I spent the weekend learning some new software tricks rather than flipping through charts. One of the best revelations in a while has been finding AutoHotKey this weekend, a free software that lets you write scripts to automate anything you do with your keyboard and mouse. I’ve been experimenting with AHK changing fonts in OneNote. I keep my trader’s journal using OneNote, and I like to italicize and change the color of all my timestamps so they stand out. But the more entries I make in my journal, the more time I spend italicizing and changing colors. But now, one keystroke and it’s done. And…Now I can use the same keystroke to do the same thing in any software….cool. I’m working on one that will automatically export my watchlist from StockFinder, and move it into Tradestation….even cooler! Then I’ll see if the same hotkeys work with TCnet and FreeStockCharts. I’m just like a nerdy geek in a Best Buy store with an ten dollars off coupon. 
I’m also working with Camtasia Studio to create videos. I like the software, but so far I’m trashing every video I make. 
Practice makes perfect. Look for a video coming soon at this blog!
And one more tool note: How Twitter is Changing the Way We Invest. I use StockTwits desktop to help me keep an eye on the markets. You can follow me, “WhatTheTrading”, on Stocktwits and/or Twitter.
Oh well….time to get back to scans, building the watchlists and looking at charts…. Oh yeah, and using my new software tools!
Sometimes, entranced by the screens, watching equities, options and futures change colors, charts moving in a wave, and indicators pointing in every direction, I just have to scream....
