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Month: April 2023

Virtual desktops are designed primarily to organize your applications in Windows 10 and Windows 11. By using multiple virtual desktops on your trading computer, you can easily separate your apps based on the tasks you’re… [Continue reading]

Virtual Desktops

Let’s ask a seemingly straightforward and uncomplicated question – what constitutes a trading computer? In the past two decades, we’ve been posed this question many times from our customers, and understandably so. Is a trading… [Continue reading]

What is a trading computer?

Have you ever experienced the frustration of a power outage or brownout during a critical trading session, leaving you unable to monitor the markets? If so, you know how crucial it is to have a… [Continue reading]

UPS Battery Backup

So exactly how many monitors does a trader need? There isn’t one set answer to this question. It’s all about personal preference and other factors. There are two questions to ask yourself here. The first… [Continue reading]

How many monitors do traders need for stock trading?

The introduction of DDR5 RAM for trading computers represents a significant leap in memory technology, promising to offer improved performance, increased capacity, and enhanced efficiency. This translates to a massive increase in memory capacity, with… [Continue reading]

DDR5 RAM

There are new and exciting technologies for trading computers in 2023. Simply purchasing a computer with the latest and fastest processor is not the only consideration. You must maximize every aspect of the current technology.… [Continue reading]

New trading computer technology for 2023.

You’re paying an ISP (internet service provider) for an internet connection rated at a certain speed. There are endless tests available to determine your connection speed. It’s important to know that you’re getting the speed… [Continue reading]

Test your internet speed for trading

A computer motherboard is the large, printed circuit board in a computer and occupies a significant amount of space within the chassis. While the processor serves as the “brain” of the computer, responsible for executing… [Continue reading]

What is a computer motherboard?

You likely have a huge variety of tasks on your plate. To keep track of everything can feel impossible. Keeping up with all the tasks on your workload can be made much easier with the… [Continue reading]

Useful Google Tools for Traders

The chipset refers to a number of chips that provide an interface to relay communications between all of the components on a computer motherboard. Higher end, more expensive chipsets can add more features to a… [Continue reading]

Most customers, when shopping for a new trading computer, are focusing on which processor they need and how much memory (RAM) the system has. There are a lot of components that go into a desktop… [Continue reading]

The best Intel Z790 motherboards for trading computers.

For as long as desktop computers have been around, there’s been a spirited and ongoing debate among tech enthusiasts about the merits of leaving them running continuously versus shutting them down after each workday. There… [Continue reading]

Should I keep my trading computer powered on all the time or shut it off.

Proper upkeep and maintenance are important aspects of owning a computer. We’re going to cover what’s involved with setup and maintenance of your trading computer which includes cleaning, dust removal & keeping Windows up to… [Continue reading]

6 Tips for Maintaning Your Trading Computer

The video card, also known as a GPU or graphics card, is responsible for the video output that gets displayed on your monitors. Having a graphics card that is capable of handling the demands of… [Continue reading]

Best Graphics Card for a Trading Computer

Our 12 monitor trading computers are custom engineered to provide the best performance and multiple monitor support. We’ve custom engineered one specific Intel trading computer model for our 12 monitor system. We’re very transparent with… [Continue reading]

Trader 12X Extreme 12 Monitor Trading Computer

Change is difficult but moving to Windows 11 doesn’t have to be. Both operating systems share a lot of the same user experience. But Windows 11 is more refined and has more secure code. For… [Continue reading]

Windows 11 vs Windows 10 for Trading

Traders need multiple screens to accommodate all the charts, trading software, email, web browsers and other information. Having information available at a glance is much better than having to click through dozens of tabs to… [Continue reading]

Set up multiple monitors on Windows