Well I’m new at this thing and have really come to love sitting at my computer these days. Even if it’s staring at charts all day, I find myself at peace. I’ve attached some pictures of my setup just for the fun of creating discussion. My challenge to all of you is to do the same. Take a picture; attach it to your post and tell us what you’re using.
For the new ones it’ll be great to see how experienced traders do things. How they live aside from what we assume behind a computer screen. Anything fancy you’d like to show off just because you have it? Feel free to post computer specs/hardware/software/etc. It will give good insight for the newbies and even some of those who have been around a long time! I’ll start off:
MY SETUP
Main Trading computer
- Core2Quad Q6600 custom build (Shuttle PC in corner)
- 4GB RAM, 750GB HD with a 1TB Backup External
- Runs windows Vista with Windows XP Pro in a Virtual Machine
- Broker: IBFX/Alpari on demos for now; hope to go Live soon
Extras
- Apple unibody 13" (I’m a photograher/designer parttime- student other half of the time)
- Home Custom VPS- more on this in a bit
- Wireless Router- we all need that
- 24" Widescreen Samsung monitor for the display
- 2 Tix Clock below the monitor (funky time teller- one is GMT other is EST)
- My prized item which GREATLY helps productivity and even trading is that funky gamepad (the programmable keys make it super easy to work with MT4). I’ve set it up so each of those buttons/joypad directions/keys have a function in MT4 to make trading life easier! If anyone has questions about this I’d be most happy to answer. HIGHLY reccommended!
The VPS- Virtual Private Server
That small MAC Mini looking sort of this is a server project I’m working on specifically for Forex. Instead of renting a server and paying monthly, why not just set one up at home. I’m currently working on a PDF Ebook for this also and will release that to the babypips community soon. I’ll keep you all posted.
It’s a 2Ghz Machine Pentium M. 1GB RAM. 40GB HD. Very simple. Enough to startup, run MT4, and shutdown when it’s told. All it’s needed for and very cost effective… Runs windows XP Pro.
If I receive lots of interest on this project I will create a separate thread for it. It involves being able to access the machine from anywhere in the world therefore allowing one to roam freely without having to install Mt4 on every computer they may or may not travel with. (Even sneaking some in trades at work and no installing anything on your work computer!)
Okay enough babble, let’s see yours!!
Post your pics and lets see something a little different from only pictures of charts on these forums Not that their bad AT ALL
Good Luck trading, and I hope this thread grows to be fun to watch.
Attachments:
Custom Home VPS + Router/Modem
Logitech G13 Custom gamepad w/ programmable keys
The main setup area (monitor/computer/speakers/gamepad/workarea)
That’s all way too complicated. Me, I just grab a mitful of cash from under my mattress, put it in a suitcase, and take it to my local bank down the street where I exchange it for some funny money… then later exchange it back and return more back into to my mattress… I sleep very well…
ah sweet! that’s the best one, can I be your broker?
but seriously (yeah I know, what a party pooper) for the OP, I just use a simple HP laptop with windows xp, we tried vista at work and scrapped it. it just didn’t work well, poorly designed. I’d like to have big monitors and a big house to put em in… someday I will !
Lol, how fancy! I just have 15inch MacBook Pro and parallels on it and that’s pretty much what I need, or, better said, that’s pretty much what I have! Though I’m handling it very well.
I suppose your using XP in Parallels. Correct me if I’m wrong.
Does your setup enable you to run MT4 and Dealbook360 in seperate VM’s side by side at the same time without slowing the Macbook in general and the VMs in particular…?
Yes I use XP in parallels. Nowadays I use Dealbook360 only, but I forgot to tell that there were times where I used to run Dealbook, Mt4 and FXCM Trading Sation all at the same time, same VM, without a problem.
Sometimes I run Dealbook on a Pc, demo account, just to try new things, and it takes forever to make anything, nothing compared with what I can do with the mac. I don’t know if this answers your questions since I didn’t know it was possible to run more than one vm.
I use Mac Os side by side for all other things, net surfing, read some books, skype, google earth, photo viewing all at the same time.
The Mac is also good for ‘Spaces’. You can split up different apps on desktops like linux it’s quite useful. I beleive it was dodgev83 on the forums who uses Ubuntu in that manner.
I am using a Dell Latitude c610, Pentium III with 1GHz CPU and 512MB RAM, mainly for my trading activities.
Also I have a MacBook and a desktop running Debian.
I have been contemplating building a desktop for forex and trading activities and have been wandering which would be better a huge large screen say 24" (or larger) so multiple windows can be open at once, or couple smaller screens with charts on one and other things like quotes and news on another etc.
Any thoughts and ideas on this?
Feel free to post computer specs/hardware/software/etc. It will give good insight for the newbies and even some of those who have been around a long time! I’ll start off:
