Hammertop wrote: Sat Apr 10, 2021 11:36 pm
Well, I didn't expect such an insightful reply.

Thank you very much. I have an i5-4460 CPU, 16 GB RAM and, alas, not a dedicated graphics card, so my understanding is I should forget about Windows. I'm still wading through the ginormous amount of posts in this thread and I haven't read about linux yet. But basically would it be ok to have a dedicated partition for Linux and then run a Windows emulator and MT4 from there? Thank you.
P.S. - By 32 bit what do you refer to?
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I have Xards system running on the above (Windows 10 Home) computer.
It drives my 12 year old (not so smart) 46 inch Samsung TV.
Yes I have reduced the system to essential indicators.
Having said that it will run his ‘template’ but is not happy about it!
My i5 Macbook Pro late 2013 running Windows 10 Pro in ‘Boot camp’ also runs Xards systems quite happily.
My point being that it is not necessary to buy new hardware if you do some research via whatever search engine you are using ‘How to speedup windows10’ Do a clean install of Win10 step by step follow the instructions you found online. MT4 was built to run on Windows OS.
Don’t have a fancy background don’t have folders full of files on the desktop.
Have a good look at Xards systems in all their different flavours and cherry pick what you find as helpful for your entries and exits. Make up your own templates and name them as to what they contain.
Do you really need 10 charts open at once? If so do they need all the same dashboards running?
I run two instances of MT4 one for News, Strength dashboards, the other as my ‘Trading Platform’ focused minimal charts. Buying Selling Selling Buying.
If you are using a laptop use an external monitor/Tv. Trade from the larger screen, info on the laptop screen.
One of the standout advantages of Xards setup is by using a very large screen it allows you to be mindful of what’s on the left and where the price is coming from and per chance going.
New high speed hardware will not improve your trading don’t let that belief detain you from learning how to read a chart. We buy lows and we sell highs that’s pretty much about it.
Don’t have a web browser open don’t have your email/messenger and any other distraction open period. TURN off your phone whilst trading……………..;-)
Fwiw
Regards
Lorne