[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":695},["ShallowReactive",2],{"\u002Fguides\u002Ftrading-results-forum-signature-email-discord":3,"\u002Fguides\u002Ftrading-results-forum-signature-email-discord-surround":684},{"id":4,"title":5,"authors":6,"badge":12,"body":14,"date":672,"description":673,"draft":674,"extension":424,"image":675,"meta":677,"navigation":678,"path":679,"seo":680,"stem":681,"updated":682,"__hash__":683},"posts\u002F3.guides\u002F38.trading-results-forum-signature-email-discord.md","Trading Results in a Forum Signature, Email or Chat: Images That Update Themselves",[7],{"name":8,"to":9,"avatar":10},"ShowMyTrades Team","https:\u002F\u002Fshowmytrades.com",{"src":11},"\u002Ficon-512.png",{"label":13},"Product",{"type":15,"value":16,"toc":659},"minimark",[17,21,29,34,37,48,67,70,74,269,276,280,334,338,341,347,370,373,377,384,413,417,420,462,465,469,472,479,482,496,500,565,573,577,583,589,595,601,607,613,617,646,649,655],[18,19,20],"p",{},"A forum will not let you paste an iframe. Neither will an email client, a README, or a chat. They all accept one thing: an image.",[18,22,23,24,28],{},"So the usual answer is a screenshot, and a screenshot is out of date the day after you take it. The better answer is an image that ",[25,26,27],"strong",{},"redraws itself",": same address forever, new numbers every time your account changes. ShowMyTrades makes eleven of them for every published account, free. This guide shows what to paste where.",[30,31,33],"h2",{"id":32},"️-how-a-self-updating-image-works","🖼️ How a Self-Updating Image Works",[18,35,36],{},"It is a normal PNG or SVG file at a fixed address:",[38,39,45],"pre",{"className":40,"code":42,"language":43,"meta":44},[41],"language-text","https:\u002F\u002Fshowmytrades.com\u002Fapi\u002Fwidget-image\u002FYOUR-ACCOUNT-SLUG\u002Fsummary_dark.png\n","text","",[46,47,42],"code",{"__ignoreMap":44},[18,49,50,51,54,55,58,59,62,63,66],{},"The address has three parts you choose: the account, the ",[25,52,53],{},"type"," of image (",[46,56,57],{},"summary",") and the ",[25,60,61],{},"theme"," (",[46,64,65],{},"dark","). The file behind it is rebuilt when your trading data changes. You paste the address once; whoever opens the page later gets the current picture.",[18,68,69],{},"The builder wraps the image in a link to your account page, so a reader who wants to check the numbers is one click from the live, full record.",[30,71,73],{"id":72},"the-eleven-images","📐 The Eleven Images",[75,76,77,96],"table",{},[78,79,80],"thead",{},[81,82,83,87,90,93],"tr",{},[84,85,86],"th",{},"Image",[84,88,89],{},"Size",[84,91,92],{},"What it shows",[84,94,95],{},"Good for",[97,98,99,116,132,148,163,179,195,209,223,238,254],"tbody",{},[81,100,101,107,110,113],{},[102,103,104],"td",{},[46,105,106],{},"stats-inline",[102,108,109],{},"750×80",[102,111,112],{},"Gain, drawdown, balance, equity in one row",[102,114,115],{},"Forum signatures",[81,117,118,123,126,129],{},[102,119,120],{},[46,121,122],{},"stats",[102,124,125],{},"310×170",[102,127,128],{},"The same four as a card",[102,130,131],{},"Sidebars, email",[81,133,134,139,142,145],{},[102,135,136],{},[46,137,138],{},"growth-mini",[102,140,141],{},"400×200",[102,143,144],{},"A compact growth line, no axes",[102,146,147],{},"Inside a post or a message",[81,149,150,154,157,160],{},[102,151,152],{},[46,153,57],{},[102,155,156],{},"500×290",[102,158,159],{},"Growth, drawdown, last update and a small chart",[102,161,162],{},"The one to share in a chat",[81,164,165,170,173,176],{},[102,166,167],{},[46,168,169],{},"growth-daily",[102,171,172],{},"1000×450",[102,174,175],{},"Daily time-weighted growth",[102,177,178],{},"Articles, READMEs",[81,180,181,186,189,192],{},[102,182,183],{},[46,184,185],{},"growth-trade",[102,187,188],{},"1000×455",[102,190,191],{},"Growth trade by trade (PNG only)",[102,193,194],{},"Articles",[81,196,197,202,204,207],{},[102,198,199],{},[46,200,201],{},"balance",[102,203,172],{},[102,205,206],{},"Balance and equity",[102,208,194],{},[81,210,211,216,218,221],{},[102,212,213],{},[46,214,215],{},"profit",[102,217,188],{},[102,219,220],{},"Net profit with drawdown",[102,222,194],{},[81,224,225,230,232,235],{},[102,226,227],{},[46,228,229],{},"drawdown",[102,231,188],{},[102,233,234],{},"Drawdown in percent",[102,236,237],{},"Next to any growth chart",[81,239,240,245,248,251],{},[102,241,242],{},[46,243,244],{},"monthly",[102,246,247],{},"1066 wide",[102,249,250],{},"Monthly returns table",[102,252,253],{},"Reports, long posts",[81,255,256,261,264,267],{},[102,257,258],{},[46,259,260],{},"currency-pair",[102,262,263],{},"1196 