Hardware

Is redundancy missing from your trading plan?

By Mark | Published July 14th, 2009

Most retail investors trading plans don’t have contingencies in place for failures. With the low cost of hardware and wireless connectivity there is no reason retail traders cannot build a redundant trading system. One failure in the middle of a trading session can be very costly. Possible Failures Note: We will ignore server or broker…

Setting up a trading platform: The right computer software

By Mark | Published September 26th, 2007

The next piece in building a reliable trading system is choosing the right software. With 95% of brokers and market makers requiring a Windows based platform, Windows is the only logical choice in my opinion. You may be asking what version of Windows is right for me. My answer to this question is quite simple,…