Hi Coldwater,
CQG is definitely expensive to start.
The last time I used TT, I had encountered some of the issues mentioned in this
thread.
Out of frustration, I switched to T4; Interestingly T4 didn't had those issues. I was happy with it for a while, but hang on, there's more.
I have observed that T4 seems to have a wider spreads on entry/exit (I used it after I have unsubscribed TT). The spreads seems to be lower on TT when entering or exiting a trade. I have posted on this forum to ask why this was the case but there weren't many answers on it. Most likely not many ETs are trading spreads.
It's not like I have both platforms running concurrently for comparison, as it would be expensive. - This is more of a general observation. Take this with a pinch of salt if it doesn't make sense.
Lastly, TT support was definitely responsive to my support issues, and they would actively work on resolving my issues. That's not to say that T4 support wasn't responsive; they didn't had the issues so I had lesser reasons to contact them.
No longer using my money to test out TT. I am hoping that they would fix the issues some time soon. I definitely can't be using my trading time & money to keep reporting their issues. Of course, these issues could have been fixed some time back.
Another school of thought would be to build an autospreader, but I'll leave it to the pros to advice on this one.
One more thing, how would you execute stops on those spreads?
Those 2 can't do it unless you automate or put orders through a desk.
Hope this would be helpful to you.