How many monitors do you use while doing daytrading?

Is there a reason why i should not just hook up through S-VIDEO and buy a 65 inch plasma and hook my comp up??

Also If my first question turns out idiotic since i am bad with comps, is there a way to buy 1 comp and have 8 monitors where each different set of 4 is like a seperate computer? BUT I CAN MOVE MY MOUSE/KEYBOARD BETWEEN ALL 8.

I.E. i have a seperate set of windows on each set of 4 monitors. Even though i have one comp.

I need the screen space but dont know what to do if money is not a problem.

Thx for the input.
 
Quote from acerbits:

you can run a one OS as host than a second OS through a VM. you will need lots of ram for that to run smoothly
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The only thing this comp will be used for is trading. I am just tired of having 6 comps to run 8 screens, so i am willing to pay up, would ram still be a problem???

Also what does VM mean??

By the way, I need thing to be sperated as two different computers, that is a must.
 
If price is not a problem and i just want screen space why not hook up two 65" plasmas and just use that for screen space, am i losing something there???

I have looked at comps hooked up through plasmas and the picture quality still seems pretty good.
 
Quote from dwl603:

Is there a reason why i should not just hook up through S-VIDEO and buy a 65 inch plasma and hook my comp up??

Also If my first question turns out idiotic since i am bad with comps, is there a way to buy 1 comp and have 8 monitors where each different set of 4 is like a seperate computer? BUT I CAN MOVE MY MOUSE/KEYBOARD BETWEEN ALL 8.

I.E. i have a seperate set of windows on each set of 4 monitors. Even though i have one comp.

I need the screen space but dont know what to do if money is not a problem.

Thx for the input.
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I think I've seen people at trade shows do this, LOL.

Try it out for a week and see how you like it. :)
 
Quote from dwl603:

If price is not a problem and i just want screen space why not hook up two 65" plasmas and just use that for screen space, am i losing something there???

I have looked at comps hooked up through plasmas and the picture quality still seems pretty good.
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try sitting 3 feet away from a 65" plasma for 8 hours and report back to us on how that works out.

Quote from dwl603:

Is there a reason why i should not just hook up through S-VIDEO and buy a 65 inch plasma and hook my comp up??

Also If my first question turns out idiotic since i am bad with comps, is there a way to buy 1 comp and have 8 monitors where each different set of 4 is like a seperate computer? BUT I CAN MOVE MY MOUSE/KEYBOARD BETWEEN ALL 8.

I.E. i have a seperate set of windows on each set of 4 monitors. Even though i have one comp.

I need the screen space but dont know what to do if money is not a problem.

Thx for the input.
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You need two PCs ideally - or a workstation which will cost you thousands (maybe some will claim you can build for $250 but I doubt it). Google 'synergy' its the first company that comes up. They allow you to share a mouse and keyboard across multiple monitors on different CPUs.
 
Quote from mizhael:

Hi all,

Although I only need to watch YM right now,

I might find it useful later.

So how many monitors do you stare at while doing daytrading?

I am considering 2 at this stage (I already have got one), and want to be able to expand to 4 later...

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And do you do Vista?

People say I should stick with XP. But considering I am buying 64 CPU, getting an old XP (32 bit) is a bit depressing... (I have EECS background :=)
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Just this week I scaled back to (1) 24" lcd for my trading (stocks). I used (3) monitors in the past and then went down to (2) and now I'm down to (1).

I just found it way too distracting trying to focus on everything that moves. So far I'm liking trading on my (1) screen set-up. I generally only trade the first half of the day though.

I guess there's a lot to be said for KISS... but I'm probably in the minority here. Lot's of monitors and charts make you feel important and cool (LOL) but I guess it all depends on what you are trading, etc.

Whatever works,

-Guru

P.S. I guess my next step is (1) 30" :)
 
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