Tech Tips for Traders

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Tech tips for traders is a very broad category. From tricks making Windows running faster to securing your internet connection, whenever I think of something useful or encounter some information that is good to know I will share it here.


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Sine Wave and Square Wave Uninterruptable Power Supply (UPS)

Last time when I wrote about UPS, I left out one of the more technical but important aspect of UPS equipment. I guess I should fill in the blanks here in case some of you find it confusing why some UPS are significantly more expensive than the others ...

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Solutions to frequent or odd disconnects from your real-time datafeed (part 2)

Using direct connection has its advantage (over Wi-Fi) It is best to use direct connection (i.e. with ethernet cable and all that) over Wi-Fi connection, because it can remove one potential cause of disconnect easily. Interference within your home ...

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Solutions to frequent or odd disconnects from your real-time feed

We have worked with many clients to setup their computers to work better with real-time data streaming and trading purposes. Here are some tips (and funny stories) that work very well to maintain your internet connections in prime condition. For m ...

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Squeeze More Power from Your Windows XP

Windows XP is designed as a consumer level product with many safe guards to protect the operating system from being abused. Thus most applications cannot fully utilize its power. I am going to show you a few tricks to make Windows XP works harder and ...

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Squidoo: Do This To Protect Yourself From Bogus Cell Phone Charges

I published this long article at Squidoo so that more people can be aware of these cyber crimes and learn to protect themselves. Enjoy! ...

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Sunspot, Earthquake and Your Communication Equipment

Earlier this year NASA warned that solar flares and CME (coronal mass ejection) could be a problem starting summer. It turned out to be a quiet non-event summer with not much activities recorded. Well, our Sun obvious is a trickster and has just gear ...

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Trading computers - Pentium 4 3G HyperThreading vs Core 2 Q6600 Quad-Core

When my trusted trading computer started to report 70% CPU load at the end of last year, I know it is time to shop for a new computer. Afterall, my computer, a Pentium 4 3G Hyperthreading machine, worked very well for several years. Maybe it is time ...

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Trading with 4K Ultra High Definition Monitors Feels Great

One morning when I tried to turn on my 28 inch monitor, it just turned all white on the screen. I cannot enable its menu system using its control buttons. Turning it off and on again does not help. Resetting the monitor to its default settings does ...

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Tune up your trading computer

The default settings in Windows XP do not give you all the power your computer has for your trading needs. Here are the things that you can do to tune up your computer for better performance. First thing first - back up your computer Before doi ...

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USB 3 And Windows 8 Do Not Mix (Yet)

A short note to myself that Windows 8 hates USB 3 devices. Have this posted here so that I can remind myself about this glitch. If I forget this problem in the distance future when I need to reinstall Windows 8 somehow, at least I have this post tell ...

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