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    IB TWS using 300% CPU on macbook suddenly?

    Unfortunately Windows on OSX has become an afterthought. I've left the Apple platform and went to a windows platform after running 6+ years on Mac mini.
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    Need software recommendation for IB

    Amibroker, have been using it since 2005.
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    Curved 34" monitor

    Tried one out and got a sore neck. Had a Dell U2713H - 27" and even that did hurt my neck after a while, went to two Dell U2515H - 25" side by side and all is fine.
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    Mac / Windows

    My experience has been exactly the opposite. If you have a genuine Windows license and follow the proper installation procedures it is the easiest, foolproof way to install Windows and I have not had a single hickup in all these years. Bootcamp holds all the drivers you'll need. Prior...
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    Mac / Windows

    Have been trading Interactive Brokers - Amibroker on Windows 7 /8 in bootcamp on a Mac mini since July 2011. Advantages are multiple: No brain dead idiots in a plane wrecking a laptop in my carry on luggage - just take the mac mini, next to indestructable. Keyboard and mouse in checked luggage...
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    Apple Time Machine

    You can tell Time Machine to back up to multiple drives, suggest one locally attached and another across a network. (it is trickier to restore from the network one).
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    World Murder Statistics... and Gun Bans

    Statistics can be found in this report: http://www.unodc.org/documents/gsh/pdfs/2014_GLOBAL_HOMICIDE_BOOK_web.pdf You may have to interpret the numbers.
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    Moroccan-born mayor of Rotterdam tells fellow Muslims who do not appreciate the 'freedoms' of living

    Similar to the stance President Roosevelt had - if you do not adopt to the culture of your new country then you have no right to be there.
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    Twitter

    Only ever heard the name, would not have a clue how to use it. I trade discretionary and even do not follow the news - the charts tell everything there is to know.
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    Looking to get a new computer - Any advice would be really helpful

    Have been happily using Amibroker on two 27" monitors on a Apple Mac mini. CPU load runs at approx. 7%. The 2014 model natively supports two monitors (2560 x 1440 in my setup at the moment). I like these small computers - they do the job and they have no noise. And when travelling I can just put...
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    SSD Endurance... FWIW

    Depends - loss of power can result in corruption of OS requiring restore from backup. Also depends on trading interval - some may look at 1 minute chart while others look at 4 hour charts. Writing to SSD - windows continuously writes to storage and some trading software writes every tick to...
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    Should I build my own or buy refurbished

    What is the cost if it acts up during a trade? Not worth the risk. Penny wise and pound foolish is the expression.
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    Fundamental Analysis Books

    I do not believe in funny mentals, eh... fundamentals. The chart tells me everything I need to know and on what timeframe.
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    Should I build my own or buy refurbished

    I would NEVER buy a refurbished. It could be that someone returned it after they could not solve a issue even though that the computer passed all tests. You are facing enough risks in the markets without having to cope with a flaky computer. (Dad once returned a laptop computer that was...
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    Moore's Law slowing down?

    I remember dad buying a new laptop every 6 - 8 months and performance being about doubled every time. I don't know but he must have gone through 20 or 25 laptops. I am now using the base Mac mini 2011 and 2012 one running Windows 7 and the other Windows 8. The CPU load is around 7 - 8%, far...
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    The most important tools in your opinion

    Sorry to disappoint you: You need only one. Took me only 7 years to come up with.
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    quantshare vs amibroker

    If software is calling home then they can keep it. Who knows what they're sending home (next?), your systems? AB has served me well after ditching Tradestation 2000i many years ago. Even the beta versions are stable - have never had an issue unlike Interactive Brokers' TWS. IB's programmers...
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    The most important tools in your opinion

    The grey matter between your ears.
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    Buy some AAPL $450?

    A lot of the proverbial brown matter. Check on YouTube the story of Guy Kawasaki and the 12 lessons he learned from Steve Jobs. Afterwards check that against what Apple has started to do with the iPhone, the Time Capsule and the Airport (competing on price and made them from plastic). Then...
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    Mark Conway "professional stock Trading" Sentenced to 7 Years in jail

    Welcome back Mark. @greedytrader: No, market has not changed - different day, same shit. Brokers even more front running their clients. Short term trading getting even more difficult than before. Even more PhD's than in years of past coming up with ways to scam Joe Bloggs down the street out...
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