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hapa / others,
Obviously to a nontrader that setup looks ridiculous, but realistically, why isn't it standard? The cost of 24 or even 100 monitors to any profitable trader is chump change, no? And the luxury of not having to replace graphs on screens has not be at least somewhat useful it seems.
Good question. While I do think the particular setup I've linked is very impressive visually, in terms of discretionary trader performance, the utility gained from number of monitors is, I suspect, highest between 2 and 8. You only want to use as many monitors as you are comfortable with. I believe for discretionary traders, it's actually possible to have TOO many monitors where you'll suffer from information overload and performance potential will be negatively affected.
The setup I've linked, as described by the poster, included 24 lcds, with voice activation for order entry, and 2 full time traders watching over the system. If I recall correctly, trade signals were automated; the system was trading equity options.