A question for tradestation users?

[wartrace]

If I open an account with tradestation do I have access to the tradestation & optionstation software?

http://www.tradestationtechnologies.com/TSSoftware/index.shtm

I notice that tradestation technologies sells the tradestation & optionstation software.

 

[risktaker]

That's their 'legacy' site.

I believe this is the current version...

http://www.tradestation.com/platform/overview.shtm

 

[wartrace]

Quote from risktaker:

That's their 'legacy' site.

I believe this is the current version...

http://www.tradestation.com/platform/overview.shtm

So the software is included with the account? I was aware of the new site but wanted to be sure I would have access to the tradestation software, especially the optionstation software.

 

[risktaker]

Yes,
the software is included if you do xx shares /month trading i believe. I'm not too sure about options software though. Better to ask them.

Quote from wartrace:

So the software is included with the account? I was aware of the new site but wanted to be sure I would have access to the tradestation software, especially the optionstation software.

 

[jficquette]

Quote from wartrace:

If I open an account with tradestation do I have access to the tradestation & optionstation software?

http://www.tradestationtechnologies.com/TSSoftware/index.shtm

I notice that tradestation technologies sells the tradestation & optionstation software.

Its about $250 a month with fees. $99 is the base rate that you get comped if you trade enough during the month.


John

 

[geoMEAN]

Tradestation as of Friday 5/1/09 will no longer have a stable platform to auto-trade on, which is particularly upsetting to many of its long-term clients. They are pulling their oldest release to make supporting their product easier but in the process losing clients.

They potentially have a great product and service, but they keep mucking it up with their various unreliabilities.

I love their backtesting and programming capabilities, but if I was a newbie and wanted a stable platform and planned to program in a proprietary programming language, I would go with Esignal rather than Tradestation.

 

[geoMEAN]

I would say, yeah it's about $250 a month for data and minimum trading fees. They charge you 100 bucks if you don't trade at all. You have to do 10 round turns a month to avoid that platform fee.