Find the Trade Setup in a Chart Without Chasing
Turn a chart screenshot into a patient setup plan with trigger, confirmation, and invalidation.
Prompt Overview
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The best setup prompt does not ask AI for a trade call. It asks what must be true before the idea deserves attention.
From Operations TeamNexusAi TechnologyProblem It Solves
Newer traders often see movement and immediately chase. This prompt slows the process down by forcing the AI to describe setup quality, entry conditions, and what would make the idea invalid.
Setup Classification
Labels the chart as breakout, pullback, reversal, range, continuation, breakdown, or no setup.
Anti-Chasing Logic
Forces the analysis to identify whether the move is early, late, or extended.
Trigger and Invalidation Notes
Defines what needs to happen before the idea becomes trade-worthy.
Watchlist Output
Creates concise notes that fit a trading journal or watchlist.
AI Prompt Instructions
Act as a disciplined technical trading coach reviewing a chart screenshot. Your job is to identify whether the chart shows a possible trade setup and, if so, describe what must happen before the setup becomes actionable. Do not provide financial advice, do not promise outcomes, and do not tell me to enter a trade now.
Analyze the screenshot in this order: trend context, current price location, nearby support and resistance, pattern or structure, momentum, volume if visible, and whether price looks early, mid-move, late, extended, or trapped in a range.
Then classify the setup into one of these labels: No Clear Setup, Breakout Watch, Pullback Watch, Reversal Watch, Range Trade Watch, Breakdown Watch, or Continuation Watch. Explain why in plain language.
For the selected setup, provide a patient trade-planning framework: What would confirm the setup, what would invalidate it, what a cautious trader should wait for, what a chasing trader might do wrong, and what additional context should be checked on higher timeframes.
Create a simple output that I can paste into a watchlist note: Setup Type, Why It Is Interesting, Trigger to Watch, Invalidation Clue, Risk Questions, Data to Verify, and Neutral Conclusion. Keep the tone practical and evidence-based.
Quality controls: Keep the analysis practical, neutral, and screenshot-grounded. Do not invent exact prices, indicator settings, earnings dates, news, options data, or volume numbers that are not visible. If the image is blurry, cropped, or missing the right axis, say what cannot be confirmed. Use cautious language such as appears, suggests, visible on the screenshot, and requires confirmation. End by reminding me that the output is a chart-analysis aid, not a trading signal, and that every level must be checked against live market data before use.
Expected Outcome
A watchlist-ready setup note showing whether the chart has a clear setup, what to wait for, what invalidates it, and how to avoid chasing.
Implementation Journey
Upload the chart and paste the prompt
Open ChatGPT Vision, Claude, or Gemini, upload the chart screenshot first, then paste the promptText with the ticker, timeframe, asset type, and your trading style. Expect a structured chart-read, not a trade instruction.
3-5 minutesCross-check with market data
Take the output into TradingView, your broker chart, StockIntent, Tykr, or another research tool to verify price levels, volume context, indicators, and recent news before using the analysis.
5-10 minutesConvert the output into a trading note
Paste the AI output into Notion, a spreadsheet, or your trade journal. Record the setup, invalidation level, risks, and follow-up checks so the result becomes a repeatable review workflow.
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