New Algorithms Profiling
Hello dear traders,
Anyone looking at my monitors will automatically ask themselves whether all this is necessary. The effort would be unnecessary from the point of view of “trading with indicators”, but not from the point of view of “algorithm profiling”. In principle, a graphic representation can always be described as an indicator, but there is a distinction between “cause and effect indicators”. Effect indicators are usually calculated from price, while cause indicators are generated from stock market data only. 90% of my representations arise from the cause, which I mainly extract from the data from the DoM or T&S list. This extracted data is then filtered in a very complex way in order to make the decisive algorithms of the big players visible. If you watch my screens over time, you will see that they change regularly. That's because I find filter settings that get me deeper and deeper into the eye of the tornado. I also made an interesting video about it, which you can find here.
The time was ripe again to adapt my IT components to the new technology on the market. Exactly two years ago I installed a 75 inch 4K monitor that I was very happy with. Nevertheless, after only two years, it has already achieved an operating time of 9,000 hours. The LEDs last up to 60,000 hours, but unfortunately other components do not. Although the monitor still has a two-year full guarantee, I have now decided on an 85 inch 4K monitor in order to be able to display my charts in algorithms trading even better.
Although the 4K monitor has an area of almost 2 m˛, it is very cheap with 200 watts of power consumption. In total, my trading workstation needs 6 KWh per day, so the electricity costs are €1.50 per day. The monitor's response time of 5ms is sufficient for algorithms trading and has very good black levels.
There are a total of 90 different charts on my main screen. With the four outdoor monitors, I get 100 charts open at the same time, and all of that for just one currency pair. So that there are no complications here, I have also completely renewed my workstation.
Since I don't have to access the CPU as much with my trading software, an AMD Ryzen 9 5900X was enough. Crossair water cooling has proven itself in the past and keeps the CPU at a maximum temperature of 59 degrees. The Geforce RTX 3070 TI is precisely adapted to the system and there are no problems, even with extreme breakouts. Overall, the workstation is very quiet, which I find very pleasant.
I ran two benchmark tests with the new workstation, with very satisfactory results. The workstation achieves a score of 8040 points in PCMark10 and a maximum of 212% in UserBenchmark. There you can also test your workstation or laptop for free.
Overall, the system now runs much faster, quieter and the overview is clearer. So the effort was worth it. It would still be worth considering whether to install a 50 inch 4K screen on the right and left. However, I am currently still satisfied with the 4 outdoor monitors.
What was definitely worth it is the 1000 Mbit/s fiber optic line from a large telecommunications provider in Germany. I don't want to advertise, but the fact is that they simply have the fastest ping times for retailers in Germany. Unfortunately, they are also the most expensive.
Algorithm training is very demanding and therefore requires the appropriate technology. I have many friends who are in the futures market and have big problems when they have more than ten charts open. For this reason, I have adjusted my entire system to my stock exchange software. The first trading results are also very promising, which motivates me a lot. I hope that the big players in the field of algorithms will not develop so quickly so that I can work with my new technology in peace. But that's probably just a nice dream.
I wish you a successful trading week
Best regards, Michael
Hello dear traders,
Anyone looking at my monitors will automatically ask themselves whether all this is necessary. The effort would be unnecessary from the point of view of “trading with indicators”, but not from the point of view of “algorithm profiling”. In principle, a graphic representation can always be described as an indicator, but there is a distinction between “cause and effect indicators”. Effect indicators are usually calculated from price, while cause indicators are generated from stock market data only. 90% of my representations arise from the cause, which I mainly extract from the data from the DoM or T&S list. This extracted data is then filtered in a very complex way in order to make the decisive algorithms of the big players visible. If you watch my screens over time, you will see that they change regularly. That's because I find filter settings that get me deeper and deeper into the eye of the tornado. I also made an interesting video about it, which you can find here.
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The time was ripe again to adapt my IT components to the new technology on the market. Exactly two years ago I installed a 75 inch 4K monitor that I was very happy with. Nevertheless, after only two years, it has already achieved an operating time of 9,000 hours. The LEDs last up to 60,000 hours, but unfortunately other components do not. Although the monitor still has a two-year full guarantee, I have now decided on an 85 inch 4K monitor in order to be able to display my charts in algorithms trading even better.
Although the 4K monitor has an area of almost 2 m˛, it is very cheap with 200 watts of power consumption. In total, my trading workstation needs 6 KWh per day, so the electricity costs are €1.50 per day. The monitor's response time of 5ms is sufficient for algorithms trading and has very good black levels.
There are a total of 90 different charts on my main screen. With the four outdoor monitors, I get 100 charts open at the same time, and all of that for just one currency pair. So that there are no complications here, I have also completely renewed my workstation.
Since I don't have to access the CPU as much with my trading software, an AMD Ryzen 9 5900X was enough. Crossair water cooling has proven itself in the past and keeps the CPU at a maximum temperature of 59 degrees. The Geforce RTX 3070 TI is precisely adapted to the system and there are no problems, even with extreme breakouts. Overall, the workstation is very quiet, which I find very pleasant.
I ran two benchmark tests with the new workstation, with very satisfactory results. The workstation achieves a score of 8040 points in PCMark10 and a maximum of 212% in UserBenchmark. There you can also test your workstation or laptop for free.
Overall, the system now runs much faster, quieter and the overview is clearer. So the effort was worth it. It would still be worth considering whether to install a 50 inch 4K screen on the right and left. However, I am currently still satisfied with the 4 outdoor monitors.
What was definitely worth it is the 1000 Mbit/s fiber optic line from a large telecommunications provider in Germany. I don't want to advertise, but the fact is that they simply have the fastest ping times for retailers in Germany. Unfortunately, they are also the most expensive.
Algorithm training is very demanding and therefore requires the appropriate technology. I have many friends who are in the futures market and have big problems when they have more than ten charts open. For this reason, I have adjusted my entire system to my stock exchange software. The first trading results are also very promising, which motivates me a lot. I hope that the big players in the field of algorithms will not develop so quickly so that I can work with my new technology in peace. But that's probably just a nice dream.
I wish you a successful trading week
Best regards, Michael
Forget:That does not work, amateurs build the ark, pros the Titanic!
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