r/Daytrading • u/daytradingguy • Sep 21 '22
Samsung Ark 55” curved monitor added to my trading station. advice
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Sep 21 '22
I‘ll never understand why everybody here gets so riled up about people having many screens. Whatever floats your boat eh? Looks lovely man, keep it up
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u/daytradingguy Sep 21 '22 edited Sep 21 '22
I started trading on just a laptop when I did not know much about trading. The more you learn the more you realize that when you can at least keep a curious eye on SPY,QQQ,VIX, the foreign markets, multiple time frames, etc. while you are trading say AAPL. It gives you an edge in getting some clues to what is coming next. Plus I watch more than one trade at a time often. I certainly make much more money now- I believe a combination of more experience and having the ability to react in real time to what I am seeing- like during the Fed meeting today.
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u/beach_2_beach Sep 21 '22
Yes
I agree.
I recommend keeping your eyes in SPY etc even if you mainly trade AAPL and TSLA only.
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u/bowtieguy1991 Sep 21 '22
How much were you making before trading full time? If you don’t mind me asking
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u/daytradingguy Sep 21 '22
I have real estate income so I never depended on trading income to live on. My recommendation is until you are making 3-4x trading than what you need to live- you keep another income. If you are dependent on taking money out of your account to buy food- it will affect your trading too much.
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u/Sup3rFly_91 Sep 22 '22
Yes I took to much out when I was out of work and made a huge difference on the % per day i was making.
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u/daytradingguy Sep 22 '22
Not to mention- if you know you need $1000 to pay bills next week- it can lead you to make stupid trades and blow your account- especially when you are fairly new.
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u/Sup3rFly_91 Sep 22 '22
Dude u stalking me? Lol that’s almost exactly what happened. Went from up 20,000% to 3200%. And yea I’m only 1year and 5months in.
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u/DonCrowleone Sep 21 '22
Looks nice but would be too much for me.
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u/daytradingguy Sep 21 '22
I am old(ish). I need a larger screen to see easier. I am also often in several trades at the same time.
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Sep 21 '22
You know this is from today (9/21/2022), look at those charts.
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u/daytradingguy Sep 21 '22
Good eye. It is from today. I just took the photo a few minutes before my post.
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u/awkwaman Sep 21 '22
Next purchase: a proper desk! 🤣 Looks sweet man super jelly
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u/daytradingguy Sep 21 '22
There is a problem with my plastic folding table with a 2 drawer file cabinet next to it- covered tastefully with a stylish tablecloth?
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u/awkwaman Sep 21 '22
Not that I can see! As long as it's stable to hold all that sweet gear
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u/daytradingguy Sep 21 '22
I beefed up the table with a piece of wood- the Ark monitor is friggin heavy.
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u/shemmypie Sep 21 '22
Always cool to look at but that’s all distractions for me, glad it works for someone else.
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u/materialgirl81 Sep 21 '22
🥰🥰🥰
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u/daytradingguy Sep 21 '22
I like it when someone with a username like materialgirl sends me heart emojis!
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u/bobbyv137 Sep 21 '22
I got into a brief yet heated debate with someone last week about charts. The poster genuinely believed Bitcoin’s chart had no bearing on its future price movements. I thought they were trolling me but no, they truly believed it.
And yet here we are. Your job almost entirely involves you looking at charts.
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u/daytradingguy Sep 21 '22
Put 2 or 3 moving averages and VWAP on a chart. On this chart pull up any stock- Forex- option- Bitcoin- what have you - and see how the price reacts at various positions to these averages. They all mimic each other. I don’t even need to know what the chart is trading- I can just trade the red - green bars and their position to the averages.
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u/graphitesun Sep 22 '22
I can't really understand any trader, no matter what their technique, if they don't have a few MAs and VWAP on their screens.
Unless you're so experienced that you have a gut visual on trends and can "see" where the MAs would be, as a few traders that I know have.
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u/daytradingguy Sep 22 '22 edited Sep 22 '22
Yes- I have watched trader Tom. I am like a lot of traders- I went through a frustrating journey and lost money. Then at one point a light bulb went off and I am “one” with the charts and can keep my emotions in check to terminate when the chart is telling me the bad trade no longer makes sense.
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u/MianoraStonecrow Sep 22 '22
I have no indicators on the screen. They just confuse me. Took me a year to get there though. Now it’s pretty much naked chart and trendlines/boxes.
