I have used it because I come from a Common Lisp background. It can be a pain in the ass to get performant code sometimes, but overall it's good since you can rely on all the existing JVM libraries. Coding in emacs with slime is probably the best experience ever.
NxCore - http://www.nanex.net/
Symbol Guide: http://www.nanex.net/symguide.html
It's a nice feed other than the fact that the data comes from Omaha. It's a C based Windows API, so you'll have to write a Java wrapper and run it on Windows (or in a VM/Wine).
IQFeed is their retail product...
Indeed, everyone tries to shit on everyone else and project their own shortcomings as you've experienced. Actual questions are never answered.
In my short experience with each platform, I've found Amibroker to be great for research and lacking in live trading. MultiCharts is okay for both...
Indeed. Usually the back testing session starts with a fifth of henny and some dirty hookers to juggle my balls while I aimlessly write a model to derive a hypothesis. :confused:
stoli, tequila, jaegermeister, or wine. sometimes less, but usually just more.
I quit smoking weed since getting busted isn't on my agenda, so it's a just a substitute poison.