Software/Hardware needed to trade after the FOMC

Quote from j_medved:

it may be something with Java.

1) get 1.5... version
2) on some systems, Java had a problem with graphics. Needed some command line parameter change to get around it. I don't remember of the top of my head what it was (Anyone?)

TWS should not take up much CPU on its own on a 1.5Ghz system (or similar)
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Thanks.
have been told the same; that's why I didnt buy a new pc yet.
Have to upgrade also to OS X 10.4 next week and see how it goes.
 
Quote from gnome:

Memory "need" is something where you don't have to guess. Just check Task Manager and see how much is used normally and at peak and have enough for that. Additional memory beyond what's needed for your most memory intensive application is money wasted. And for most trading multi-tasking setups on WinXP, 512mb is enough.
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Depends on the software you use, the studies running in that software and the amount of markets watched. I watch about 30 Markets and have an average of 4 charts per Market. Now not all of them are open at the same time but when I have multiple Markets open I NEED to know I have the CPU and Memory available not to tax my machine and push my trading platform to lag. That is money in the bank and I don't gamble with that.

My main travel laptop is a P4 3.8 with 2 gig of memory & running Win XP Pro and it peaks at about 20 charts. My home system is a monster AMD Dual Core 4800+ with 2 gig of memory & running Win XP 64 and it peaks at about 80 charts. During the spike on the Fed report today I had about 10 charts open on my laptop along with J-Trader and peaked at about 70% usage. My memory usage in both machines bumps 90% on occasion and both of those machines are naked but for trading environments.

My philosophy is that if I am going to trade for a living then my "tool" of the trade is going to be the best and most stable it can be. $2000 for a monster PC or $1500 for a monster laptop is a tiny tiny tiny price to pay for the piece of mind and stability of your earning environment.
 
the new version of tradestation ran extremely well today, now that i think of it i didn't notice a single latency

was also the first fed day i believe since the globex data format change
 
Quote from j_medved:

it may be something with Java.

1) get 1.5... version
2) on some systems, Java had a problem with graphics. Needed some command line parameter change to get around it. I don't remember of the top of my head what it was (Anyone?)
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The Java command line switch for Windows you are thinking of is probably this

-Dsun.java2d.noddraw=true

which turns off use of Direct Draw.

There are a couple of others listed towards the end of this document

http://java.sun.com/products/java-media/2D/perf_graphics.html
 
Quote from originalskunk:

I dont believe that

-Dsun.java2d.noddraw=true

will have any effect on java running on a mac
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True, but there are some mac specific options for Java2D graphics that you can probably find by googling. I've no idea whether they would have any effect, beneficial or otherwise, on running TWS.
 
Quote from nkhoi:

thnx, I overlooked that memory part, as good practice I always max out the memory for any of computer I have. I'm not a pc expert but I own/maintain about 9 laptops and one Frankenstein desktop.
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I've got some Frankenpooterz myself, daisy- chained/farm w/Mandrake.

Used to be an over-clocker.:p
 
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