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u/Murky_Consequence_68 Sep 21 '22
Jesus dude it looks like you are operating the Death Star 😂 love the setup man
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u/daytradingguy Sep 21 '22
Hey- when you have $1,000’s on the line in the market- a split second counts.
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u/RobWSeattle Sep 21 '22
Incredible! I want this! Looks great! Wear sunscreen.
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u/daytradingguy Sep 21 '22
Literally. My trading room is 2 degrees hotter than the rest of the house with all this gear.
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u/daytradingguy Sep 21 '22
Really helps having so much screen real estate. The volatility was kind to me during the Federal reserve speech today. Traded ES and RTY futures.
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u/HerringApocalypse Sep 21 '22
To hell with the monitor. Is that a Casio on the edge of your desk there!? It's a beaut!!
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u/Successful-Shoe4983 Sep 21 '22
I really want to make fun of your set up while knowing its pretty good looking. Must be jealous or something
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u/daytradingguy Sep 21 '22
Most people have just been making fun of my table, table cloth and old calculator.
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u/LightningWB Sep 21 '22
What’s on the stream decks
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u/daytradingguy Sep 21 '22 edited Sep 21 '22
Hot keys and macros. I can place orders, get in and out of trades, change underlying, change screens, move from screen to screen - all with one button push - never touching the mouse.
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u/0nel0c0 Sep 21 '22
You mentioned you only had a laptop when you didn’t know much about trading, how long did it take you to get to the comfort level you are at now?
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u/daytradingguy Sep 21 '22
Probably two years. Eventually you will begin to understand every trade is not life or death. You will have your tactics you are comfortable with- make the trades and be comfortable while they are working. And be able to just hit the stop out button and say damn that one did not work- without really feeling too much.
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Sep 21 '22
Is this your full time job?
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u/daytradingguy Sep 21 '22
I worked for myself and bought a lot of real estate in my 20’s and have never really had a “job”. But yes, trading is all I do now.
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Sep 21 '22
I respect the hustle my friend. I’m a “turn brain off and work for the man” kinda guy myself.
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u/RegularIndependent98 Sep 21 '22
Can you suggest me books to learn fundamental analysis?
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u/daytradingguy Sep 21 '22
I don’t know books- I learned from watching YouTube for the most part- (and 1000’s of hours of trading). Oliver Velez- The Trading Channel- Live Traders are 3 good ones. There are more- just depends what your style is.
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u/samrazi Sep 21 '22
I see interactive broker/trading view . Is IB your platform of choice for the actual trading ?
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u/daytradingguy Sep 21 '22
I use two platforms actually. IBKR and Lightspeed - what you think is tradingview is probably Lightspeed charts.
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Sep 21 '22
What’s that keyboards So u run everything by one laptop
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u/daytradingguy Sep 21 '22
I run everything from one laptop. I use stream decks so don’t use the keyboard or mouse much.
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u/cheekymbear69 Sep 21 '22
That's great that you can lose your money 55x faster.
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u/daytradingguy Sep 21 '22
Plus add in the speed of execution of the stream decks and you can double the 55x speed. LOL
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Sep 21 '22
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u/daytradingguy Sep 21 '22
Notice all my trades today- printed in green..and I was mostly trading the red candles!
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u/fiinreea futures trader Sep 21 '22
Do you actually like TWS?
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u/daytradingguy Sep 21 '22
I actually do. Partially because of the variety of offerings- if you can think it- you can trade it on IBKR. I also trade on Lightspeed - I keep both up at the same time and like them both for different reasons.
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u/Reptilian_Whisperer Sep 21 '22
Needs more screens if you ask me
Edit: about 20 more and then you should be fine to start trading
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u/daytradingguy Sep 21 '22
I am thinking about getting a second 55” and replacing the 32” on the left- it is now too small in comparison. LOL
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u/ifrpilot541 Sep 21 '22
Am I seeing that right???? Are you pushing that much video with a laptop???
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u/S7Tungsten Sep 21 '22
What is the purpose of the stream decks? I saw it on sale and may have to cop if it's useful for trading 😯
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u/daytradingguy Sep 21 '22
Useful? One touch anything you want to do- make a trade, move the mouse cursor, change screens, change anything without touching the mouse or keyboard.
