Recent Content by Canoe007

  1. When a model becomes extinct

    I see correlations on Price charts, seem so simple, then I struggle to define them or their components mathematically. That has resulted in a...
    Post by: Canoe007, May 23, 2021 in forum: Automated Trading

  2. Thoughts on ultra wide (34" up to 49") screens vs multi-monitors

    So much depends on how the info you'll be looking is displayed and at what size. For your eyes and viewing distance, what Final Size do you need....
    Post by: Canoe007, Oct 8, 2020 in forum: Hardware

  3. Weird about doing TA prior to trading.

    etrades, Another way to look at things, is all of the policies, news, moves, manipulations, sentiment, etc. is summarized in one place: the price....
    Post by: Canoe007, Sep 2, 2020 in forum: Technical Analysis

  4. Weird about doing TA prior to trading.

    "The smarter you are, the longer it takes", also presents as you're not content accepting something at face value: you need to understand it.
    Post by: Canoe007, Sep 2, 2020 in forum: Technical Analysis

  5. is ECC memory necessary for quantitative trading?

    What are the specs of the box you're running your algo on now? How long is it taking to process a new 1 min data tick? How many cores does the CPU...
    Post by: Canoe007, Aug 23, 2020 in forum: Automated Trading

  6. thinkorswim laggy on my PC. Time for an upgrade?

    p.s. If your lag is meaningfully contributed to by the CPU getting scaled back, getting a faster computer means that the work load appears to be...
    Post by: Canoe007, Jan 17, 2020 in forum: Hardware

  7. thinkorswim laggy on my PC. Time for an upgrade?

    I'm late to this thread, but... In that post with the three screenshots, it shows a rather trivial CPU usage. Not one core pinned. Not even one...
    Post by: Canoe007, Jan 17, 2020 in forum: Hardware

  8. What information does Technical analysis tell you ?

    I don't buy that the market moves randomly. But in the past decade or two, there have been more and more factors that can and do influence market...
    Post by: Canoe007, Jan 17, 2020 in forum: Technical Analysis

  9. What information does Technical analysis tell you ?

    This is very interesting. I'm going to have to spend some time on it to understand fully. I think I do something similar to "If a trader doesn’t...
    Post by: Canoe007, Jan 13, 2020 in forum: Technical Analysis

  10. Dell just put out a mammoth 43-inch monitor for traders — and we tried it

    p.s. I find I tend to use the left half to 2/3 of the 55" 4k as a 'centre monitor' for the most important info. My chair is positioned roughly 1/3...
    Post by: Canoe007, Jan 13, 2020 in forum: Hardware

  11. Dell just put out a mammoth 43-inch monitor for traders — and we tried it

    I hate to say it after your comment, but there seems to be something almost magical about having a centre monitor. Perhaps as simple as you're...
    Post by: Canoe007, Jan 13, 2020 in forum: Hardware

  12. Dell just put out a mammoth 43-inch monitor for traders — and we tried it

    As you intuit, 4K def on the same size monitor(s) you had before is of very limited benefit (unless you had really crappy monitors; and Dell...
    Post by: Canoe007, Jan 12, 2020 in forum: Hardware

  13. 4k monitors and scaling

    Here's what I replaced my 5-up with (had a 6-up layout that only had 5 monitors)....
    Post by: Canoe007, Jan 12, 2020 in forum: Hardware

  14. Dell just put out a mammoth 43-inch monitor for traders — and we tried it

    Not on the 55" 4K TV I've been using since late 2015. Get one where you can turn the Video/Motion enhancement and sharpening off. I treat the 4K...
    Post by: Canoe007, Jan 12, 2020 in forum: Hardware

  15. Newegg

    Over time, keep your eye on the price and availability of the faster/more-cores CPUs that will run on that MB. Pick one up while they're...
    Post by: Canoe007, Jan 12, 2020 in forum: Hardware