Add chart screenshots

The Timeline keeps your chart screenshots in order of chart time — when the chart was, not when you saved it. You can add older charts too; just set their date and time.

Three ways to add a screenshot

• Paste — copy a chart image and press ⌘V (macOS) or Ctrl+V (Windows) anywhere in the app.
• Drop — drag an image file onto the Timeline.
• Upload — click Upload Screenshot and choose a file.

Only PNG and JPG images are supported.

Check the details, then save

The Upload Screenshot window shows a preview and these fields:

• Pair and Timeframe.
• Date and Time — 24-hour time, in your own time zone. Red Candle fills them in for you:
  • Pasted images get the current date and time. Change them if it's an older chart.
  • TradingView snapshot names such as XAUUSD_2026-10-24_03-35-01.png carry the pair and the time in UTC; Red Candle converts that to your time.
  • Screenshot file names with a date and time (for example Screenshot 2026-03-14 at 13.00.00.png) are read as your local time.
  • Otherwise the file's modified time is used.
• Source — TradingView, MT5 or Other.
• Note — what you see, for example "higher low at 2,641, waiting for a retest".

You get a gentle warning when a time is in the future or on a weekend (forex and metals markets are closed). Press ⌘V / Ctrl+V again to replace the image, then click Save Screenshot.

Screenshots from a trade

Images you paste into a trade (Log Trade or Edit Trade) are also saved to the Timeline with the trade's pair. See Log a trade.

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