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One of the concerns I had was would there be a significant bottleneck by using the monitors via the docking station which is a USB 3 port? And is this laptop sufficient for me needs over the next 5 years? Thanks for any input

Hi, I am primarily a swing trader and use TOS and Tradestation Simultaneously along with excel spreadsheets and multiple Firefox windows open. I am looking at the Asus N550 Laptop (paired with a docking station) and was wondering on your opinions if this would be a good choice for a 3...

Hi All, I currently use Tradestation (charting) and Thinkorswim (exectution) and am wondering about backtesting my strategies. I do not know any programming language and would like to hear other peoples methodologies on backtesting without being adept in programming. Is the only solution to...

Hi, Just wanted to see if there is any ETA on when this feature will be implemented. I and many others are eagerly waiting to use this! Thanks

Thanks for the help all. I think i got it now: my scenario is basically a synthetic call @ 25 and a short call @ 23.

Wondering if you can help me make sense of this situation: Day 1 - Long stock @ $25 Long put @ 25 strike Day 5 - Stock drops to $23 Write call @ 23 What would this payoff diagram look like? I've tried to use thinkorswim's program, but not sure that it looks correct. What i am trying...

Hi all, I purchased the Universal System a while back, but its just not my style of trading so I am offering my copy of the system for sale since I will not be using it any more. I have moved on to Swing trading and am doing successfully with that. I have listed my copy of the Universal System...

Hi all, I purchased the Universal System a while back, but its just not my style of trading so I am offering my copy of the system for sale since I will not be using it any more. I have moved on to Swing trading and am doing successfully with that. I have listed my copy of the Universal System...

I am looking for a new dual wan router. The current one i have been using for about 2.5 years is the Xincom 502. However it has been cutting my internet connection off for 1 sec a couple of times a day. I am currently looking at the Syswan...

Ah, i was reinstalling tradestation and forgot to save my workspaces...i have tried the windows restore option but it does not restore my workspaces. Does anyone know how i can get these workspaces back??

Thanks for the quick replies and helpful inputs. The three providers i am looking at are verizon dsl, qwest dsl, and earthlink dsl. Does anyone have any recomendations/experience with these providers? Thanks again. Larry

Does the download/upload speed of your internet provider make a difference for daytrading? i am thinking about getting a backup dsl connection, there are 2 choices, 1 is 768kb download and the other is 3mb download. which would you guys choose and why? Even though it will just be a backup...

Hi, u helped me with picking out video cards before on this site and various other things. I just had a question for u. For using multi displays do you use nvidias software or do you use windows? If neither, which would you recomend? Thanks. Larry

Thanks for all the replies, a question for Greg: none of the pcs will be networked together (cant access each other), would virus' through packets still be an issue?

Hi all, just had a question about firewalls and antivirus. For my new computer i do not do any web surfing period. (no email, no games, no browsing) Just strictly tradestation. Is it still neccesary to use a firewall and antivirus program when all i will be doing is using tradestation? If it...

Thanks for all the responses, now i need help choosing between these 2 motherboards. Which one will offer best performance? Intel p35: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813121314&Tpk=dp35dp or Asus 650i SLI...

Thanks for the responses everyone especially gnome, you have been very helpful. Larry

If Trading applications such as Tradestation use negligable amount of video bandwidth, what is even the benefit of pci e x16 then? So would using a regular pci slot or agp slot have the same performance (trading wise) as pci e x16? Thankyou Larry

Thanks for the replies everyone. I just had 1 final question, assuming i go the 2x nvs 285 pcie x16 cards. How much of a benefit is it to run both on a motherboard that supports (2) pci e x16/x16 at the same time as opposed to pcie x8/x8? There are some motherboards that if you put 2 x16...

Hi, what motherboard would you guys reccommend for us traders? We obviously dont need anything involving 3d. So what is the best performing motherboard that would suit a traders needs? Thankyou for your replies. Larry