Hi all,
I am a professional bond trader looking for some advice on building a machine that fits my needs. My life revolves around a small number of programs/applications:
bloomberg
excel
citrix based platforms (bonds.com/tradeweb)
.exe trading program - Axe Trading
Skype (voice and IM)
The bulk of my processing centers around extracting data from bloomberg into excel (via bdp functions) and analyzing that information to derive values which are then fed into Axe Trading (which then disseminates pricing to the marketplace).
It is important to mention that AxeTrading is a program that not only sends out pricing but will also receive requests for quotes (RFQs) from clients. In essence this program allows me to send pricing and have clients execute against those prices.
I cover multiple markets so i can have 15-20 spreadsheets extracting and calculating on a real time basis. The data is constantly ticking. My biggest issue at this time is that excel freezes up on me (program not responding) for 20-30 seconds before freeing up again.
I work with 6 monitors and would like feedback about using eyefinity 6. I have a budget of $5k for this and am open to using outside of the box alternatives (i thought maybe a server could get the job done?). Feedback is appreciated and apologies in advance for my lack of technical expertise. Thanks!
My current setup:
GIGABYTE P67A-D3-B3 Mobo,
Intel Core i5-2500K CPU,
Corsair 4GB DDR3 RAM x2
Seagate 1.5TB HDD
Diablotek 600-Watt PSU
I am a professional bond trader looking for some advice on building a machine that fits my needs. My life revolves around a small number of programs/applications:
bloomberg
excel
citrix based platforms (bonds.com/tradeweb)
.exe trading program - Axe Trading
Skype (voice and IM)
The bulk of my processing centers around extracting data from bloomberg into excel (via bdp functions) and analyzing that information to derive values which are then fed into Axe Trading (which then disseminates pricing to the marketplace).
It is important to mention that AxeTrading is a program that not only sends out pricing but will also receive requests for quotes (RFQs) from clients. In essence this program allows me to send pricing and have clients execute against those prices.
I cover multiple markets so i can have 15-20 spreadsheets extracting and calculating on a real time basis. The data is constantly ticking. My biggest issue at this time is that excel freezes up on me (program not responding) for 20-30 seconds before freeing up again.
I work with 6 monitors and would like feedback about using eyefinity 6. I have a budget of $5k for this and am open to using outside of the box alternatives (i thought maybe a server could get the job done?). Feedback is appreciated and apologies in advance for my lack of technical expertise. Thanks!
My current setup:
GIGABYTE P67A-D3-B3 Mobo,
Intel Core i5-2500K CPU,
Corsair 4GB DDR3 RAM x2
Seagate 1.5TB HDD
Diablotek 600-Watt PSU