Comments on: Another Cool Trading Station Setup, 7 Monitor Setup

By: Mowcius

Mowcius — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 11:33:14 +0000

He uses a lot more than two pc’s but can control all of the monitors from one…
He also has a new setup if you look at his website: http://www.stefandidak.com/

Mowcius

By: Stephanie White

Stephanie White — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 17:21:42 +0000

You could run a setup from a notebook instead. I personally prefer the portability. Check out the Zensation Go. It is an all in one setup. Digital Tigers has em.

By: 2lose1shirt

2lose1shirt — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 23:28:05 +0000

Trading stations are for sheep’s today! I want to incorporate widescreens all over my living room wall (20ft*20ft).. I am talking about, I want to switch from multimedia 24/7 TV news channels to internet trading websites on same screens by using a laptop or cell phone with Bluetooth.. am I talking Chinese here or what

By: Ben

Ben — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 22:11:47 +0000

Im running Quads at my house, 2 19″ Wides with 2 17″ Wides on the ends, I have the ability to get 12 monitors off of one computer, for about 1500$ not including monitors. my Setup, for gaming cost 1000$

By: Cody Staub

Cody Staub — Tue, 02 Oct 2007 19:57:10 +0000

It almost looks to me like there’s a laptop sitting there on the right (the second keyboard). Either way, this setup seems much more manageable to me.

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By: Mikel

Mikel — Thu, 30 Aug 2007 15:57:57 +0000

I manage the IT for a financial company and we recently tried both methods. (One box, with 4 monitors versus 2 boxes with 4 monitors, 2 on each). What the traders noticed was that under the one box system it was too slow during critical phases of the day (and these were high end fast machines!). So we went back to the 2 computer solution. Basically one pc is dedicated to bloomberg and other data feeds, the other is for actual trading orders. He mixes general apps across both pc’s. such as email, word and the like.

It’s far easier to scale out than it is to scale up in this game.

Video cards in the quad range are still nearly $1000 but duals can be had for less than $100. LCD screen are also dropping like crazy so assuming that you went with an ibm workstation for $1000, add the video cards and monitors you’re talking about 3 grand for a decent 2 box system that is rock solid.
YMMV