Chart Ninja: Hiding Your Moves from the Broker’s Crystal Ball

If you're analyzing charts on a platform that is independent of your brokerage account (e.g., TradingView or other third-party charting tools), your broker cannot directly see the patterns you're studying or the technical analysis you perform there. However, there are still ways your activity might indirectly be monitored or inferred: How Brokers Can or Cannot See Patterns 1.Directly Monitoring Your Analysis If you're not trading or placing orders through the broker's platform, they can't directly observe your chart analysis or thought process. 2.Tracking Orders and Execution: When you place orders (e.g., limit, stop-loss, market orders), brokers can see the levels at which you’re trading and infer your strategy. For example, if many traders set similar stop-losses, the broker can identify a cluster of stops. 3.Order Flow and Behavioral Patterns: Even if you use a different charting platform, brokers can analyze the order flow and time your trades to...