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I would totally go AMD, especially Ryzen. Ryan, I'm curious about your stark experience comparing AMD vs. Intel on trading platforms. I haven't thought about it alot just yet, but it would seem that network latency might be much more important then CPU compute. Network latency is measured in milliseconds vs. gigaherts.

Thanks for all the information everyone (past and future). Would someone who has been through the whole process and paid taxes for 1 year or more speak to this? If the answer is as general as "accountant", then great. If the answer is a detailed step-by-step, then great.

Thanks for the explanation. I see where the tickets are located in the account window. Thanks for the help! Cass

I'm not sure exactly what you mean. But, you can open a Chart window by hitting "Alt+q", then "c". The chart will open and be configured by your Default.cst file. You could then anchor it to/from a montage.

First off, I'm not exactly asking for specific tax advice. I'm interested in the different ways day traders in the US prepare their taxes. Currently, I'm using the simulator, and there's no way I'll transition to real without some tax preparation solution in place. I like the idea of getting all my trades from my broker and forwarding them to an accountant. But, are there other options that you use and would share? Are there any online day trader friendly accountants that you use and would recommend? As a new trader going into this, what are the gotcha's you encountered? There's bound to be some hidden cost or part of the process I'm not thinking about. I have already researched this somewhat, and I have ideas, but I'd like to hear from veterans in the community. Thanks.

I highly recommend PCPartPicker even if you are not very tech savvy. They have videos of how to do computer builds step by step.

This morning I placed a single limit order to buy 1000 shares of CNET. My "Das Trades" window shows: ... 09:43:06 CNET B 3.6 Margin 100 0.00 SMAT -0.20 AUTO 09:43:07 CNET B 3.6 Margin 200 0.00 SMAT -0.40 AUTO 09:43:07 CNET B 3.6 Margin 200 0.00 SMAT -0.40 AUTO 09:43:07 CNET B 3.6 Margin 300 0.00 SMAT -0.60 AUTO 09:43:10 CNET B 3.6 Margin 200 0.00 SMAT -0.40 AUTO ... I don't have a broker. I'm in the simulator. Hypothetically, if I had a broker, I'm wondering what the commissions would be. For a flat trade fee of $4.95, this looks like it could be 5 x $4.95 = $24.75 (if each line in the Das Trades window counts as a separate transaction). I'm curious about this. For a 0.00495 share based rate (not assuming $1 minimum), this looks like it could be 1000 x 0.00495 = $4.95. I'm wondering are commissions a function of how an order is filled and not necessarily the order itself? Thanks.