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I may still give Sierra Charts a try but their video demos indicate their charts aren't as visually pleasing or easy to use as TD Ameritrade's StrategyDesk (which I've been using for longer term TA) or QuoteTracker (which I've been using for entries/exits). I'm leery of software that doesn't...

learner2007, thanks for your reply. Having worked on the floor of several investment banks, I know that no software solution is perfect -- regardless of the cost! I'm a novice at TA. I've sat over the shoulders of enough traders to know that good software won't make you profitable, but bad...

So what do the pros that aren't working at investment banks use? Reuters / Bloomberg feed, maybe DTN.IQ or quote.com feed... What charting software then?

QuoteTracker - This is tops in price / performance and is vaguely like pro charting software. Its mark up is weak so it's unpleasant to draw on extensively. The values for indicators are hard to determine. It has alerts on indicators called Paint Bars but they're hard to use. QT has been...

This post is about professional grade / pro charting software. Below I'll list all of the software I've looked at, what I've dismissed, and what I am still considering. I hope that this post can save others some time. Thanks to PR and marketing efforts on behalf of the software vendors, the...