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If you're talking about stocks, yes it's possible. The limiting factors
depend on what software you're using, for charting as well as order entry. In
my case, the limiting factor is the amount of data coming through. If the
line cannot handle it all, it gets buffered, which slows everything down, and
can ultimately hang the system. If you don't need streaming time and sales or
Level II, you save a lot in terms of data. I generally run a half-dozen
charts plus Level II and time and sales for 2 stocks on a 40k connection and
only have trouble on rapid movers.
In a message dated 10/8/01 7:40:11 PM Pacific Daylight Time,
marting@xxxxxxxxxxxxx writes:
> Is day trading possible, using a laptop and direct access (and 56 baud
> modem)?
> If so, what are the limiting factors: numbers of stocks, cpu speed,
> hard disk capacity, hard disk speed? The method depends on 5 minute
> bar charts, RSI, CCI, and Stochastic.
> Martin Graffman
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