Looking for some recommendations for a trading laptop. Yes, I have researched the s**t out of this and read threads on numerous forums — but I keep ending up in this daily cyclical-loop 2nd guessing my decisions. Basically, I’ve come to the conclusion that I’m lost. I keep flip-flopping between a gaming laptop and a workstation (which are way more expensive).
I’m running: 10-14 hours daily, CQG (trade charting, ladders and custom indicator software), twitter feeds, Excel (RTD-fed through CQG) running complex formulas, a streaming news feed. I do not play games, 5-6 tabs open in chrome.
I need:
* 17 inch HD or UHD (but due to scaling issues, perhaps 4K is not the best in a 17?).
* Chip — coffee lake? Any recommendations on this?
* 32GB minimum (I’d like to be able to upgrade this myself).
* GPU — this is a sticking point. Do I go with a gaming 10XX or a workstation class GPU. From what I understand, the trading software uses the Intel chip solely to calculate/process my indicators, and the GPU would therefore simply draw the 2D lines/charts on my monitors — is this correct?
* Would Q-Max tech be sufficient?
* I need the ability to output to 3, 43inch 4K@60hz monitors (so a 3+ 1 laptop screen).
* SSD n.2 slots
* Portability/weight not important. As long as I can get it into some kind of bag that is fine, but I do need to move with it, hence the search for a laptop.
* Not too noisy (I don’t think the GPU will be all that stressed based on my requirements?
* Cost not all that important either — with these specs it’ll be what it has to be.
* I’d like the ability to upgrade internals myself — buying a lower specced laptop in terms of SSD’s and RAM.
Last thing to note, I am a Futures trader, trading 12-15 products, I can have over 40 charts, ladders and custom indicators open at one time, therefore this is far more computationally intensive than a standard stock trading setup.
Could someone recommend a laptop (from whatever category) based on these specs? And perhaps a little explanation as to why? Thanks for your time any help with this.
I’m running: 10-14 hours daily, CQG (trade charting, ladders and custom indicator software), twitter feeds, Excel (RTD-fed through CQG) running complex formulas, a streaming news feed. I do not play games, 5-6 tabs open in chrome.
I need:
* 17 inch HD or UHD (but due to scaling issues, perhaps 4K is not the best in a 17?).
* Chip — coffee lake? Any recommendations on this?
* 32GB minimum (I’d like to be able to upgrade this myself).
* GPU — this is a sticking point. Do I go with a gaming 10XX or a workstation class GPU. From what I understand, the trading software uses the Intel chip solely to calculate/process my indicators, and the GPU would therefore simply draw the 2D lines/charts on my monitors — is this correct?
* Would Q-Max tech be sufficient?
* I need the ability to output to 3, 43inch 4K@60hz monitors (so a 3+ 1 laptop screen).
* SSD n.2 slots
* Portability/weight not important. As long as I can get it into some kind of bag that is fine, but I do need to move with it, hence the search for a laptop.
* Not too noisy (I don’t think the GPU will be all that stressed based on my requirements?
* Cost not all that important either — with these specs it’ll be what it has to be.
* I’d like the ability to upgrade internals myself — buying a lower specced laptop in terms of SSD’s and RAM.
Last thing to note, I am a Futures trader, trading 12-15 products, I can have over 40 charts, ladders and custom indicators open at one time, therefore this is far more computationally intensive than a standard stock trading setup.
Could someone recommend a laptop (from whatever category) based on these specs? And perhaps a little explanation as to why? Thanks for your time any help with this.