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    One Of A Kind Totally Silent Core I7 Computer Built For Day Trading - $2350

    I use the Fractal Design R5 too. Quietest case I've ever used even with 5 fans and a water cooling pump. Multiple SSDs and WD greens as well. Highly recommend this case
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    The SSD Endurance Experiment... (they're all dead now)

    the software that comes with the samsung ssds lets you very easily transfer the image from an old ssd to new one regardless of size i've read that the newer drives have much less life expactency than the old ones. i'm still running a 30 gig drive from 6 years ago every day. i have a number of...
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    stock screener (us equities) that can download results

    ya not many sites let you export the data. i had always used the yahoo java screener but they've since removed it. http://www.nasdaq.com/reference/stock-screener.aspx is a good replacement
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    Sterling: max number of symbols that can be monitored?

    I just started trading again and saw that I could only monitor 200 symbols at once thru the API. My firm told me this was the limit. I never had a limit when i traded years ago and monitored over 1000. Is this something new that all sterling users are limited to? What are my other options out...
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    Europe is imploding.

    Let us not wallow in the valley of despair, I say to you today, my friends. And so even though we face the difficulties of today and tomorrow, I still have a dream. It is a dream deeply rooted in the American dream.
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    Russell 2000 - Brokers hunting stops!

    i call those 'fuck prints' cause it feels like you just got fucked. happens to me all the time. someone always has to be the low or the high of the day. today it was you. there's no conspiracy going on. the market and your broker don't give two shits who you are or where your orders lie feels...
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    Did Your 'Edge' Come Easy?

    ... or maybe some of us have them fully automated so we can spend the trading day browsing ET and having useless debates
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    Did Your 'Edge' Come Easy?

    so that's not an edge? it's not something that's repeatable with a positive expectancy?
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    Russell Rebalance information

    what day do they do the crazy imbalance at the end of the day this year?
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    Sending in 25 orders per sec w/ the sterling API

    i can send over 25 per sec using vb6 the issues with .net have been discussed here before
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    Ipad 2

    don't forget to buy a matching murse to put your ipad in
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    sterling trader - running two platforms at once

    it's easy. create two windows accounts. though you have to switch between windows users every time you want to see whats happening on the other screen
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    Six 24" Monitor Setup for Sale

    i think the price is fair. for 2001
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    Virtually New Computer System

    damn, i wish i was the one who sold you that for 9000
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    Dont bother with either laptops or "gaming" computers

    i think the OP may have just copied and pasted that post from some 2005 article btw my thinkpad is on 98% of the time and it's only overheated once cause i had it on my bed and all the vents were blocked by my blanket while i was watching a movie
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    FS: Tick Data (feeler)

    how much are you asking? and can you give us a sample of the data. which datafeed did you collect it from?
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    Travel Trading Setup... How to move monitors?

    I'm always trading away from home too. 13.3 inch Thinkpad x300. 3 pounds. 1680x1050 x 3 remote logins (could be any resolution of your choice but that's all I need). I just tab through the different windows. If you really need to see 2 monitors at once you could bring another laptop...
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    My Computer Expoded - Have $2k budget for new computer

    2 computers. i'm now using an ATI 5750 (1 gb ddr5) and it's super quiet and runs very cool. the trading rig is now used for games
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    My Computer Expoded - Have $2k budget for new computer

    i have 4 xfx 8800gt (they were on sale and had a rebate some years back). 2 have died from popped caps which sounded like small firecrackers. it's a really loud and hot video card. any card with no fan will do you just fine as a replacement.
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    Markets Thrusting Sterling Overload!

    proptrader, that seems like an old computer. when it comes to sterling, a faster computer really makes a big difference. i think i had something similar to that a few years ago and it could only handle 1000-2000 quotes per second i believe, whereas a cheap overclocked E8400 dual core can handle...
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