This is my optimal day trading set up with a gaming tower and multiple displays. And
we’ll be talking about specs and cost for this build in this video.
So after the Reverse split strategy video from last week, i got a lot of comments there
asking why I didnt call him back. Just kidding, no one cares about him
I got a lot of comments asking me about this new trading set up. Technically its not that
new. I just havent shown it before because, ok my desk was really messy and i just havent
cleaned it up. And i just really need an excuse to film a video standing up. Because over
the past thanksgiving weekend my fatass got fatter.
So I thought it’d be cool to show you guys my trading station, how much this cost, the
technical specs, and why I need all these screens. Spoilers: its for watching YouTube
videos, annnnd, smashing those like buttons and the notification bell.
Let’s start with my PC tower. This is a gaming tower. I really like it because these
colors look pretty cool. And its very very quiet.
So this tower has graphics card from $NVDA Nvidia RTX 2060 6GB GPU, and $INTC Intel I5
9600 hexa core CPU. You know the funny thing is, after you day trading for a couple of
years you start reading products and brands as their stock tickers.
Just yesterday I went to JWN to buy some LB, after that I drank some STZ and had MCD for
dinner.
Anyways, so thats the GPU and CPU, this build alos has 16Gs of ram, 240g solid state drive,
2TB standard hard drive, and watercooling.
Okay, i know i just dropped tons of these geeky technical terms, and you’re probably
wondering, Humbled trader, what exactly does all that mean? So let me explain all that
technical jargon meaning to you in the clearest way possible, I have NO f**king clue.
Basically this is what happened, I went to a couple of my gamer friends who are much
smarter than i am and much more knowledgeable about computers graphics cards etc etc, and
I asked them, hey man I need a set up for trading, not gaming, but I care about speed,
stability, and need to be able to run 4 monitors with visual charts simultaneously.
And this is what they suggested for me. Get at least a 250G SSD which is solid state drive,
and much faster than the standard hard disk drive. You’ll need at least 8G of ram, ideally
16, whcih is what allows your computer to run multiple programs efficiently. Ram is
very important, because I need that to run my scanners, multiple broker platforms at
once, and other important things like watching YouTube videos.
Next is the CPU, which is the command central for your computer. My friends recommended
at least an Intel I5 quad core processor with speed of at least 3.3 GHZ. an intel I7 or
i9 quad core would be even better than what I have.
And as for graphics cards, my friends told me not cheap out on it since im running multiple
displays, videos and other graphics. And they recommend at least a NVidia GTX GPU or similar,
with at least 2G of memory.
As for water cooling, I don’t think its really necessary unless you’re gaming. But
i have it just because it came with it at the store I bought it. And i’ll talk about
where i got it and the cost breakdown in a little bit.
And down here beneath my table I have a foot rest for my short legs.
And lets now forget about these cute little plants that are probably gona die soon. Theres
three things im absolutely terrible at in life. Cooking, taking of plants, and telling
jokes that are actually funny.
So lets take a look at my monitors, all four of these are LG 24inch LED monitors with 75
hertz refresh rate. The colors are amazing on these displays. I was debating whether
to get those curved screens for a while. And to just get two fo those and stack them vertically.
But those curved screens are not cheap. And i would need at least two 34 or 37 inch curved
screens.
I much rather spend more money on my tower build. And im looking to get two more monitors
actually and have them set up vertically on both sides. And I think that’ll look really
cool. So i don’t have to minimize my scanners or news feed and can just have those windows
open. RIght now all four monitors are charts with different time frames, the daily and
intraday.
As for keyboard and mouse. My gaming keyboard broke after i spill some beer on it couple
of months ago, and by beer i mean water. So im using this backup keyboard at the moment.
Im going to get one of those RGB keyboards to match with my gaming tower.
As for mouse i use an ergonomic vertical mouse. I cant use the regular standard gaming mouse
because my wrist and forearm is injured from my previous computer intensive jobs, and from
sports injuries because I do some extreme pole sports, and from smashing too many like
buttons!
But the game changer real add on for this set up upgrade, is this vertical quad monitor
mount from Vivo. this monitor mount is ALMOST perfect, i’ll show you what I mean i a a
little bit. It’s very sturdy, can hold 4 screens up to 30 inches, comes with cable
management system at the back, that's where I organize my HDMI cords and DPI cords from
all 4 monitors.
And you can kind of adjust the screen sideways, or tilt it up and down. You can rotate the
entire screen to make the display vertical. To move the entire row vertically higher or
lower though, you need to use these allen keys to losen this clamp at the back and then
move it. Im not going to do that in this video today because its very heavy.
Now the biggest thing that bothers me about this monitor mount, is that it’s extremely
difficult to adjust the monitors so they align perfectly side by side. Trust me I tried.
Maybe im OCD, maybe im not. But seeing this tiny bit of offset between all four screens,
really really bothers me. Like, this stresses me out. Other than the alignment issue, this
monitor mount is great and very sturdy. Ill leave links to my entire trading setup below.
Lets talk about the cost now. The mount cheap it was only about $60 from amazon. The LG
displays are cheap as well they were about $120 each. Now the biggest cost of the set
up was definitely the Tower build. Which I strongly recommend you to do if you’re shopping
for a trading set up.
The displays are cool and all, but its the ram, the CPU and GPU thats going to make all
the difference. The tower cost about $1570 Canadian, which is like $20 US. Just kidding,
its about $1180 US. Which I think it’s a great deal.
And you definitely don’t need an RTX GPU, thats really for gaming. You can go for a
GTX graphics card and save a couple hundred dollars.
I got the entire PC tower from Canada Computers. The staff there was really knowledgeable and
can custom build for you according to your needs, and the fees and prices are reasonable.
For my canadian viewers, you can check them out online or in store. As for my American
viewers, i dont know if you guys have US computers or not, but you have Amazon. This video is
not sponsored by anyone btw.
If you want to be able to trade remote on a lap top instead, I used to have an ASUS
ROG 15 inch gaming laptop, that one was pretty good. And you can hook it up to portable USB
monitors.
I'm definitely not the most techy expert but this is just my day trading set up i use every
single day after I consulted with my gamer friends. And it works perfectly for me. Ill
put all the specs in detail in the description below.
Let me know in the comments below what kind of trading setup you have. And as always,
if you enjoyed the video and the bad jokes please remember to always annihilate the like
button below and subscribe! Thank you guys for watching as always. And ill see you guys
next week.