Anyone use IB for Forex Trading?

[sputdr]

Any comments?

How is their real time charting?

 

[Lucrum]

I use IDealPro but not their charts.

 

[jmmathieu]

I have never been able to get a forex chart using IB. It always says no historical data available at the top of my screen. I trade futures however, and you can get charts for those. To tell the truth I only use IBs charts for the time and sales data. I route the data to my own charting program - much easier and comfortable to work with.

 

[dete49]

I believe you can use Sierra charts,you can read about them here hope this helps.
http://www.stockstoshop.com/sierra.htm

 

[Hoi]

Quote from jmmathieu:

I have never been able to get a forex chart using IB. It always says no historical data available at the top of my screen. I trade futures however, and you can get charts for those. To tell the truth I only use IBs charts for the time and sales data. I route the data to my own charting program - much easier and comfortable to work with.

You Should use "MIDPOINT" instead of "TRADES" when you select a chart for IDEALPRO, then it works.