wide",[102,265,266],{},"Results per symbol",[102,268,253],{},[18,270,271,272,275],{},"Each comes in ",[25,273,274],{},"light, dark and transparent",". The SVG version also takes your own colours for background, text, grid and lines, and can be scaled up to 200% without blurring.",[30,277,279],{"id":278},"️-get-the-code","🛠️ Get the Code",[281,282,283,306,317,320],"ol",{},[284,285,286,291,292,295,296,300,301,305],"li",{},[287,288,290],"a",{"href":289},"\u002Fsignup","Sign up free",", connect your account and set it to ",[25,293,294],{},"Published",". (",[287,297,299],{"href":298},"\u002Fguides\u002Fshow-mt4-mt5-results-on-your-website","MetaTrader",", ",[287,302,304],{"href":303},"\u002Fguides\u002Fshow-ctrader-results-on-your-website","cTrader",", TradeLocker.)",[284,307,308,309,312,313,316],{},"Open ",[25,310,311],{},"Widgets"," in the dashboard and choose the ",[25,314,315],{},"Dynamic Image"," format.",[284,318,319],{},"Pick the type, the theme and the file format.",[284,321,322,323,300,326,329,330,333],{},"Copy the version you need: ",[25,324,325],{},"HTML",[25,327,328],{},"Markdown"," or ",[25,331,332],{},"BBCode",".",[30,335,337],{"id":336},"forum-signature-bbcode","💬 Forum Signature (BBCode)",[18,339,340],{},"Most trading forums use BBCode. The builder gives you this, ready to paste into the signature field of your forum profile:",[38,342,345],{"className":343,"code":344,"language":43,"meta":44},[41],"[url=https:\u002F\u002Fshowmytrades.com\u002Faccount\u002FYOUR-ACCOUNT-SLUG][img]https:\u002F\u002Fshowmytrades.com\u002Fapi\u002Fwidget-image\u002FYOUR-ACCOUNT-SLUG\u002Fstats-inline_light.png[\u002Fimg][\u002Furl]\n",[46,346,344],{"__ignoreMap":44},[348,349,350,358,364],"ul",{},[284,351,352,357],{},[25,353,354,355,333],{},"Use ",[46,356,106],{}," At 750×80 it is made for the height of a signature. Many forums limit signature images: if yours rejects it, check the size limit in the forum rules.",[284,359,360,363],{},[25,361,362],{},"Use PNG."," Many forums refuse SVG files.",[284,365,366,369],{},[25,367,368],{},"Match the forum."," Light theme on a light forum, dark on a dark one. Transparent works on both.",[18,371,372],{},"Every post you have ever written on that forum now shows your current numbers, including the old ones.",[30,374,376],{"id":375},"️-email-signature","✉️ Email Signature",[18,378,379,380,383],{},"Use the HTML version and paste it into the signature editor of your mail program. If the editor only accepts images, insert the image ",[25,381,382],{},"by address"," (not by uploading a copy) and add the link to your account page on it.",[348,385,386,392,401,407],{},[284,387,388,391],{},[25,389,390],{},"PNG only."," Mail programs do not display SVG reliably.",[284,393,394,400],{},[25,395,354,396,329,398,333],{},[46,397,122],{},[46,399,57],{}," Small enough for a signature, readable on a phone.",[284,402,403,406],{},[25,404,405],{},"Expect a delay."," Some mail services, Gmail among them, fetch images through their own servers and keep a copy for a while. The picture in an old email can lag behind your account. The link always leads to the live page.",[284,408,409,412],{},[25,410,411],{},"Some clients hide images until the reader allows them."," Keep one line of text under it, with the link, for those readers.",[30,414,416],{"id":415},"github-readme-and-markdown","📝 GitHub README and Markdown",[18,418,419],{},"For a repository that holds your EA or your strategy notes:",[38,421,425],{"className":422,"code":423,"language":424,"meta":44,"style":44},"language-md shiki shiki-themes material-theme-lighter material-theme material-theme-palenight","[![Trading Performance](https:\u002F\u002Fshowmytrades.com\u002Fapi\u002Fwidget-image\u002FYOUR-ACCOUNT-SLUG\u002Fgrowth-daily_dark.png)](https:\u002F\u002Fshowmytrades.com\u002Faccount\u002FYOUR-ACCOUNT-SLUG)\n","md",[46,426,427],{"__ignoreMap":44},[428,429,432,436,439,443,446,450,453,455,459],"span",{"class":430,"line":431},"line",1,[428,433,435],{"class":434},"sMK4o","[",[428,437,438],{"class":434},"![",[428,440,442],{"class":441},"sfazB","Trading Performance",[428,444,445],{"class":434},"](",[428,447,449],{"class":448},"sDClJ","https:\u002F\u002Fshowmytrades.com\u002Fapi\u002Fwidget-image\u002FYOUR-ACCOUNT-SLUG\u002Fgrowth-daily_dark.png",[428,451,452],{"class":434},")",[428,454,445],{"class":434},[428,456,458],{"class":457},"sDpXG","https:\u002F\u002Fshowmytrades.com\u002Faccount\u002FYOUR-ACCOUNT-SLUG",[428,460,461],{"class":434},")\n",[18,463,464],{},"The same line works in any Markdown that allows remote images: documentation sites, wikis, many blog