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    CPU selection...(help)

    ty. i already have a 1050ti(came with my original build) and that is more than enough. I am currently running one 4k 43" screen and it is bliss. less is more in this biz.
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    CPU selection...(help)

    NVIDIA website has that info but yeah I totally get it’s like “hey look at the cool card you gets that’s all we know it’s cool!”
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    CPU selection...(help)

    Exactly.
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    CPU selection...(help)

    Thanks for all the insight. It’s just time to do a new case, motherboard, and chip so I want to do it right. I just can’t afford any hiccups(extremely active futures trader) and I want to move towards have faster ram as well as dedicated 4.0 SSDs for my softwares and cache files. I already hav...
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    Favorite screen size?

    I used 43" Samsung 4k tv($300.00...LOL) with an Nvidia 1050ti and it works great. Never going back to the old ways. Fits four charts, my risk management and risk analysis tools well. what more do you need
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    CPU selection...(help)

    I use Sierra Chart and Ninja Trader on desktop. My PC only runs these three programs. I am currently running an i5-8400 and have had no problems but I would like to upgrade a few things. What is the consensus on AMD vs Intel here? I am leaning towards Ryzen 5800 at the moment. It's my...
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    Initial Balance As Obsolete

    what makes you think that it is the first hour. Honestly, I want to laugh at you over this but I will refrain. Initial balance can be any time frame that suits you
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    The “automated vs. mechanical vs. discretionary” trading debate

    Systematic Trading by Robert Carver is a great read for anyone interested
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    payed out as 1099 vs K1

    I am looking at two funding deals where I could be paid out as either a 1099 or a K1? here for the debate. Seems pretty straightforward that K1 gets preferential tax treatment(I meet the TTS requirements) just want a little validation from the crowd here. Also, can and should I set up a small...
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    I cant make trading work for me

    “If you cannot define your edge in under 25 words you don’t have it” With the complexity of trading, comes every fathomable emotional toll that you can conceive. I just left a firm that was backing me this week because I got tossed around all year. I had burned through expenses and a small sum...
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    ES Algo 10K - 20 K positions / day

    A lot of prop firms have remote traders and top tier data feeds. DM if you are curious I only post because that is how I connect.
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    ES Algo 10K - 20 K positions / day

    Shallower learning curve is a better bet as it will ultimately come down to confidently running the strat. All criticisms aired on this post are legitimate. Even if you are flipping 20s or 500s. Mistakes are costly and will cost you time and money but you know that. Automation and market impact...
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    Odds SEC shuts down WSB?

    a MUCH higher likelihood the CFTC shuts down their discord room since they are spoofing and layering futures with massive size
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