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    You might think of a trading desk as a trader's second home, but really it should be their first. It's where markets happen (and markets = life). So the setup's got to be perfect. Traders can't miss a beat — everything they need to know needs to be a glance away. We asked our readers to send us photos of their desks to check out how people are doing this all over the world. They obliged. You're welcome. This setup belongs to a pair of forex traders in Malaysia. 'We make our office as spacious as possible with minimum clutter and with as much green as possible. We have a fridge loaded with food and drinks. We have a ... (full story)

There is no need for 20 monitors... 2 will suffice otherwise you get blown back by information overload which will cloud your judgement... keep it simple and that includes your work tools!
I'm trading only on my Samsung Galaxy Note II - it is pretty enough.
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Indeed, less is more.
I love it one trader says he doesn't use indicators, than on hit monitor both charts had indicators lol.

And last time I read, Tim Sykes has been caught up in scams.
When the facts change I change my mind, what do you do sir
Some of those guys look more like computer gamers than traders.
I'd go one stage further and suggest (IMHO) that retail strats should be good enough to work off a smartphone and if they can't they're trading all wrong.

Quoting bbakker
There is no need for 20 monitors... 2 will suffice otherwise you get blown back by information overload which will cloud your judgement... keep it simple and that includes your work tools!
"The meek shall inherit the earth.." Yeah right, good luck with that shit..
So one of those traders has 15 monitors...wouldn't want to miss the happy ending on brazzers while monitoring the exotics
Definitely, here we are dealing with a serious form of Forex Compulsiv Voyeurism
Exactly, all u need is a smartphone and/or a tablet and an Internet connection. All the rest is show off.
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http://www.elitetrader.com/vb/attachment.php?s=&postid=718474

...now this is 'the one'
My Samsung Galaxy S4
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1 monitor for shitty charts....4 others for multi tabling on pokerstars
Yes and no, I've an eyefinity set up at home, 3, 21" monitors, i7, 12 gb ram and for all my various work at home it makes it stress free and less tiring but I hardly use it. No doubt charting is better etc. whilst I'm working on other stuff as the charts spread on two monitors, but for the vast majority of retail traders you're right a laptop or tablet is enough, and for retail strats a test of its effectiveness should be can it work from a smartphone, there's no need for retail traders to trade hunched over a desk for day after day.

Quoting Tequillo
Exactly, all u need is a smartphone and/or a tablet and an Internet connection. All the rest is show off.
"The meek shall inherit the earth.." Yeah right, good luck with that shit..
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nice article, lol! most of the traders have too many screens to keep an eye on, this is private trading not an institution. I have one screen with a small window showing 2 currency pairs, 4 stock indices, 2 commodities (gold and oil) and 5 stock prices. for interest:

1. the S&P usually makes a v-bottom around an hour or two after London close.
2. the S&P usually makes little change between London close and London open the next day (unless there is a Fed announcement overnight).
3. High tide lifts all boats during the London session (including S&P and Dow Futures)
4. one little known stock index has been smashing the S&P to pieces for several months.
and there is nothing wrong with my ZX Sinclair.
Quoting bbakker
There is no need for 20 monitors... 2 will suffice otherwise you get blown back by information overload which will cloud your judgement... keep it simple and that includes your work tools!
naah,
watching PORNS on 10screen setup is unique experience..


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http://www.forexfactory.com/showthread.php?p=3698126&highlight=monitors#post3698126
Hi to all of you!!!
This is my first post from my Amstrad 464 (with the cassette)!!!
Quoting Old Timer
We were lucky to even have TV!
Heh! Amstrad, ZX Spectrum, SmartyPhone... you guys are distracting yourselves with all this new fangled techno gizmology!

Heh, back in the day we used to sit in wooden benches at the Exchange and watch a man come update the stock prices on a blackboard every 15 minutes. From this we would do mental arithmetic to update the pivot levels which we calculated every morning (without calculators, heh!).

We had to keep a mental tab (this is before the pen and paper was invented) of the hourly prices to go update our bar charts on semi-log canvas at home with oil paint (no pens, remember?)

If a buy or sell signal was evident we'd telegraph this to the broker - which created a lot of trans-Atlantic cable congestion on the days when we'd read in the newspaper whatever stupidness the Fed had gotten up to next.

