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Thanks for the replies from intradaybill and rtstrading. Your inputs are very helpful in helping me evaluate my options. I think it is reasonable that an integrated solution(data+software+broker) like TradeStation underperforms providers that specialize in their particular functions...

Another thing I don't really understand is: If TradeStation provides both data, automated trading, and brokerage all in one, why would anyone want to use NinjaTrader? NinjaTrader just gets data from external source and automatically sends execution to the broker. So with NinjaTrader you will...

well, I am mainly interested in trading equities, and will move to futures or options depending on progress. I still cannot seem to find anything that provides functionalities as fully as TradeStation does. I need backtesting capability. Otherwise I would not know if a strategy is profitable...

I am looking for a software/brokerage firm such as TradeStation that provides the full package of data-feed, backtesting strategies on the data, and execute those strategies fully automatically through its own brokerage service. Many of the automated solutions I found act more like a bridge...

Does anyone know any software package that does backtesting on a multi-strategy portfolio? To the best of my understanding, TradeStation is not capable of this. I am mainly interested in testing the effectiveness of diversifying different strategies. For example, if I allocate half of my...