You can say that about reading a book and become a brain surgeon or an auto mechanic, or even a pilot. Nothing can substitute "doing it". But...
I said before in a previous post: OTA's ProTrader course is a basic training on how to drive (how to trade). But it doesn't tell you how to win...
No problem Redneck. Here are the pictures of my trade desk setup. 3 desktops, 2 laptops running TradeStation and StreetSmart Pro for charts...
Redneck: I am happy to share what I know and my opinions: Rushtrade's DirectPro (now Tradient) never impressed me with their charting...
Unfortunately their policy is that no manual will be given to the repeats. I almost got my head chewed off by Mike McMahon when I took the course...
I use a HP laptop too. Model dv9730us. Bought March 2008. Last month the laptop had random lockups (and disk problems). I could feel that...
Thank you very much guys! That makes a lot of sense. I never thought of the "type of application" but just the number of applications. I think...
I don't know enough about computer chip hardware. Here is my observation: I have a HP dv9730us laptop. When I used this laptop without...
Actually the electricity bill for the additional LCD monitors is not that high. They are quite energy efficient. The old CRTs eat more juice....
17 screens. http://www.elitetrader.com/vb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=43661&perpage=6&pagenumber=428 I trade only 5 stocks. 1 main screen...
Don't forget the darts!
ScreenLocal: Do you find the sun shining in bothering you when you look at the computer screens? I usually don't like looking at computer...
That's great! I used to do that. I used to have two monitors with 4x4 tiny charts each so that I could monitor 32 stocks. Whenever one of them...
Cool! What is that on the right hand side of your monitors? You play the guitar while you are trading?
ROTFL. Thanks for the humor filter_sweep! :p
1) I don't do any strategy trading myself. And I don't do back-testing. Can't help you in that area. 2) On your point #3, you should be...
I don't understand a couple of things: 1) What is the purpose of having both IB *and* TradeStation? Do you need some features in IB that is...
LOL! With all these precautions and redundancies, the only remaining single point of failure is YOURSELF! What if you are heavy in a position...
What do you mean by that "+51%"? You want them to show you they have annual performance of over +51%? I have taken trainings from Online...
Definitely maintain different PCs for trading vs everything else if you can afford it. I have multiple PCs and laptops. I restrict the trading...
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