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kinda a great insight in this post!! Since im only 30 i dont have the historical context to have truly understood what a packed market can do to a security. I think we witnessed a pretty big deal with XIV and vix products. You probably wont see another one for a while... maybe Bitcoin was...

thanks guys!!! Your help is very much appreciated! i have no illusions. I have been trading for several years now and paid my tuition.. Obviously i hope my algo does well in after hours but I'm not jumping in with both feet off the bat.. My quesiton was more about "Is the only problems trading...

is this going to be like everything else in trading... you wont "really" know how it works until you do it? what if my trades are small... $1-3 K in shares?

there are a few threads in here about after hours trading with algos... the best one was from 2011.... that seems ancient for where algo trading is now? I had a simple question with a very complex answer probably. What pitfalls will i find while algo trading after hours? if it matters im at...

my internet goes down more than i would like.. it went out 2 times for a few moments in the last month.. probably 10 - 15 min each time... but as i understand now.. that de-synchs my algo at MC and i would have to go back on and tell each algo what was already open. I guess i will have to...

thanks for responses! does anyone use a second internet instead of cloud computing or is cloud computing far superior?

If i understand corectly.. its like vmware for windows on a mac except you just run a virtual windows on cloud servers over the internet? then once i have it all set up i can just log out and that cloud windows will just act like another computer for me?

Nice! this is what i have read about.. do you do this yourself?

Hello, As i push into the nuts and bolts and the boring parts of automated trading I keep finding new headaches... I have a strategy using low TF bars 5min or less and want to run it 24/6 on equities... I have Comcast internet and it drops.. occasionally.. is this something i just have to...

thanks for all the help guys... I think ive narrowed it down.

ohh wow.. dunno how i missed that!! hahah thanks!

yeah.. anyways here is the cheaper one im looking at now...

really? why? would you suggest doing a Windows reinstall when i get it to eliminate bloat ware?

im working back through some of the more helpful earlier posts.. and saw this one what about this...

Thanks for all the spirited Debate! nice to have some feeling in it! makes hardware exciting! I started bogging pretty hard today while running several instances of my algo and backtest... Im problem solving one against a different method and really started to bog the computer down TOS wanted...

in response to Proptrader as well i have no idea if this tells me me anything? Im not running TWS atm either so i would expect more drag then.. maybe i should fire that up as well

I have added RAM to both my laptop and desktop? Im also handy.. I should be able to buy and build this kit right? Is this a better buy than the Dell?

So how do i figure this out? Do i need some analytic software to tell me whats the bottle neck? also.. MC doesn't run on a mac.. so a new PC is coming no matter what... the question is how much Umph do i need today?.. and how much can I save without severely hampering my ability to backtest...

Awesome! thanks for a straight forward recommendation.

thanks for response.. I am currently backtesting in Thinkscript. and my max 5 min chart is 90 days.. and this is s cumbersome backtest for the old mac im running it on. Mac OS X 10.7.5 2 x 2.66 Ghz processor 12 GB DDR2 its one of the really old Mac Pros.. I got it to do Video editing in...