Charting --- who uses what?

Quote from damir00:

ditto. basically a hacked version of 'linuxtrade', which isn't even a graphical app. and a custom front end to IB, which is also a non-graphical app.
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Damir,

There is an excellent free Linux graphical front-end for IB called AutoTrader. Here's the home page; go to "ScreenShots" and scroll down to the bottom to see if it looks interesting. You can click on the image itself to expand it.

http://autotrader1.home.comcast.net/

Regards.
 
eSignal for data feed only (though its addition of JavaScript for custom apps is slowly tipping the scale into making it a one-stop solution for charting, too).

Investor/RT for charting and research today.

IB for trading platform.

NinjaTrader as its front-end.

Second and third trading platforms funded, only for backup.

Separate charting and trading computers running XP Pro, each can double for the other if necessary.

Nexland (now Symantec) auto-failover, load-balancing dual-WAN router to my firewalled LAN, fed by DSL and Cable (and thus 2 independent physical circuits into my home, 2 different ISP's, 2 separate connections from them to the Internet backbone).

Land line phone with IB set on speed-dial; cell phone as backup.

No complaints.
 
Quote from rgelite:

There is an excellent free Linux graphical front-end for IB called AutoTrader.
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AutoTrader is a good little app, but i already roll my own custom stuff (i'm fullly automated). those not needing that level of control should definetely check out AutoTrader.
 
Quote from damir00:

AutoTrader is a good little app, but i already roll my own custom stuff (i'm fullly automated). those not needing that level of control should definetely check out AutoTrader.
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Very cool. :cool:

BTW, even those who want to dabble with automation to see if it suits them would be served well by AutoTrader initially. It added a sockets interface (http) recently so that a home-grown app can write to it in a standardized format and initiate trades. No need to learn the TWS API.

Cheers.
 
rgelite: now that i didn't know, thanks! IB's format is a bit of a pain in the ass, having a consistent intermediary would definetely have made life easier.
 
Neoticker is the bomb. I have had them all at one time or the other, real tick, qcharts, ensign, fibonacci trader, tradestation, esignal, erlangerquote. Neoticker is the best by far. I use it with Esignal.

If interested in an easy system to use then get tradestation. If you don't want any limitations and are willing to learn get Neoticker.

John
 
I use graph, differnt scales for 30 minute, daily, weekly.
I use 0 price scales on daily and weekly.
I overlay 30 minute bar with line chart.
in addition I use 6 diffent colored pencils on 30 minute charts,
2 differnt colors for daily.

You can print your on graph scales with a free software at:
http://www.ctech.ac.za/facul/eng/ee/human/pcbhome/GraphPaper.html

I use IB for quotes, in addition, to the trading platform for speed and reliability.

I hope this helps
 
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