Lord, that is way too many screens:
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Found at AMBG Trading
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I assume the lit screens are real, the rest is photoshop . . .
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March 6th, 2010 at 4:29 pm
(Drooling) … No such thing as too many!
Probably right about photoshop – one keyboard, one mouse and 24 monitors. I don’t know of a single box that can handle 24 (12, yes – but not 24). Not enough ventilation in that room either- a user would broil in front of that array in that room.
BTW, only a fool would use a cordless mouse for real money trading.
March 6th, 2010 at 5:23 pm
You can easily control many computers from one mouse and keyboard, in one massive virtual desktop with cross-computer cut and paste even. Check out http://synergy2.sourceforge.net/
March 6th, 2010 at 5:32 pm
You found the architect’s room in the matrix?
http://larvalsubjects.files.wordpress.com/2009/05/the_architect.jpg
March 6th, 2010 at 6:25 pm
Hi Barry. That one might well be photoshopped, but this one seems authentic. Insane crazy setup …. well planned. http://tahoe-is-walking-on.blogspot.com/2010/03/day-traders-paradise-lifehacker.html
March 6th, 2010 at 7:23 pm
I worked for years trading Futures with a “clacker board” taking up an entire wall. Every price change caused a clack as a spool spun around to register the increment each commodity was measured in. Combine that with a Reuters and a ticker tape machine, with ringing bells to announce the importance of the news, created a real zoo. Today’s standards are boring by comparison. We had a customer trading floor that added to the insanity. All conversations were at the shouting level if there was any news at all. The board went nuts along with the Reuters, bells and screaming everywhere. Best part–you could smoke cigars right at your desk…..
March 7th, 2010 at 12:01 am
As long as its co-located in the exchange, it doesn’t matter how many screens it uses.
March 7th, 2010 at 1:00 am
@ rp
Cool ! Not sure it would help me, I have enough trouble keeping up with the pointer/cursor over my simple 4 monitor array. My setup is two boxes. 6 monitors total (4 on the main, 2 on the second), and frequently I am trying to find the pointer, only to figure out I am moving the wrong mouse.
March 7th, 2010 at 2:28 am
For a day trader that setup is overkill. By the time the trader looks at all of the screens he or she is chasing the trade. And that many screens for a position trader probably means the trader thinks he or she can assimilate all of that information and we know what happens to traders who think they are masters of the market. IMHO KISS
March 7th, 2010 at 3:23 am
It looks like you’d need about an SPF 50 to sit in front of that thing. As a matter of fact, in order to generate revenue to pay for it, it doubles as a tanning station after trading hours
March 7th, 2010 at 9:23 am
On average, the only people benefiting from turning trading into a video game are the people who collect trading commissions.
March 7th, 2010 at 11:06 am
” only a fool would use a cordless mouse for real money trading” Mr. E
I have been trading with a cordless mouse ( maybe 15 years) – as the pad is useless – personally love the pointer that IBM now Lenovo has. As for a fool – Mr. E. If that is a statement from your knowledge – you must be doing something wrong. Read the book (paraphrased) How do you know, that what you know, isn’t so….
March 7th, 2010 at 11:51 am
@ peachin
I apologize if my comments offended you. It comes from my own experience. Cordless peripherals (mouse, keyboard) are subject to failures (battery, comm link) that the coreded versions do not suffer. It happened to me once (a mouse) and it cost me. That was the last time I used a cordless peripheral on my trading platform. There is enough risk in active trading when everything is working properly. I believe it is foolish to take on any additional risk that can be simply avoided. In non- critical applications I love ‘em and use ‘em.
A somewhat related tale from another trader who is a client of of my prime hardware guy – lost $20k on a futures trade when Windows Update was set to automatic updates, took over and rebooted his machine after an automatic update seconds after he put on a sizable position.
March 7th, 2010 at 12:27 pm
I work with photoshop quite a bit. Based on the way the shadows under look the right hand feet of the monitor “shelves”, as well as the way the general light from the window changes on the face panels of the monitors (from falling in shadow on the right to lit on the left, I’d say it’s real. No duplication in the screens either. (There is another keyboard off to the left, along with a speaker.)
March 7th, 2010 at 8:26 pm
Well the comments by Darkness led me to really blow the photo up, and he is right about the second keyboard and speaker. Also, there is a phone on the right side. Together these indicate the surround desk is real. Further, the mouse is corded – should have known from the red light that is characteristic of an MS USB corded optical mouse – I mistakenly took it for a cordless version.
March 8th, 2010 at 11:36 am
chances of being real are high.
i program/trade and build/oc my own pcs.
$400 will get u 14 monitors right away (2 x 7 pcie x16),
http://usa.asus.com/product.aspx?P_ID=9ca8hJfGz483noLk&templete=2
and if u want full service w/ happy ending,
u can go for 28 monitors if u get quad cards like these
http://www.jr.com/pny/pe/PNY_NVS450DVI/#productTabDetails
(tho at $500 a piece).
ill build one for u barry…
March 10th, 2010 at 10:10 am
Thanks for the synergy reco, RP…i currently use input director, which works ok for operating off a single box, but doesn’t allow for cutting/copying/pasting across. Will definitely check it out!
March 10th, 2010 at 10:10 am
operating off *multiple* boxes!