Four BenQs in two stacks, a secondary ThinkPad and mouse execution.
Illustrative reconstruction. We aim to match James’s published setup as accurately as possible. Screen notes distinguish what the sources show from example window positions, counts and settings. All trading data is fictional.
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2026 desk Four trading displays + secondary laptopSelect a screen to look closer
Preparation gets its own time before trading begins.
Follows the published weekday routine in Pacific time.
Example workflow across four displays
Follow a chart across the desk.
Choose a fictional watch below. Its charts and focus window update together on the monitors.
Original sample data
Preview the linked workspace.
Open a weekday session to browse the sample watchlist and compare its charts.
Our software · In development
A chart workspace of your own.
ChartDeck is our macOS workstation project for IBKR, bringing chart grids, watchlists and visual scanning into one workspace. Explore the idea behind it and try a sample chart grid.
ChartDeck is developed by this site’s owner. James’s desk tour does not establish that he uses it.
The 2026 tour supplies the four BenQ displays, the raised secondary laptop, the retirement of X-Keys and the updated desk gear. Exact product names come from its published equipment list. The upper BenQs are the older 60 Hz pair; the lower pair runs at 120 Hz with function controls integrated into their thicker gray bottom bezels.
The tour overview shows the screens at rest. The later Real Day In The Life Of A Day Trader video identifies timeframe charts above, Level 2 and order entry below, thumbnail charts to the left and a news feed for gap research. Its 2:44 to 3:14 passage informs the screen regions. The split 90-chart watchlist, eight sample trading panels, exact timeframe labels and small supporting windows remain illustrative. Neither passage identifies the new execution platform or a current risk budget.
The changing windows use James’s published routine as a teaching example for the selected desk. They do not establish the historical schedule for each year or represent a live trading session. Charts, sector groups and linked-watch controls use fictional data.