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I'm currently using a bank of Asus 27 inch monitors for day-trading ES on a very short-term basis. I'd like to try a 49 or so inch monitor but don't want to overpay or buy one with more features than I need. For example Samsung has 49 inch monitors from less than $1,000 to over $2,000. Which large monitor would suffice? Or is this just a bad idea, and I should just stick with my 27s?
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Ditto here on using a Samsung 43" 4k TV (for a little less than $350 on sale even) - it's become my primary screen for 3+ years (and I have a couple 24" running as well but I should really just get another 43" and replace those).
Brother-in-law bought a very nice 55" Samsung 4k to use at his trading desk as both a monitor & TV - paid $500-$600 for it but it is absolutely stunning to use as a "monitor". A bit too big for me tho
Also, FS2020 is a lot more fun as well on a 43" screen than 24"...
Currently running two Samsung CHG9 Series C49HG90DMN 49" inch monitors. Couldn’t be happier. Prior to inflation, these could be had for for 800 to 900. Currently at Best Buy for 950. Excellent monitors!! Highly recommend.
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I know your talking about a single monitor so maybe not relevant but I switched from 3 Dell 30" monitors to 2 Dell U4320Qs. While I love the screen size and being able to see massive spreadsheets, it's now too much screen real estate. Can't watch it all. Definitely over kill.
In my opinion anything over "42" is overkill for a pc desk setup. The screen area is just too large in my opinion. Do you really need 49 inches or would 42 for example be enough ?
I agree. 42" is big enough for me. Three 42" setup next to each other vertically in portrait mode wrapped around my workspace makes a great 'cockpit' to work in.
Portrait mode for trading is underrated. For anyone running delta or cumulative delta alongside price action, the vertical orientation actually works with how that data naturally flows - time-series data reads top-to-bottom, not left-to-right. You're not fighting the monitor's aspect ratio to see meaningful context.
The cockpit wrap is also ergonomically sound at that scale. Three 42" displays create a natural field of view that matches human peripheral vision without requiring the head rotation you'd get from sitting in front of a single flat ultrawide.
Where the 49" ultrawide shines is coherence - one easy workspace with no bezel gap for traders who want a single charting canvas. The Samsung CHG9 has a strong community rep for this. But you trade away independent refresh rates and native OS window management, and you'll need something like FancyZones to create virtual splits that behave like separate screens.
One practical note regardless of setup: if you're using a large TV as a monitor, check for chroma 4:4:4 support. Many 4K TVs drop to 4:2:0 for PC input, which kills text sharpness on trading platform interfaces - something you'd notice immediately on order flow displays.
For traders watching ES, NQ, and CL simultaneously, independent physical screens have a real advantage: each instrument lives in its own context, no window juggling when setups develop fast.
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