engines.",[30,466,468],{"id":467},"discord-telegram-whatsapp-and-social-posts","💭 Discord, Telegram, WhatsApp and Social Posts",[18,470,471],{},"Chats and social networks behave differently from the places above, and it is worth knowing before you post.",[18,473,474,475,478],{},"When you post an image address, or upload a file, the app takes ",[25,476,477],{},"a copy at that moment",". That copy does not change afterwards. So in a chat an image is always a snapshot, whichever tool made it.",[18,480,481],{},"Two ways to use that honestly:",[348,483,484,490],{},[284,485,486,489],{},[25,487,488],{},"Post the link to your account page",", with or without an image. The link is the live part: whoever opens it sees the current record.",[284,491,492,495],{},[25,493,494],{},"Download a Static Image"," from the builder when you want a clean picture for one specific post. It is the same chart, saved once.",[30,497,499],{"id":498},"image-or-live-widget","🆚 Image or Live Widget?",[75,501,502,513],{},[78,503,504],{},[81,505,506,508,510],{},[84,507],{},[84,509,315],{},[84,511,512],{},"Interactive widget",[97,514,515,526,535,546,555],{},[81,516,517,520,523],{},[102,518,519],{},"Works in forums, email, Markdown",[102,521,522],{},"Yes",[102,524,525],{},"No",[81,527,528,531,533],{},[102,529,530],{},"Works on your own website",[102,532,522],{},[102,534,522],{},[81,536,537,540,543],{},[102,538,539],{},"Updates on its own",[102,541,542],{},"Yes, when your data changes",[102,544,545],{},"Yes, at every page load",[81,547,548,551,553],{},[102,549,550],{},"Interactive (hover, switch views)",[102,552,525],{},[102,554,522],{},[81,556,557,560,562],{},[102,558,559],{},"Shows verification badges",[102,561,525],{},[102,563,564],{},"Yes, in the Complete Dashboard",[18,566,567,568,572],{},"On your own website, where you can paste code, use the ",[287,569,571],{"href":570},"\u002Fguides\u002Ftrading-widgets-and-embeds","interactive widget",". The image is for everywhere else.",[30,574,576],{"id":575},"faq","❓ FAQ",[18,578,579,582],{},[25,580,581],{},"How often does the image update?","\nIt is rebuilt when your trading data changes. Browsers keep a copy for 15 minutes, so a reader can see a picture that is a few minutes old.",[18,584,585,588],{},[25,586,587],{},"Do I ever have to change the code?","\nNo. The address stays the same; only the picture behind it changes.",[18,590,591,594],{},[25,592,593],{},"What if I rename my account's public link?","\nThe old address keeps working, for images as well as for widgets.",[18,596,597,600],{},[25,598,599],{},"Can I use my own colours?","\nYes, with the SVG format: background, text, labels, grid, lines and the positive and negative colours each take a colour of your choice.",[18,602,603,606],{},[25,604,605],{},"What does the image show if I set the account back to private?","\nIt stops showing your results. Images are served for published accounts only (link-only accounts included).",[18,608,609,612],{},[25,610,611],{},"Can I use the image of someone else's account?","\nYes, if the account is public. The image links to the owner's page: you are quoting a record, not claiming it.",[30,614,616],{"id":615},"related-guides","🔗 Related Guides",[348,618,619,625,632,639],{},[284,620,621,624],{},[287,622,623],{"href":570},"Embed your verified results anywhere",": the interactive widgets and every option",[284,626,627,631],{},[287,628,630],{"href":629},"\u002Fguides\u002Fmyfxbook-widget-alternative","A Myfxbook widget alternative",": if you are replacing a signature you already have",[284,633,634,638],{},[287,635,637],{"href":636},"\u002Fguides\u002Fpublic-profile-and-custom-slugs","Public profile and custom slugs",": choose the address that appears in your links",[284,640,641,645],{},[287,642,644],{"href":643},"\u002Fguides\u002Fhow-to-verify-your-account","How to verify your trading account",": what readers find when they click through",[647,648],"hr",{},[18,650,651,654],{},[287,652,653],{"href":289},"Connect your account free",", copy the BBCode or the HTML, and paste it once. 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How to put a live, checkable track record on the page where you sell your EA: which account, which widget, what to hide and what never to hide.",{"title":691,"path":692,"stem":693,"description":694,"children":-1},"How to Build a Track Record Page for Your Trading Website","\u002Fguides\u002Fbuild-a-track-record-page","3.guides\u002F39.build-a-track-record-page","A track record page is the one page a serious visitor looks for. What to put on it, in what order, with a live widget instead of a screenshot: a complete outline you can copy.",1791241854893]