I use a HP dv9730us laptop. 17-inch screen. Bought at Fry's. About $800 or so in March 2008. Returned for service twice so far: September...
How does a laptop drive 4 monitors? Oh... is it using the USB type of add-on gadget? I have both laptops and desktops. Laptop is okay. I...
I hate Excel (or Office) 2007. I just wish they keep things the same. No more the old-style menus. They do let you use the keyboard shortcut...
I do. I use TradeStation for (1) and (2). I think they have real-time market scans (your #3) for something like most active of the day,...
I agree with "buy" over "build" - given the time we need to spend on hunting/trying/reconfiguring for different hardware. I would much rather go...
That's cool nkhoi! I remember that when I sold my last house, when hosting open houses people came in and saw my 3-monitor setup (relatively...
It's gotten pretty good in the summer. But think about the heating costs I have saved in the winter. LOL!
Why? Are we comparing the size of our wallets? LOL! I am only a tiny fish in the vast ocean. Let's say that I make comfortably better than a...
Actually there is an advantage of keeping the big old sucker CRT monitors. Because they are so bulky, they jammed each other on the side. They...
Ha! Thank you for the compliment rodmike9. :D I tried very hard to compete for the "most messy trading setup" award! LOL.
Hello all: I am currently using Schwab's StreetSmart Pro (formerly CyberTrader) trading platform. The platform's reliability is very poor....
This is my home-grown 17 screen trading setup. I aggregated to 17 screens over the years, not all in one shot. On a shoe-string budget....
A full screen dedicated to ET, Mr. J? Nice! :p :p Indeed. Great view to kill for! Make one think what we trade so hard for.
16 monitors... 2 rows x 8 monitors sideway. LOL! How useful can they be if you need to walk up to the monitor on the far top left or top right...
I agree that sharing the wifi bandwidth on the same access point by 16 computers all running trading applications that require streaming data (and...
They are using Comcast Digital voice service in their call center, of course! LOL! One time a Comcast sales rep called me to promote their...
I think this added little extra screen is not worth the money spent on having it for trading purposes.
I am on a shoestring budget. I don't want to spend $2000-$3000 to buy modified desktops for trading with multiple monitors. I shopped around for...
Thanks for the bit of history, OldTrader. You are right. We should saveguard ourselves as much as possible and as much as practical. The only...
Hotcomm? Pristine uses it. OTA (Online Trading Academy) uses WebEx.
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