It was mental but a lot of fun, especially the time when one of the guys drew a pair of boobs on the blackboard - none of us could concentrate on our trading until the man came and updated the M15s!
cryptocurrency everytime
Hey Venzen,
I wonder when you really started to play! It looks so far.
Per aspera ad astra
Runes, a shamen and an abacus is all you need

Quoting venzen
Heh! Amstrad, ZX Spectrum, SmartyPhone... you guys are distracting yourselves with all this new fangled techno gizmology!

Heh, back in the day we used to sit in wooden benches at the Exchange and watch a man come update the stock prices on a blackboard every 15 minutes. From this we would do mental arithmetic to update the pivot levels which we calculated every morning (without calculators, heh!).

We had to keep a mental tab (this is before the pen and paper was invented) of the hourly prices to go update our bar charts on semi-log canvas...
"The meek shall inherit the earth.." Yeah right, good luck with that shit..
Quoting Spreadbetter
Runes, a shamen and an abacus is all you need
cryptocurrency everytime
Quoting jpadvisor
Hey Venzen,
I wonder when you really started to play! It looks so far.
hi JP! Of course i'm joking but i've heard some old men talk like this (ok not the oil paint!)

congrats on the Euro trade today
cryptocurrency everytime
Quoting Spreadbetter
Runes, a shamen and an abacus is all you need
when i got my first job i decided to invest in stocks. Years later, i read Prechter's "Conquer the Crash" (aka "Ultimate Crash and Total Depression Coming (Eventually)") and decided to sell my stocks post haste. Phoned the broker: "Sell asap! Sell! Sell!". He asked me why and I responded "There's a major market crash coming any day now!" He was indignant and asked: "And which tea-leaves have you been reading?!"

I was really annoyed with him for years. Now it's funny (because it's true)
cryptocurrency everytime
You are a great one here, Venzen. Tnk.
Per aspera ad astra
Hey guys i have a question.which one is better.A wall in front of your set up or a window in front of you.a window or a view will distract you which sometimes help easing pressure .like to know your comment.
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Quoting michaelpelly
I'm trading only on my Samsung Galaxy Note II - it is pretty enough.
me too,
me, just LG 22" Proc c2d, notebook just in chase electricity down
Quoting tanim
Hey guys i have a question.which one is better.A wall in front of your set up or a window in front of you.a window or a view will distract you which sometimes help easing pressure .like to know your comment.
from experience i'd say a window in front of you.

why? Altho' your monitors are your "windows" into the market, your eyes take massive strain focussing up close all day. A view will allow you to shift focus periodically as well as give a sense of space (and beauty?) which is good for psychology. Have a wall to your side where you can stick notes, charts and a whiteboard. If there is no wall nearby (?) then put a whiteboard on a stand to your side.

The eye strain is not really noticeable until some years, so it's a good idea to save your vision for when you're older and doing more important things than trading
cryptocurrency everytime
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I found that the bigger the monitor I use the more profitable I am. So now I just have my 46" LED hooked to my laptop on my right and 9" inch in my left hand while watching 4tube on my laptop screen.
Quoting Guest
I found that the bigger the monitor I use the more profitable I am. So now I just have my 46" LED hooked to my laptop on my right and 9" inch in my left hand while watching 4tube on my laptop screen.
correctly 100%
hooked my smartphone to a cinema screen and all got bigger ...
even losses became huge
ps: then I promised myself I'll never buy tickets in the first row of seats.
This one comes from an options trader based on the island of Mauritius... The trader writes, '...I keep everything simple, I trade plain price action, no indicators, no news, with experience I have come to learn that only price pays and nothing else. On the picture, you can see on the wall memos all related to trading, i.e: past mistakes, goals, rules, wisdom. The goal here is to reproduce sound behaviors and eliminate those that don't serve me well.'

Yea... I see some trendlines, moving averages and heiken ashi candles and the right side has tons of oscillators..

Price action.. indeed!
this tim skyes guy is for real??
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more screens to watch more hoes
wonder if they got the neck pain when moving their view constantly.
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pic number nine looks like the launch pod for the deathstar
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