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LivermoreRisen
 

Registered: Aug 2004
Posts: 251

 

12-02-11 10:10 AM


Quote from Bolimomo:

I don't feel eye soreness either way. I have over 20 monitors in my trading room. I think the key is how you set up your chart environment. I use dim background (black actually) and bright, primary color charting display. I see many people use white background (very well be the default of the software). Worse... on top of that they use bright colors (red, green, yellow, etc..)... Bright colors for objects on a bright background is very bad for your eyes. Also... because the background color takes up so much of the screen's area (probably 80% to 90%)... white, bright background from multiple monitors, being starred at for 6 to 7 hours at a time can be very taxing to your eyes.

Below is a typical chart color combination I use. Black background, simple primary colors for price plots and indicators.




thanks

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mgookin
 

Registered: Jan 2008
Posts: 1388

 

12-02-11 01:22 PM


Quote from LivermoreRisen:

I just found out that the monitors I bought do not support VESA mounting. Does anyone know of a way to mount non-vesa compliant LCDS? Thanks



Hillbilly array:
Cut out the front of one box leaving about 1" all around and maintain top and bottom. Put it on your desk upside down. Put one monitor inside it and another on top of it. Do same with other pair of monitors. It does work. I have used it for temp setup but not for trading. At least you can get an idea of distance, elevations and perspective from it.

When you figure out what you like, build some simple shelves.

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