my screen. I really had no idea what was going on, who was selling, any of that. I was pretty much in the dark and I hated it.

[torero]

Very interesting Mark. I've only started a few months ago and I can see some improvement, but don't have a clear idea on what to look for when watching the video. Maybe the audio will help tremendously. I assume you self-talk into the mike from start to finish right? Please provide any info as I think this is the right way to improve. Thanks.