I am seriously considering the purchase of a pc for trading purposes. Do you have any experience with either TradingComputers/WindRider Technology or Sonata Trading Computers? Do you know of any other pc manufacturers who specialize in building trading computers? If I decided to build a pc from scratch, what cpu, video card, memory, operating system, hard drive brands and specs should I consider? What brand and size of LCD monitor should I consider? Based upon your personal experience trading with Drummond Geometry/P&L, what have you found to be an ideal, typical or minimum number of monitors needed to effectively trade? Any comments or opinions would be greatly appreciated.
DY
Building the Ideal Trading Computer
Re: Building the Ideal Trading Computer
I have a fast Dell workstation with a 21 inch flat monitor and find it is competely adaquate. I am not a specialist in computers and am probably not the best person to ask; you might check the TradeStation forums under the hardware topics; as I recall there were some good discussions there. I have heard of the companies you mention but do not have any knowledge of their quality or pricing. I have seen successful traders working off of old laptops and a single small monitor whereas others have elaboate set-ups. I don't think that unless you are engaged in a lot of computerized testing and number crunching that it makes a lot of difference how many monitors or how large the machine is. I suggest buying the fastet chip you can get and a lot of memory (1 gig or more) however as this *can* make a difference, along with a large hard drive. Large monitors or double monitors can make things easier on the eyes.