Charting Tips
How to Export High-Res TradingView Charts and Share Ideas
Review notes, discussion, publishing ideas — all need "get the chart out." TradingView offers three tiers of export; use what fits.
Three ways to export
- Quick capture (Alt + S): generates a shareable image and link of the current chart — good for chats and social;
- High-res image export: choose download image in the capture menu for a high-resolution PNG, good for articles and slides — frame the chart first, what you see is what you get;
- Interactive chart link: opens a live, zoomable chart with your drawings and indicators — better than a static image for deep discussion.
Publishing a trade idea
- Use the publish entry top-right and choose the idea type (long/short/neutral educational);
- Put symbol, direction and timeframe in the title; cover three things in the body: entry logic, invalidation, and the risk level;
- Once published, the chart state is snapshotted and later price action overlays on it — the most honest review tool there is, right or wrong.
Annotation habits worth keeping
- Before export, hide unrelated drawings into a group and keep only the structure that supports the idea;
- Label the reason beside key levels ("prior high + 0.618 confluence") — if you can't read it in three months, it doesn't count;
- When an idea is wrong, don't delete the post — add an update explaining why it failed. That habit is worth more than any technique.
Tip: desktop capture renders locally, so exporting large multi-screen images is noticeably faster than the web, and the output resolution is steadier.