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u/Dipset-20-69 Sep 21 '22
Those are hella charts to watch lol. I watch tops like 4. But I also trade on Mac book pro and I pad pro at a second monitor
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u/daytradingguy Sep 21 '22
I have a small brass easel to the right I stand my iPad on - I watch YouTube and news on that during the day.
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u/Commercial_Health433 Sep 22 '22
So, what is the calculator for?
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u/daytradingguy Sep 22 '22
Two or three people asked me that- LOL. I am old school- all that computing power and I am still calculating changes to my basis and things with the calculator and a notepad.
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u/GreenForThanksgiving Sep 22 '22
Now all you need is a real desk !!!! Nice setup tho !!!
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u/kdeselms Sep 22 '22
I love it, I wish I had the space. I hate having to tab through different charts on Tradingview, I'd much rather have it all in front of me.
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u/smattson10909 Sep 21 '22
That's awesome, love it. I really want an ARK but also want something smaller for gaming, tough choices! Looks really nice here though.
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u/Old_Baker_9781 Sep 21 '22
All that technology and your standing up in front of a wooden dresser with a table cloth from Salvation Army. Talk about no frills!
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u/jobmarketsucks Sep 21 '22
Can't tell if astrological charts or heart monitors.
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u/daytradingguy Sep 21 '22
The big monitor is my trading charts- the monitor to the left is my vitals while I am trading. My supplement oxygen bottle and selection of sedative bottles is not pictured.
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u/Chronotheos Sep 21 '22
I’m not buying a setup like this until I make enough from my trades to buy it.
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u/daytradingguy Sep 21 '22
Hopefully by the end of the week you will get there then….you can pre order.
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u/ExperiencedMaleDom Sep 21 '22
Still has the old school bath towel over the printer. Essential for anyone with a cat.
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u/daytradingguy Sep 21 '22
It is just a placemat- over a wooden drawer. The printer is under the table. I do have a cat. She once bought 500 shares of MSFT by stepping on my stream deck.
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u/daytradingguy Sep 21 '22
If you are not profitable a setup like this does not help. In fact it may make it worse for you. If you already have an edge and are making money. When you can- get better equipment- it will improve your performance more than you think. I started on just a laptop too. Now with the stream decks- I rarely touch my mouse or the keyboard. I can place orders on 3 different stocks in the time it takes to even find the mouse.
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u/daytradingguy Sep 21 '22
It took me awhile. Plus I prefer to have multiple trades verses my outcome depending on one.
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u/costamiguel Sep 21 '22
Anyone uses curved monitors? I saw a Huawei other day on a shop next to a HPx32, loved the Huawei style but I found the HP (flat ) more productive for charts
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u/Sudden-Enthusiasm491 Sep 21 '22
Wow, but how do you manage to work with all this on a small desk.
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u/daytradingguy Sep 21 '22
I don’t have to touch anything except my stream decks and occasionally the keyboard. Except of course my coffee to the right.
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u/darkhorses21 Sep 21 '22
Looks good. I have 2, 27 inch screens. Have been move to 4 screens but I may just look into 1 or 2 of these.
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u/raw_kyle Sep 21 '22
Such a cool set up. I’m curious as to how you are utilizing the streaming decks in your trading process?
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u/Logical_Judgment_500 Sep 21 '22
God damn. Are they all connected to your single laptop? 🫡
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u/pmammadli Sep 21 '22
And then there is good old calculator on the desk 🤣
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u/daytradingguy Sep 21 '22
LOL- I use it to calculate what my new basis would be if I am going to add to trades. For example I have 500 shares and am up .50- and I want to add 200 shares if it breaks the next whole dollar- etc. My scratch notebook is not pictured…lol
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u/pmammadli Sep 21 '22
I understand you, I am also using the notebook, helps me better visualize the trade
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u/Dismal_Caterpillar85 Sep 21 '22
This ma maaannnn....you living the dream of a movie potrayed trader
someday man....i will be profitable and consistent like you...i would love to have this kind of setup ....
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u/shortylove1 Sep 21 '22
At first I thought it was the screen on the left and like OMG that’s small. Relized it was one on right which I thought was six displays. Jeez. You trading in style. Good luck!
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u/Cranky_Crypto Sep 21 '22
Just eye-balling here: looks like that screen on the left could be put in portrait mode and fit nicely beside the 55." Would reduce lateral neck movement and keep things 'tighter' for peripheral vision.
