Recent content by spup345

My annual thread bump of this for folks in need of a tradematching service cheaper than a lot of the standalone software products on the market. I somehow managed to do the complete opposite of procrastination and downloaded all of my 2010 trades from IB already. Sent them over to...

Going to wait until eSignal 11 to trial it (so I don't experience as many of the drawbacks some of the other posters mentioned), they expect it to be out in a few months I believe. No point in running a trial until then. So I'll stick with Tradestation (which I really don't have any complaints...

Well, I'm just about done... I looked at these charting platforms: Amibroker, Quotetracker, Investor R/T, Sierrachart, Multicharts, Ninjatrader, Neoticker, Ensign Used both IQ Feed (w/ LII) and IB's feed (w/ LII) (not many other feeds exist for the retail trader I've learned). Most of...

2 questions: 1. Does anyone know of a standalone market-depth & Time/sales ONLY app (no charting)? 2. Is Tradestation (and I'm guessing eSignal) the only platforms that show you a historical Time & Sales (with a vertical scrollbar)? All these other platforms basically just show you from the...

Awesome rec, just went to Ninja 7 (b18) and it's working so I can actually test it out now. Thanks!

Quick update so far (comments welcome as usual): -Got an IQFeed trial going and also added Totalview to my IB Datafeed for a month. I'm surprised that IQ Feed doesn't support Totalview, only the less revealing Openview, that could be an IQ Feed dealbreaker for me. -I eliminated Amibroker...

Good info again. FYI- I use IB's TWS with a little pt-click and a lot of hotkeys, it's fast enough for my purposes to do it that way. I would be very hesitant to switch order execution to a diff. platform given my effectiveness (& profitability) with IB TWS, I don't feel I ever miss trades...

Every bit helps, thanks, i'm still hunting around, will post back with my final decision, going to test out a few platforms over the next few weeks along with checking into data feeds. But very quickly, TS is only $100 if you are a brokerage client of theirs. I am an IB client, not TS, so I...

I'm better off sticking with IB because the amount I save in commissions by using IB overcomes any savings for using tradestation for free (additionally, execution, hotkeys, etc. in IB is huge for me). I just checked esignal and it looks like it's $170 for a similar package to what I'm using...

Here are the things I've liked about Tradestation and why I've used it for years: -Color-coded linking b/w Level II, charts, time & sale -Customizable quote lines -Multiple tabs so I can have indices on 1 tab, stocks I'm trading on another, etc. -Speed: When it's up, it is quick, but once a...

Just finished processing 30,000 matching transactions via Wayne @ tradematcher.com (trying to get a headstart on filing this year again). His prices went up this year, which is understandable given that I had no clue how he could afford to spend all that time processing these things for folks...

Just wanted to bump this thread again because just like last year, I decided to use Tradematcher again this year. Again it was $34.95 for the service, and again the guy successfully matched every single one of my trades for the 2008 year (getting a headstart on taxes this time around!). It...

Luto- That was an excellent reply, I appreciate it. I think I'll give Vista 64 a try since I do have all new hardware, and I'll test out all my apps on it and if it works for a week then I'll stick with it, if I run into issues I'll go back to XP Pro. Sounds like Vista 64 has shored up a bit...

That may be a good idea, I'll think about it. I may buy a generic 24" ws from Costco & try it out because I think they allow returns on that stuff.