Trading with Multiple Screens

[Trembling Hand]

Good thinking TH
... is anyone using a Dell 30" to trade ... and have a pic they can share.

sleepy

Here ya go.

 

[Sean K]

Here ya go.

Why is ASF relegated to the lap top? Should take up the Dell front a centre!

 

[Trembling Hand]

Why is ASF relegated to the lap top? Should take up the Dell front a centre!

So when the boss comes home I look like I have been "working" all day not surfing youtube and posting on ASF.

 

[classer]

So when the boss comes home I look like I have been "working" all day not surfing youtube and posting on ASF.

hahahahaha......mmmmm good idea.

 

[>Apocalypto<]

dual monitirs is a way of life for me now.

I can't go back

 

[IFocus]

TH what size is the top screen?

 

[BentRod]

Ifocus,
It is a 22, the same as the two side ones.

 

[Glen48]

Are there any programmes that can give you multi views on the one screen ?

 

[Trembling Hand]

Are there any programmes that can give you multi views on the one screen ?

Multi views??

Ifocus yep they are 22's

 

[Sakk]

TH,

are all the charts shown from NinjaTrader?

If so how much RAM do you need to have that many open at once.

I have two FX charts open set at 5min and 1min and NT is chewing up almost 500+MB of RAM.

 

[Naked shorts]

Are there any programmes that can give you multi views on the one screen ?

Glen if by that you mean multiple desktops on the same screen, and the ability to change between desktops with hotkeys then yes, nvidia has that program built into their software. but you got to have a nvidia card to use it

 

[Naked shorts]

TH,

are all the charts shown from NinjaTrader?

If so how much RAM do you need to have that many open at once.

I have two FX charts open set at 5min and 1min and NT is chewing up almost 500+MB of RAM.

500mb ram?! you sir, are in dire need of an upgrade.

 

[Sakk]

500mb ram?! you sir, are in dire need of an upgrade.

right you are

currently have 1GB of RAM, how much RAM do you recommend?

 

[CanOz]

right you are

currently have 1GB of RAM, how much RAM do you recommend?

I've not long upgraded to 2.5 GB of Ram from 1 GB and its like Day vs Night.

I believe though that windows XP can only make effective use of 3 GB of RAM.

Interactive Brokers TWS is particularly resource hungry, as is Amibroker Pro with IB as a data source. E Signal is somewhat better, but lower times frame kill performance.

Slightly off topic:
One positive thing about Tradeguider is the relative ease that it handles many pairs in FX in multiple time frames. WOW.

Generally:
RAM should have no impact on screens, to my knowledge.



Cheers,


CanOz

 

[Trembling Hand]

TH,

are all the charts shown from NinjaTrader?

If so how much RAM do you need to have that many open at once.

I have two FX charts open set at 5min and 1min and NT is chewing up almost 500+MB of RAM.

Gee. I wouldn't put up with that. I mean its the only bit of equipment you need in this business.

I got 4G of DDR3. Eats 30 windows before breakfast without a sweat

 

[Sakk]

I've not long upgraded to 2.5 GB of Ram from 1 GB and its like Day vs Night.

I believe though that windows XP can only make effective use of 3 GB of RAM.

Interactive Brokers TWS is particularly resource hungry, as is Amibroker Pro with IB as a data source. E Signal is somewhat better, but lower times frame kill performance.

Slightly off topic:
One positive thing about Tradeguider is the relative ease that it handles many pairs in FX in multiple time frames. WOW.

Generally:
RAM should have no impact on screens, to my knowledge.



Cheers,


CanOz

Thanks TH and CanOz, was thinking only an extra 1GB will suffice.

 

[Naked shorts]

currently have 1GB of RAM, how much RAM do you recommend?

2gb minimum. And please, if you have a slow cpu upgrade that to. There is no point in having 32gb of ram (for example), if you cpu is running at 1ghz. You cpu needs to be fast enough to be able to upload things into the ram.

and then if you upgrade your cpu, chances are you need to upgrade your motherboard to handle the cpu. and if you upgrade your mother board, chances are you also need to upgrade your hard-drives. so in other words, if your system is old, dont bother upgrading, put it on ebay and buy a new one. You could get a decent one for trading for around $800, it doesn't have to be too fancy. Just dont allow it to get full of crap that slows it down.

I believe though that windows XP can only make effective use of 3 GB of RAM.

Windows XP can take 4gb maximum and allocate only 2gb to any one program. Vista is useful only if your system is really fast.

 

[Sakk]

2gb minimum. And please, if you have a slow cpu upgrade that to. There is no point in having 32gb of ram (for example), if you cpu is running at 1ghz. You cpu needs to be fast enough to be able to upload things into the ram.

and then if you upgrade your cpu, chances are you need to upgrade your motherboard to handle the cpu. and if you upgrade your mother board, chances are you also need to upgrade your hard-drives. so in other words, if your system is old, dont bother upgrading, put it on ebay and buy a new one. You could get a decent one for trading for around $800, it doesn't have to be too fancy. Just dont allow it to get full of crap that slows it down.



Windows XP can take 4gb maximum and allocate only 2gb to any one program. Vista is useful only if your system is really fast.

CPU is 3Ghz. Thanks NK

 

[Naked shorts]

CPU is 3Ghz. Thanks NK

That sounds alight, but another thing to note is if your system is too old, the price of ram will be through the roof compared to the newer stuff....yes its true, the price of ram fluctuates and can be traded :

(note: it cant be traded on some exchange)

 

[Sakk]

another thing to note is if your system is too old, the price of ram will be through the roof compared to the newer stuff....yes its true, the price of ram fluctuates and can be traded :

tops!! I better pull out the RAM from my old P2

Just had a look at what type I have, it's 2 X 512MB DDR

Can I remove those two and add a 2GB DDR3 as TH uses or will the motherboard not accept DDR3?

or do I have to use DDR only?

Cheers