Trading Monitors--How Many and What Size?

[davem1979 11]

Hi Folks,

 

I am looking to create an LCD monitor array, and would love some opinions as to what your favorite setup is.

 

At the moment I found a great deal on some 20" LG L2000CP LCD's with a resolution of 1600x1200. Since I would like to buy good quality panels as I also do photographic editing, these seem to be the best choice here in Spain as I can get them for 280 Euros each. I was thinking of getting three of them.

 

My question is for those who have used both 24" and 20" monitors. Will I be happy with this array to start out with, or should I consider getting 24" monitors that have a resolution of 1920x1200 which would allow more bars on the screen looking left to right, and for the market profiles?

 

Getting high quality 24" screens will cost quite a bit more as well, and I'm not sure it's worth it...

 

At first sight the 24" panels seemed a bit big to put 3 across a desk, but am curious if anyone has a recommendation about this.

 

I have a feeling I'll be able to more easily monitor things happening on the 20" screens which will take up less space and not be so wide.

 

Any help would be appreciated!

 

Thanks,

David

 

PS. I mostly focus on scalping the Euro Bund with charts open of the DAX, DJ EuroStoxx, Schatz, S&P, Market Profile, etc...and currently I'm just using a laptop. I'll be relegating the laptop to extraneous tasks and will be getting another PC for the monitor array.

[hunter1 10]

For what its worth i recently upgraded to 24s and the difference vs smaller monitors even 22s is huge. @4 is the way to go. Also Hannspree(sp) has a 28,actully though 27.2 I think that is priced about the same as good 24s. I didn't buy them because I only buy those with a 3yr warranty. They have a 1 yr.

[Bearbull 10]

For what its worth i recently upgraded to 24s and the difference vs smaller monitors even 22s is huge. @4 is the way to go. Also Hannspree(sp) has a 28,actully though 27.2 I think that is priced about the same as good 24s. I didn't buy them because I only buy those with a 3yr warranty. They have a 1 yr.

 

What graphics card have you got installed? Did you have to change those.

[davem1979 11]

For what its worth i recently upgraded to 24s and the difference vs smaller monitors even 22s is huge. @4 is the way to go.

 

Hi Hunter1,

 

Thanks for the recommendation. So for trading, I guess having that 1920x1200 resolution is really nice...

 

Is the reason you like the 24" monitors because you can see more of the chart in one view, rather than zooming or scrolling around the chart as much?

 

I'm still thinking about getting those 1600x1200 LG's, but maybe I'll check around now and see if there are some deals on 24" screens---the other thing is that the LG's are so much cheaper than a high quality 24" that I could just buy more 20's over time if I need them....

 

Thanks Again,

David

[Head2k 10]

Last week I bought BenQ V2400W for about 350 Euros. Not a big difference to your 280 for 20'' LG. I dont say the monitor I bought is some high-end quality but I guess it is good enough for me. The reason I bought 24'' wide screen was because I recently focus on quite fast charts so I want to have more history on the screen.

[hunter1 10]

bearbull I have an old nvidia 6200 dual monitor card I believe. Dint have to change a thing. Plugged in the monitors and off I went. Pair of Samsung 2443.

 

Davem, Yes I got the bigger monitors so I can have all my main charts open at once and my matrix and not have to scroll or click a thing. I can also quickly bring up my long term trend charts when I need to without losing a beat. Since I am a scalper the space lets me see and enter everything without losing time or getting confused while clicking charts.

[Mavrik00 10]

gotta go with 3 x 30" Dell monitors all the way. stop messing around on the playground...these are made for the big boys

 

best of luck out there!

[davem1979 11]

Hi Guys,

 

I ended up getting three 24 inch HP LP2475W monitors. I chose them for the high quality H-IPS screen which is known for it's good viewing angles, a great base which allows for easy pivoting, and they are great for editing photos as well. Very happy with them.

 

I found a deal here in Spain from http://www.misco.es and they were only 430 euros each. Compared to 30 inch monitors, they cost about 1/3 the price of the 30 inch Dell monitors in Spain. When I start making big bucks trading, maybe I'll find the need to upgrade, but for now, I'm happy.

 

By the way, HP service is great. One of the stands on one of the monitors was not holding it perfectly horizontal. I called HP up at 4pm on Wednesday, and at 2pm the next afternoon, I had the brand new stand, and they took care of all the shipping costs. Top rate service...

 

Happy Trading!

[Soultrader 12]

Added a poll to this thread.

[mookie9920 10]

I have 4 22" acer monitors, with two EVGA GeForce 9800 GT graphics cards.

[86834 10]

Hi Folks,

 

I am looking to create an LCD monitor array, and would love some opinions as to what your favorite setup is.

 

At the moment I found a great deal on some 20" LG L2000CP LCD's with a resolution of 1600x1200. Since I would like to buy good quality panels as I also do photographic editing, these seem to be the best choice here in Spain as I can get them for 280 Euros each. I was thinking of getting three of them.

 

My question is for those who have used both 24" and 20" monitors. Will I be happy with this array to start out with, or should I consider getting 24" monitors that have a resolution of 1920x1200 which would allow more bars on the screen looking left to right, and for the market profiles?

 

Getting high quality 24" screens will cost quite a bit more as well, and I'm not sure it's worth it...

 

At first sight the 24" panels seemed a bit big to put 3 across a desk, but am curious if anyone has a recommendation about this.

 

I have a feeling I'll be able to more easily monitor things happening on the 20" screens which will take up less space and not be so wide.

 

Any help would be appreciated!

 

Thanks,

David

 

PS. I mostly focus on scalping the Euro Bund with charts open of the DAX, DJ EuroStoxx, Schatz, S&P, Market Profile, etc...and currently I'm just using a laptop. I'll be relegating the laptop to extraneous tasks and will be getting another PC for the monitor array.

 

I've got 6 24in widescreen LG Flatrons. I pretty much have all the charts up that you mentioned too as i trade an array of eurex products and have multiple times frames up for each as well as a news feed.

 

At the moment tho i'm being pretty lazing and just trading ES as the volume on eurex is pretty crap at the moment, and plus i just can't be arsed getting up so damn early, so i'm actually only using 3 of my monitors...

[86834 10]

forgot to mention... if you're in the UK http://www.cclonline.com is the cheapest place to get hardware as far as i know. Pretty much where i get all my stuff from, altho my computer i got from http://www.tradingcomputers.com/ These guys specialize in multi monitor systems for traders and you can have a computer built to go up to 12 monitors.

[fpinero 10]

Hi,

I also use 4 monitors in my main PC. But I've been able to plug 3 monitors to my notebook using the Matrox Triple Head http://www.matrox.com/graphics/en/products/gxm/th2go/ And now I can trade decently when I am at my house on the beach :-)

 

fpinero.