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Non-Tech : CYBERTRADER -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Mad Bomber who wrote (2510)	5/20/1999 2:57:00 PM
From: William W. Dwyer, Jr.	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 3216

M.B., Regarding trading with a laptop, I couldn't imagine it. There are just too many things you need to look at. Of course, it depends on your style of trading. But the shorter your time-frame for holding (e.g., pure daytrading holding positions for just minutes), I believe you need a lot more computer. You need charts, several of them, indices, level II windows with TOS, decision support tools and trade execution windows. I use two 21-inch monitors on high resolution and manage to fill them both up just with CyBerTrader. Then you might have several browser windows running in the background, Quicken, or various other things. Using a laptop for daytrading, to me, would seem to be very dangerous, if not impossible altogether. On the other hand, short term trading where you do research and study charts at your leisure, make a trade today, close it a few days later, that's no problem for a laptop. Bill

To: Mad Bomber who wrote (2510)	5/22/1999 8:38:00 AM
From: Elvus	Respond to of 3216

MB I have used my laptop for trading but connect it to a 21" monitor. Works great for a backup. EB

To: Mad Bomber who wrote (2510)	5/22/1999 11:33:00 AM
From: E. Davies	Respond to of 3216

I trade using a laptop, it is possible. Computer screens all over the place just wouldnt fly with the wife. You need to adjust your style a bit and work hard to squeeze down the information size. The way I figure it you can only look at one thing at a time anyway, its just a matter of setting up the screen to switch from one info source to another in a blink. I have 2 L2, an order entry screen, 10 bid charts, a 30 stock minder and a browser all in one screen. This is all rt3. Any comments about how easy/hard it is to squeeze down the info size in cyber? I wish I could just try it for a week without having to open an account, so many questions would answer themselves. Eric