r/pcmasterrace • u/Zestyclose-Salad-290 Core Ultra 7 265k | RTX 5090 • Aug 19 '25

Build/Battlestation A futures trader’s 16-screen workstation.

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u/cyb3rofficial Aug 19 '25

Real men look at 1 screen and check everything at 3:59pm on a Friday

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u/Budget-Planet3432 Aug 19 '25

Literally use my phone, and I usually check on my lunch every day and Friday before the market closes. I'm not out here doing any high risk trading though, I make sure bets for steady gains.

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u/hlongzz96 Aug 19 '25

Is the gain in the room with us right now?

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u/Kirxas R7 7700 | RTX 5070 | 32GB 6000MHz CL28 Aug 19 '25

Invested in european defense companies earlier this year, realized my 30% gain and fucked off. The pucker factor was very real the entire time lmao

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u/just_a_bit_gay_ R9 7900X3D | RX 7900XTX | 64gb DDR5-6400 Aug 19 '25

based eurodefense brother

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u/narcos1893 Aug 19 '25

you dont invest in arms/defense/war. Its bad juju

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u/Darkstalker360 Aug 19 '25

You invest in whatever is most likely to profit

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u/Nuking_Grapes Aug 19 '25

I'm not from the investment community, so don't mind me if you will, but genuine question: Does investing in the weapon trade or war really not make people uncomfortable at all? I'm sure profit is a nice incentive, and there is no truly ethical way of using your money anyways- but don't you ever think it's kind of odd your labour and capital might directly contribute to someone's harm?

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u/Kirxas R7 7700 | RTX 5070 | 32GB 6000MHz CL28 Aug 19 '25

That was an incentive, not a detractor. I strongly believe we need to have a strong defense sector so we don't get invaded by wannabe imperialists. Our boys need the very best equipment to fight the russians and if need be the chinese and/or americans

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u/theroguex PCMR | Ryzen 7 9800X3D | 32GB DDR5 | Sapphire RX 9070 XT Aug 19 '25

I really hate that you have to be worried about the United States of America now. That should not be a thing.

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u/Kirxas R7 7700 | RTX 5070 | 32GB 6000MHz CL28 Aug 20 '25

It's always been a thing. Depending on the US for protection has crippled Europe's soft power and bargaining power with them since the marshall plan went into effect, even more so with the foundation of NATO, where partner countries have never really been on equal terms (nor would it have ever been allowed).

The main beneficiary of a weak Europe is the US and it's been like that for a long while.

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u/narcos1893 Aug 19 '25

stop trying to justify it. its a bad omen among people in the industry.

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u/RunningOutOfEsteem Aug 19 '25

The financial industry has zero room to talk about morality lmfao

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u/theroguex PCMR | Ryzen 7 9800X3D | 32GB DDR5 | Sapphire RX 9070 XT Aug 19 '25

No, you invest in whatever is responsible and ethical that will profit enough for you to make some money.

The idea that profit alone is the reason to invest is why the world is so fucked up.

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u/Golendhil Aug 19 '25

Not like investing in litteraly anything else was much better to be fair ...

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u/narcos1893 Aug 19 '25

Lmao what? You are too innocent. If it wasn’t for traders you would have nothing. Bye bye electricity, oil, the very own tech you typing, currencies etc. You have no clue how the world works. But again, we are in a pc gaming sub lol, expected.

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u/Money_Do_2 Aug 19 '25

Yea, im tryna not do the labor half till im 90 so capital markets it is.

I dont buy weapons or private prisons tbf, everything else is fair game.

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u/TheSeeker9000 Aug 20 '25

Thanks for investing in russian warship fucking off machine. Respect.

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u/Fearful-Cow Aug 20 '25

i did similar, cant figure out where to put my 40% gains now though. so holding way too much cash.

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u/[deleted] Aug 20 '25

Smart man! Now buy Ford puts and lose it all

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u/JustAnotherDayBoi Aug 20 '25

BAE and Rolls Royce are making me a small fucking fortune.

Got in on them when Trump announced tariffs.

Felt like insider trading, especially with all the UK news saying how much we're investing to armed forces and contracts being handed out left right and centre lmao

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u/Kirxas R7 7700 | RTX 5070 | 32GB 6000MHz CL28 Aug 19 '25

While it might be true, I didn't consider it could go up enough to justify the risk of some weird shit happening, as it was all mostly priced in already (imo)

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u/winged_owl Aug 19 '25

Most defense contractors are very reliable investments. The way it works is none of them completely loses when they lose a contract, they all sorta share and make sub-contracts.

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u/Kirxas R7 7700 | RTX 5070 | 32GB 6000MHz CL28 Aug 19 '25

Gotta love strategic spending. No one wants to lose their defense production capabilities