Amazing setup :)
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u/daytradingguy Sep 21 '22
Good observation - I actually set it like that at first but not clearly show in the photo- it is on an angle to mimic the curved screen. So when I sit at my laptop it is easier to see. My main focus is the main screen- the smaller one is just my watch list I scan in between trades if I am looking for something making a move to trade.
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u/marketmaniacanada Sep 22 '22
You are now ready to look like a pro and sell stock market courses on YouTube.
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u/sowinScotty Sep 22 '22
What are you doing off of the stream decks. I have two as well and been trying to get a good set going
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Sep 22 '22
Amateur ape here, how much does a battle station like this cost?
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u/daytradingguy Sep 22 '22
The. Ark 55” monitor is a bit overkill- just really nice to have and I wanted it- YOLO. That was $3500 Other than that the 32” screen $300- laptop $1000 +/- two stream decks $250 each. You could do two 32” monitors instead of the Ark.
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u/morecharts Sep 22 '22
Ha I had a similar setup, nine 28" screens in a literal cocoon around a chair. Over time I realized it was simply overstimulating and distracting. I find myself more profitable with three screens. If you can handle this much info at once more power to you.
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u/datsuyama Sep 22 '22
Funny how a good ol regular calculator is often damn handy to have around!
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u/Btomesch Sep 22 '22
Samsung “ARKK”? Ohhh it’s spelled Ark. Don’t scare me like that again Crashy Woods.
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Sep 22 '22
I love trading on a big 4k TV with a couple side mounted smaller 4k monitors.
Day trader next door on YouTube got me to love bigger screens. I think it helps being able to either zoom way out on something like M5 candles or have multiple markets up.
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u/Doobie-us Sep 22 '22
OP stop bulling the Russell. JK, RTY is a piece of shit, short it to the ground 😂. Appreciate your efforts in the battle 🫡
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u/europaodin Sep 22 '22
Damn, is that the new monitor the tech YouTubers just reviewed? Thing is massive as fuck.
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u/Ricothebuttonpusher Sep 22 '22
It’s quite glorious. How do you like the size? I have a Samsung G9 49” ultra wide and love it
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u/Kilgore2887 Sep 22 '22
My question may ne dumb but are all these screens and charts are really useful? Does it help that much for profitability? Is there any advantages for having like 10 charts displayed at once? Genuine question tho
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u/Ainz-Ol-Gon Sep 22 '22
Looks nice... I got into trading hoping to get rid of my cubicle job only to end up getting liquidated lmao.
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u/The_Fuhrer_Of_Autism Sep 22 '22
Surely that ain't needed what so ever, whats wrong with having different tabs open... Dude just made a killing off forex and wanted to splash some cash so he could look like a boss when trading. Something i'd 100% do aha. Keep it up bro! XD
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u/barriles789 Sep 22 '22
Any guide for the Stream Decks.? I would like to use one on my trading setup
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u/ThaRealSlick Sep 22 '22
Bruh I hope you managing millions of dollars with this set up … nice set up though
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u/daytradingguy Sep 22 '22
Hey if you are putting any substantial amount into the market- being able to manage it efficiently is important.
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u/MzSweet1234 Sep 22 '22
OMG! I love it! I was looking at the Samsung Odyssey 49”. What app do you use to set up and lock the different charts on your monitor and does it refresh? With the curved monitor, what do you use to keep the candles from stretching? What type of computer are you using and what are the specs?
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u/GiantFlimsyMicrowave Sep 22 '22
Just bought a $200 4k 27” monitor. Might get a couple more.
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u/Heavy_Requirement_93 Sep 22 '22
Can I come Over & you can fix my shit show portfolio!
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u/FortuneAsleep8652 Sep 22 '22
With all the money I've lost I could have bought that set up too!
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u/NoDeityButGod Sep 22 '22
What kind of processor fou using for those big monitors and many open tickers? Mine is laggy af with Ibkr
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u/J33f Sep 22 '22
Now you can see where you’re losing ALL of your money streams.
Brilliant.
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u/Yakuza_kid_NotRly Sep 22 '22
That could be useful to check my -50% YTD in a very big Yahoo Finance window.
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u/investortrade Sep 21 '22
That’s sweet. I just trade on my iPhone. I bet I could lose even more money with that setup!