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ashiblue
I'm thinking of building a forex computer, and it seems like I may as well just build a gaming computer, but there are special quirks of the forex computer. Can anyone tell me what that would be?
Answer
The software for data delivery is probably more important, or just as important as the computer.
What you're trying to overcome with speed is data bottlenecks. With gaming, it is graphics data problems. All of the moving objects and colors of a game are graphics issues that should be handled by the graphics board rather than the CPU. Obviously, a dual core Quad is going to be better than a single. But you need a good graphics card with lots of onboard memory.
With a trading machine, you're handling lots of data coming in from outside the computer, processing that data into many different charts and calculating indicators. The graphics is not the problem of a gaming machine. The problem is when there's a flood of data, like when there's a report, or around the open of different markets, when markets go wild. I've had computers completely freeze for several minutes when extreme volatility situations arise. Sometimes I would have to reboot to get control back, and that can take ten minutes to get back up and running with everything updated and functioning again; obviously, that won't work for a trader. The software should have a method to throttle that data, because you don't need every tick, estpecially when the input data is a thousand-fold what it was a minute ago. If you're using a web browser, rather than a dedicated trading program downloaded to your computer, you have no control over the data feed. A good trading platform like Realtick or Tradestation, will have at least 3 or 4 different methods of sampling and throttling to control high volumes of data. NinjaTrader does a good job, but I've got a super fast computer, so I never see any glitches.
There are several informational and learning websites. If you watch their trading videos, you'll see what they're using.
http://www.forextv.com/forex-video-archiâ¦
http://www.babypips.com/
http://www.dailyfx.com
http://www.fxstreet.com/rates-charts/usdâ¦
http://www.forexpeacearmy.com/
The best way to learn is from a book. You can find three different eBooks here:
http://members.cox.net/axiom11/#Info
Insider Forex Secrets
http://members.cox.net/axiom11/page2_linâ¦
Forex Trading-Revolution To Home Based Internet Business
Forex Trading Strategies
There are many eBooks listed here, so to find the one you want, just hit Ctrl-F (for Find) in your web browser to find "forex".
The software for data delivery is probably more important, or just as important as the computer.
What you're trying to overcome with speed is data bottlenecks. With gaming, it is graphics data problems. All of the moving objects and colors of a game are graphics issues that should be handled by the graphics board rather than the CPU. Obviously, a dual core Quad is going to be better than a single. But you need a good graphics card with lots of onboard memory.
With a trading machine, you're handling lots of data coming in from outside the computer, processing that data into many different charts and calculating indicators. The graphics is not the problem of a gaming machine. The problem is when there's a flood of data, like when there's a report, or around the open of different markets, when markets go wild. I've had computers completely freeze for several minutes when extreme volatility situations arise. Sometimes I would have to reboot to get control back, and that can take ten minutes to get back up and running with everything updated and functioning again; obviously, that won't work for a trader. The software should have a method to throttle that data, because you don't need every tick, estpecially when the input data is a thousand-fold what it was a minute ago. If you're using a web browser, rather than a dedicated trading program downloaded to your computer, you have no control over the data feed. A good trading platform like Realtick or Tradestation, will have at least 3 or 4 different methods of sampling and throttling to control high volumes of data. NinjaTrader does a good job, but I've got a super fast computer, so I never see any glitches.
There are several informational and learning websites. If you watch their trading videos, you'll see what they're using.
http://www.forextv.com/forex-video-archiâ¦
http://www.babypips.com/
http://www.dailyfx.com
http://www.fxstreet.com/rates-charts/usdâ¦
http://www.forexpeacearmy.com/
The best way to learn is from a book. You can find three different eBooks here:
http://members.cox.net/axiom11/#Info
Insider Forex Secrets
http://members.cox.net/axiom11/page2_linâ¦
Forex Trading-Revolution To Home Based Internet Business
Forex Trading Strategies
There are many eBooks listed here, so to find the one you want, just hit Ctrl-F (for Find) in your web browser to find "forex".
How do i delete everything off my computer and start all over like a new one?
jessica
My computer says hp on the outside how do i delete every thing off it and start over please helpîîîîîîîî
Answer
Make sure you back up all your files before doing this.
If you can boot into Windows, click on start and then open your control panel. Then click on recovery. Then click on advance recovery and select return computer to factory conditions. Answer any question and the system should reboot. Answer a few more questions and then it should go on autopilot and reset your system back to factory conditions. This should take one or two hours. It is best to check on it to make sure everything is going fine. If your resetting a lappy, make sure you have the AC adapter plugged up. You do not want this process interrupted.
If you can not boot into Windows then try Advanced boot options. When you press the power button, start tapping the F8 key. You will see the advance boot menu. Select repair your computer. Select your language and then enter your user name and password. Then click on (brand name) factory Image Restore and next. Answer the question and it should start the recovery back to factory settings.
Recovery from the recovery partition
When you press the power button start tapping the ESC key and the BIOS menu will open. Select recovery from the menu, answer the question and the recovery should begin. Depending on your puter this will take one to two hours.
Your BIOS menu should look something like this. Yours might be different. I am posting this to give you an idea of what it looks like.
ESC = BIOS menu
F1 = System Info
F2 = System Diagnostic
F9 = Boot Device options
F10 = BIOS Setup
F11 = System recovery
Make sure you back up all your files before doing this.
If you can boot into Windows, click on start and then open your control panel. Then click on recovery. Then click on advance recovery and select return computer to factory conditions. Answer any question and the system should reboot. Answer a few more questions and then it should go on autopilot and reset your system back to factory conditions. This should take one or two hours. It is best to check on it to make sure everything is going fine. If your resetting a lappy, make sure you have the AC adapter plugged up. You do not want this process interrupted.
If you can not boot into Windows then try Advanced boot options. When you press the power button, start tapping the F8 key. You will see the advance boot menu. Select repair your computer. Select your language and then enter your user name and password. Then click on (brand name) factory Image Restore and next. Answer the question and it should start the recovery back to factory settings.
Recovery from the recovery partition
When you press the power button start tapping the ESC key and the BIOS menu will open. Select recovery from the menu, answer the question and the recovery should begin. Depending on your puter this will take one to two hours.
Your BIOS menu should look something like this. Yours might be different. I am posting this to give you an idea of what it looks like.
ESC = BIOS menu
F1 = System Info
F2 = System Diagnostic
F9 = Boot Device options
F10 = BIOS Setup
F11 = System recovery
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