Section

Compute

CPU, memory, and the hardware decisions behind trading performance.

Your Backtest Filled. Would Your Live Order?A strategy can survive the chart and fail the order book. Check the fill assumptions, costs, and platform settings behind its results before trusting the curve.By Marko|OCT 26, 2026·12 MIN READDoes Your Trading Setup Need a GPU?More charts and bigger screens change the job your computer has to do. Follow the work through graphics, platform calculations, and research before choosing a GPU.By Marko|SEP 27, 2026·13 MIN READWhy Your Charts Take So Long to LoadA slow chart can be waiting for history, reading storage, or working through your indicators. Find the delay before you pay to fix the wrong thing.By Marko|SEP 25, 2026·13 MIN READDedicated CPU vs Shared vCPU: What Your Trading Platform Actually GetsTwo VPS plans can advertise the same core count and behave very differently under load. The missing detail is how much processor time remains available when the host gets busy.By Marko|SEP 21, 2026·14 MIN READECC Memory: Keeping Your Trading Data IntactLive strategies, indicator values and overnight research all depend on working memory. Learn what ECC protects, what it cannot fix and what to ask your VPS provider.By Marko|SEP 18, 2026·13 MIN READLatency Is Not Execution SpeedA low ping shortens one part of the order path. Platform processing, broker controls, exchange matching, queue position and liquidity decide the rest.By Marko|SEP 11, 2026·10 MIN READWhy Single-Thread Performance Still Matters in TradingA trading platform can lag while most of the CPU sits idle. This illustrated guide explains the busy thread hiding inside an ordinary-looking CPU reading.By Marko|SEP 7, 2026·8 MIN READ