My trade room introduction [Kou Suke]

It is said that trading performance can vary greatly depending on the trading environment. Many people are curious about what kind of trading environments professional traders typically use. Here, we have Kousuke, a full-time trader, introduce the state of his trading room. This could be a good opportunity to review your own trading environment.

※This article is a reprint and editing of FX攻略.com’s September 2018 issue. Please note that the market information described in the main text may differ from current market conditions.

Kousuke Profile

Kousuke. Certified Member of the Nippon Technical Analysts Association (CMTA®) in Japan; 3rd place in the World Trading Contest WTC (Robbins Cup); ranked #1 in selling price for GogoJungle indicators; Monex Securities tie-up; Dukascopy Japan tie-up with Swiss Bank Group; appears on Radio Nikkei, etc. He publishes a 5-minute chart day-trading logic “Proto FX.” The clarity and accuracy of his logic, along with member-exclusive videos, are well supported, and he now boasts over 1,700 members.

Official site：https://oval-prime.co.jp/kousuke/
Twitter：https://twitter.com/kousuke_trader

Using 8 Screens to Make Things Easier for Myself

Hello everyone. My name is Kousuke. I was featured in the previous issue as “Oval Prime K.T.” This time, I would like to adopt a more familiar name and will continue the article in this issue as “Kousuke.” Thank you for your continued support!

Now, I’m writing about my trading room. One important thing I want to emphasize beforehand is that trading does not necessarily require a high-spec PC or an advanced setup; depending on your trading style, you can still compete in the market with just a single smartphone. The setup I’m introducing here leans toward my hobbies and preferences, arranged to make things easier for myself.

By the way, I’m health-conscious and recommend standing trading, aiming to establish a “Standing Trade Association” (laughs).

Now, I will explain briefly. First, the details of my “main PC” are summarized below. As I mentioned above, you do not need such high-spec to trade. However, I personally find having more screens makes trading easier.

With 8 screens, it can be hard to know which screen to look at, but once you get used to this setup you can keep watching charts with almost no mouse movement. For example, it shortens screen-switching time, enabling very low-stress trading. I believe any extra stress is detrimental to trading, so I focus on creating a more comfortable environment and a clean mindset. The screen distribution is often as follows. When scalping, I focus on one currency pair and decompose each timeframe across the screens.