Battlestations: Show us your trading desks!

March 8th, 2024, 04:42 PM

josh

This is a sit/stand desk. The room is whisper quiet because the computer and audio receiver are rack mounted in the data closet downstairs. Pulled 6x100 feet runs of fiber optic cable to connect the displays. Pulled several ethernet cables for remote IR, headphone jack for audio, and USB over ethernet for keyboard/mouse and other USB devices. Also ran speaker wire for the in ceiling speakers. So far no issues in a year with this setup, crossing my fingers it continues to work well

The wires are nice and tidy at the desk, and in the closet, well, they're not as tidy but I don't venture there more than I have to anyway

Your commitment to cable management is god tier. That is BY FAR the cleanest setup I've ever seen. Serious Desk envy too. Killer setup!

March 8th, 2024, 05:34 PM

Here's what I've got. 7 monitors. 6 are 4k. One at top middle is short & wide, but less resolution. Helps when I need something displayed much larger. NexusFi logo at top left.
battlestation with logo

BTW, I access 4 other PCs in my basement via RDP, each in its own Win11 virtual desktop space on my desktop.
This means that I'm actually working with 5�7=35 screens at any point in time.

March 8th, 2024, 06:41 PM

10 monitors!

Okay! Had to use the panoramic function in the iPhone 😂

9x43 inch Samsung Tvs and 1x32 inch monitor.

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March 8th, 2024, 07:59 PM

How do you drive the video for that many screens?

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Much less expensive than many internal cards. I've only utilized 1 at a time, but trying with 2 of them would be interesting. Motherboard would need to have more than average USB resources.
Come to think of it, 1 of these on the USB 3.2 bus and a 2nd on a Thunderbolt card would be the way to go.
I just may have to try this. 🤔

March 8th, 2024, 08:16 PM

vsicth12

How do you drive the video for that many screens?

With serious technical challenges!

Have 3 video cards. 1x3080, 2x3070.

Windows wont natively support or the nvidia tools as well that many monitors. They will connect but each reboot they will randomly be arranged.

The proper way to do this is buy the professional level video cards but these are like $5000 each vs $500 each. I have a script and a tool i found that forces the video configuration on it about 4 times over each reboot.

Works great now. But took me weeks to setup.

As well it took a couple motherboards until i got one that was stable enough. Ended up with a asus aroc; basically the most overclockable aka super stable tested bios and hardware out there.

Will look the file tool for you when back at desktop

March 9th, 2024, 03:35 AM

Daytrading setup - QT on screen

I use Quantower when I'm daytrading.
I also do backtesting for automated trading, and for that I primarily use Naked Markets, which you can see on one of my previous photos.

March 9th, 2024, 04:23 PM

HisGumpness

Your commitment to cable management is god tier. That is BY FAR the cleanest setup I've ever seen. Serious Desk envy too. Killer setup!

Well, it's better than this:

But not as nice as this:

March 9th, 2024, 04:55 PM

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March 11th, 2024, 01:02 PM

jkincap

With serious technical challenges!

Have 3 video cards. 1x3080, 2x3070.

Windows wont natively support or the nvidia tools as well that many monitors. They will connect but each reboot they will randomly be arranged.

The proper way to do this is buy the professional level video cards but these are like $5000 each vs $500 each. I have a script and a tool i found that forces the video configuration on it about 4 times over each reboot.

Works great now. But took me weeks to setup.

As well it took a couple motherboards until i got one that was stable enough. Ended up with a asus aroc; basically the most overclockable aka super stable tested bios and hardware out there.

Will look the file tool for you when back at desktop

Here is the tool.

https://www.nirsoft.net/utils/multi_monitor_tool.html

March 12th, 2024, 11:11 PM

Big Mike

Hi guys,

It is my pleasure to announce a new challenge event for March 2024: Battlestations! (with $3,000 in prizes)

With this event, we are encouraging members to share pictures of their trading desks. We will be giving away $3,000 in prizes in total, as described below.

Prizes:

1st place: Free month in Apex program (valued @ ~$600)
2nd place: Free month in Apex program (valued @ ~$600)
3rd place: Free month in Apex program (valued @ ~$600)
4th place: Free month in Apex program (valued @ ~$600)
5th place: Free month in Apex program (valued @ ~$600)

These prizes are provided by Apex Trader Funding, a site sponsor on NexusFi. Please thank Apex Trader Funding for their contributions to our community, and for agreeing to sponsor the March Battlestations event!

Here are the rules:

a) One of your photos must show the NexusFi logo on our website. Don't forget!
b) Take a selfie or have someone take a picture of you at your desk! Optional, but highly recommended!
c) The photo(s) need to be uploaded here on NexusFi. No linking to external sites. Post them here in this thread!
d) You may submit multiple photos (please do!) -- we will add up the total thanks you received for the contest.
e) You are ineligible to win if you have previously won a Battlestations event within the last 12 months.
f) The contest period is March 1 to March 31, 2024. All decisions made by NexusFi are final.
g) Winners will be chosen by counting the numbers of "Thanks Received" on each qualifying post.

I am looking forward to seeing a lot of great trading desks! Please remember to follow the rules, and please remember to vote by hitting the "Thanks" button.

Please visit Apex Trader Funding's website to learn more about their products and services:
https://www.atf.com/

Mike

This is so amazing!

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