Computer specfications trading setups discussions

[bullsback]

there is like no interests...

 

[bullsback]

also have the following bedside setup::

http://forums.hardwarezone.com.sg/a...running-wired-ethernet-ios-712-a-4781946.html

 

[bullsback]

anyone where got the professional bloomberg or reuters at home?

can advise how much it cost u?

 

[IronMac]

Have you considered ViewQwest fiber instead of ST's? Would the response time be appreciably faster?

 

[bullsback]

Have you considered ViewQwest fiber instead of ST's? Would the response time be appreciably faster?

sadly speaking, i was narrow minded when i choose singtel...so would have considered if i was choosing all over again...

 

[civicguy]

TS share photos of your setup leh

 

[Mecisteus]

does the huge setup give you an advantage to make money?

 

[bullsback]

does the huge setup give you an advantage to make money?

you are an equity investor, all u need is iphone 5, 4 inch screen, dual 1ghz processor, 3G network or GPRS, you are good to go, u dont need my setup. .

 

[bullsback]

TS share photos of your setup leh

u can google..........or imagine.

 

[Yxy]

 

[peterchan75]

Looks overwhelming. A monitor of at least 23 inch is a must.

 

[IronMac]

sadly speaking, i was narrow minded when i choose singtel...so would have considered if i was choosing all over again...

Aiyah, break the contract. A simple cost/benefit analysts predicated on response time = $ should show you whether or not a switch is warranted.

I am not a trader such as you but my work($) depends on speedy response so I am re-doing my setup in the next couple of months. Getting ViewQwest in even though I already have ST ADSL and hooking it up directly to a new custom desktop geared for speed.

If you're going to go all out with a custom build supplemented by that many screens hooked to North America then I would break the contract.

 

[bullsback]

Aiyah, break the contract. A simple cost/benefit analysts predicated on response time = $ should show you whether or not a switch is warranted.

I am not a trader such as you but my work($) depends on speedy response so I am re-doing my setup in the next couple of months. Getting ViewQwest in even though I already have ST ADSL and hooking it up directly to a new custom desktop geared for speed.

If you're going to go all out with a custom build supplemented by that many screens hooked to North America then I would break the contract.

understand what you meant, I was on a ST ADSL before i upgraded to ST fibre, frankly, i wasnt too sure how much faster is fibre apart on the faster download speed, i needed lower latency not bandwidth...so not entirely sure if viewquest will do even lower for latency...but i have read good reviews..

yup the server is hosted in USA so every latency affects...

google is investing 300 mio into 2 new fibre optics cable from japan to the USA...hopefully things get even better ...

 

[focus1974]

now i know why most traders i see on tv is botak...or hear of stories of people's colleague dropping dead in office ..or dead outside..
knn. .so much radiation ...

 

[stocklah]

mine setup - one lousy notebook

 

[naro]

Not a trader so dun need so many screens. But I can reap benefits from 2 or 3 screens. 23"

 

[Yxy]

haha I use a 27" iMac with extra Dell U2412M

 

[focus1974]

mine setup - one lousy notebook

21" notebook? .lol..
I used 17" laptop FHD outside..
go home use 14" laptop connected to 21" IPS FHD Monitor.

I find FHD is a must for productivity.

 

[Shiny Things]

Troll answer: My trading setup is a 13" Macbook Air, which I use on my couch in front of Weeds or Orange is the New Black. Buy and hold; buy and hold.

Serious answer: Back when I used to do this professionally, it was two dual-CPU HP xw8000 workstations, with four 19" monitors on each, plus one extra monitor for one of my broker platforms that came with its own thin-client terminal.

anyone where got the professional bloomberg or reuters at home?

Dunno about Reuters Eikon, but Bloomberg is somewhere on the order of $2200 USD a month plus market data fees. I'm fairly sure they won't lease it to individual traders, either: only corporations can get it.

Update: aha, so I found the answer to this. Eikon starts at $300/mo plus market data (and presumably newsfeeds and such as well). Also they will give you a free trial, whereas if you asked Bloomberg for a free trial they would probably be all "ahahahahah no".

Still, here's the thing: nobody serious uses Eikon. The previous Reuters platform - called 3000 Xtra - was reasonably popular, especially in FX and commodities where Bloomberg had never traditionally been popular. But sometime around the late 2000s, everyone started moving from Reuters to Bloomberg and nobody moved back. When I started in the biz I had a Reuters screen and no Bloomberg; when I left I had a Bloomberg screen and no Reuters.

Everybody these days uses Bloomberg.

 

[IronMac]

understand what you meant, I was on a ST ADSL before i upgraded to ST fibre, frankly, i wasnt too sure how much faster is fibre apart on the faster download speed, i needed lower latency not bandwidth...so not entirely sure if viewquest will do even lower for latency...but i have read good reviews..

yup the server is hosted in USA so every latency affects...

Looks like we're in similar situations just very different lines of work.

I'm going to ViewQwest because they said that they had fewer hops to the US than any other provider in SG, which means lower latency or faster response. When I click on that mouse button I want to make sure that my response is sent to that US server asap. Bandwidth matters very little to me.