If you want a view of a pretty awesome setup, take a look at the attached pic (Jpeg in Word doc). I saw this from a webinar he gave through the CBOT. Pretty cool. --Mike

You can't really sit at that desk though can you? It looks like the sort of display collection that you would have to walk from one end to the other.

Over 10 years ago I remember getting one of the first Pentiums that came onto the market and I stuck an STB (Simply The Best) 4 video port card into it and ran 4 monitors off it using their special driver for Windows 3.11

It was a great novelty and increase productivity at the time - I needed the extra monitors to to simulate trading activity in multiple centers.

However, now I only use 1 monitor for charts, another for the trading platform and a third for miscellaneous activity. I have noticed that new traders rush to the software and hardware that has the latest and the greatest of everything and the vendors are more than happy to give it all to them.

I heard JP saying today that when tried to look at the MP charts on I/RT he found it too cluttered/crowded and he couldn't get the information that he wanted out of it. A case of not being able to see the forest for the trees.

It worries me that so many traders in JP's room are focusing on software, hardware and fancy tools and gadgets and spending less time and energy listening to JP and the wisdom that he has to impart about Market Profile and the trade setups. I have seen a disturbing trend in the room from people asking questions about setups and market behavior to questions about toys like Market Delta and Squawk boxes.

I remember going on a bird hunt in Southern Africa. The biggest weapon that you're supposed to use is a double barrelled 12 gauge shotgun. The Italian that was next to me in the hunting line had a 6 shot automatic. I had a single barrel hammer action (i.e. I had to cock the hammer before I could even aim let alone shoot). Even with such an enormous disadvantage I still went home with more birds than my Italian friend. Because I only had one chance per flight of birds that came over I took very careful aim and very often got my mark. The Italian just fired randomly at the bunch of birds and now and then struck lucky.

Compare this to Market Profile. Learn a few high probability setups that you can see on a basic Market Profile chart. Set up some indicators and sound alerts that will help you see those setups and just trade them. Become better at trading those setups than JP or Peter Steidlmayer. Recognize when to stay off them and when to double your position on them. Be able to come to your trading desk at anytime (after a break for example) and immediately recognize (within a few seconds) if a setup has just happened and be able to jump in there or wait if it's not right.

Here's another analogy. You go to Driving School to learn how to drive. You don't go there to show off your auto. You have auto clubs for that. Think of JP's room as a Driving School. You go there to learn how to become the best possible MP trader that you can be. You don't go there to show off how fast your DSL connection is or how many computers you have networked in your office.

mikeg_17 - I'm not picking on you or criticizing your posting I'm just trying to help the rest of the room by refocusing them on what is really important to their success.

As Tony Robinson says: Become a true master of one thing, don't specialized in knowing a little bit about everything. (I can't remember his exact quote - perhaps chameleon will jump in here and correct me.) i.e. Don't be a "Jack of all trades and master of none."

I think that this array of flat panels competes with yours mikeg?