Methodology
How Trade Eyes reads a chart.
There is no black box here. This is exactly what happens when you drop a screenshot into the analyzer — and exactly where the model can still be wrong.
Step 01 · Pre-process
Detect the chart, ignore the chrome
We downscale the image to a bounded size, find the plot area, and drop broker sidebars, watchlists, and toolbars. The model never sees your account balance or open positions — only the price surface.
Step 02 · Extract
Read candles, wicks, volume, indicators
Gemini Vision identifies each candle body, the wicks, volume bars, moving averages, and any drawn levels or annotations. It also picks up on the timeframe printed on the chart when it is visible.
Step 03 · Structure
Find the market structure
Swing highs and lows, trend regime, order blocks, fair-value gaps, liquidity pools above and below — the same layer a discretionary trader would draw by hand, described with coordinates on your chart.
Step 04 · Plan
Turn the read into a plan
Bias (long, short, or wait), entry zone with a specific price range, stop-loss anchored to structure, two take-profit targets, and the one thing that would invalidate the whole idea. If the chart is ambiguous, the output says so — we would rather return “wait” than a bad trade.
Known limitations
- — Screenshots that crop off the y-axis or timeframe reduce accuracy. Include the axis when you can.
- — Extremely low-liquidity assets (small-cap penny stocks, illiquid altcoins) produce noisier reads.
- — Vision AI reads what is on the chart. It does not know earnings dates or macro releases unless the news panel provides context.
- — The model is not connected to a live price feed. The plan reflects the moment of the screenshot.
Data handling
Screenshots are processed to generate the analysis and stored in your journal under row-level security so only you can read them. Guest analyses are stored with a hashed IP identifier and pruned periodically. We do not sell or share your uploads with third parties. See the privacy policy for the full detail.