Trading Work Station pics

Here are the before and after pics of my work area. Doesn’t look like a dramatic change but the additional screen space is quite substantial.
P.S. My desk doesn’t look this tidy on a normal working day ;-)

 
 

Trading Hardware Setup

I finally went the multi-monitors way and bought some hardware today. I got two 20.1″ Samsung Syncmaster 204B LCDs with UXGA (1600 x 1200) giving a total screen resolution of 3200 x 1200 over a diagonal size of 34.4″, slightly more than the previous screen space I had of 1440 x 900 over 15″ ;-). […]

Trading statistics and equity curve

I don’t post daily results anymore, it’s not very meaningful and just adds to stress during drawdowns. But Here’s a snapshot of my total R return since August last year. Note the Jan - Feb chop/drawdown that I mentioned before. I then made some changes to my trading to adapt to the new environment. I […]

Facing harsh reality and doing something about it

Very wise words from Dr. Brett. I’ve come across this often myself, people not wanting to hear tough truths or put in the hard work. When challenged about their methods and systems they typically get offended or just disappear thinking I don’t want to reveal a “secret” formula or indicator value that assures success. The […]

Maoxian’s Box Trading System

In the unlikely event that there’s someone reading this blog but isn’t reading Maoxian (yeah right) then I thought I’d mention his Box trading system has just gone into a fee based subscription. But the really interesting new twist is that he’s added a weekly trend column to the spreadsheet and not just any weekly […]

Interactive Brokers Collegiate Trading Olympiad

Not sure if there are any students reading this blog but if you are and interested in trading and s/w development then this may be of interest to you. $100K for the top prize and potentially a job offer sound like a nice way to start out before even graduating.
Interactive Brokers Collegiate Trading Olympiad […]

QCharts - on the way out

Ah yes I almost forgot, QCharts data was really screwed up yesterday. I was chatting with Dave over GTalk and talking about some price levels it turned out QC intraday data was incorrect. The outcome? Wrong position size and stop placement on the WINN trade. This means a real impact on the bottom line. One […]

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