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What do you use for IB front-end? http://www.interactivebrokers.com/toolbox/servlet/FreelanceTools.currentNew?ib_entity=llc I use Bracket-trader, and all along I thought Bracket-Trader was the most popular. However it has only garnered 689 votes, and only a 4 star rating. Buttontrader...

have you checked to see if your box can address the memory above 2 GB ? not all boxes can.

that's a generalization. some people trade with minimal software. e.g. a mid-term/swing options trader, then minimal equipment would do. while others (e.g daytrader) trade with multiple chart windows, chat rooms, multiple broker accounts... they will need more memory than 512 MB. the...

why did you upgrade? did you check your Task Manager? was it because you were running out of memory? if you operation runs fine with 1 GB, then an additional 100 GB will not make any difference. if you upgraded before checking your Task Manager, then it is not too late to check your...

that's not correct. Don't just read whatever people write with hearsay.

P4 2.8Ghz is still a decent processor. It all depends how much charting you do. Charting program do take up a lot of memory. The real time indicators on the charts take up A LOT OF PROCESSING POWER. If you have multiple indicators on your charts, and they are slowing down your...

martin: My rule of thumb is only a layman's short cut to memory sizing. It is not an exhausive analysis of the system and its operation. The Total Commit Charge is the TOTAL amount of memory currently used by the computer. This includes ALL of the operating system, programs, data spaces...

that means your current session is using 451MB of memory. Even at the peak level, you were only using 462MB. i.e. 1GB of memory is plenty for your operation.

My mistake. I thought they were 32.

Yes, you can start with $1K, but do you know your probability of survival?

Why bother with Core 2 Duo? when you can get 64x2 ? I am not trying to start WW3 here. Here's my rationale: We always have high demand on our software and hardware. Sooner or later, we will run into the 2 GB RAM limitation of the current 32bit Windows environment. (this is easily...

you can figure out your required RAM easily. Here's how: First, load up all the programs you described above. On the charting program: open all the symbols you plan to track. On the FireFox: Open as many tabs as you would needed on a busy day. (because each tab takes up additional...

can you enlighten us with a 10 to 1 example?

Darwin observed what happens to the weak. Many people dislike him for what he said.

well, not just him. I bet 50% of the people who give advice on ET do not have a positive balance. Another 45% of the people are barely making it, but do not know what the heck they are doing. (i.e. have no idea on the purpose of system trading, and have no idea on the meaning of positive...

what colour is your neck?

... or to read Schamp again?

Your story reads like my biography. Have you read Van Tharp?