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Friday, November 12

My Trading and YouTube setup

Hello Traders, welcome back to our channel, in this video, I'll share my trading set-up, (hindi trading strategy)but the computer setup I used in stocks trading and creating videos for this channel. 

Pero bago yan, let' me throw the intro para todo.   

This setup was not built overnight. This is an accumulation over time. Most of the items were already with me for a few years except for a few new additions. This video is not sponsored by any of the brands I mentioned. However, I provided links to all the items in the description box below. If you click the link and buy any of these items I will earn a little commission at no additional cost from your end. 

The first item in this setup is the white table that I used right now. I bought this table from Ikea for less than 10 Dinars in 2019. This table has adjustable legs where I can adjust the height I want. But this is adjusted manually. This is not an electronically controlled height adjusting table. That's something expensive. 

Now let's go to the monitor I used. Currently, I'm using a 27 inch HP, Full HD as my primary monitor. This monitor was a gift from a friend. It costs around 200 dollars brand new.

Anyway, next up is the mouse and keyboard. I currently used a Bluetooth keyboard and mouse from Microsoft. I've got it from maybe 5 years ago but still works perfectly fine. 

Next up is one of the most important of this set up with regards to creating videos is my camera. I'm using a Canon 250D DSLR camera. It is connected through a capture card. A capture card is a small gadget that can turn any camera into a webcam. I love this camera because I can also use it not just as a webcam when recording tutorials but I can also use it as a vlogging camera because it has a flip-out screen, where I can see myself while doing the recording. 

Next up is my audio setup which is equally important as the video setup. Recently, I upgraded my audio as I was being criticized for having deteriorating audio on my earlier videos. So, I upgraded my audio from a USB microphone to a Tonor TC20 XLR microphone driven by M-Audio solo audio interface. The audio dramatically improved and I no longer received negative comments and feedback. 

Now, next is the very heart of this setup. This setup is powered by M1 Mac Mini, the biggest upgrade in my trading and youtube setup. Before, I used an old dell laptop which has poor performance of today's standard. In January 2021, I purchased my M1 Mac mini, which generally improved my video editing and live streaming activities. 

The Mac Mini released in November 2020 has the M1 chip from Apple itself. Apple stopped relying on third-party chip makers like Intel and produce their own. That's why they were able to cut costs and sell Mac Minis at a cheaper price level and yet have better performance. 

Now let's proceed to the accessories I used in my setup. First is the 1 Terra byte external HDD hard drive from Seagate, which solves the storage problem with my Mac Mini as it has only 256 GB SSD hard drive storage capacity. The second most important peripheral I need is the DLink USB Type C hub that solves connectivity problems with the Mac Mini. This hub has 2 USB ports, 1 HDMI port, 1 USB type C port, 1 VGA port, and an internet port. 

Okay, so that is all for my setup. Now let's go to the software part of my setup. There's two software I used to create videos and stocks trading. First is the OBS software which is essential for recording, streaming, and capturing my computer screen. The second one is the Filmora X editing software. It's very user-friendly editing software. That's why I love using them. So, that's all about the hardware and the software that I used.