Does anyone use IB's Charts?

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1flyfisher

I have been trying to figure out this bloated mess all morning. I tried to do a webinar for it but the audio was terrible. I put up with that for 45 minutes but couldn't take it any more. Then I tried to run the demo from the website, it wouldn't run.
Does this charting program have any indicators?
I have 50 million buttons and can't find any available indicators to apply to the chart.

I am considering trying to use it Mon morning and see if I can use it. I'd like to give it a try. Took me forever just to find out how to change colors. Am I wasting my time trying to learn this pig?

So far I have found it to be a bloated clustered up mess with way too much unintelligible crap to wade through that for the life of me I have no idea what it does(whenever I open up a feature), ....Does it get any better after a day or two?

I'm ready to send Ameritrade the 25K and open an account of some sort to get QT back.

What are your thoughts on it?
I think I'm done with it already but may give it a shot mon/tue.
 
You might want to forgo IB's charts and use a charting package that hooks into IB's TWS API to get data. (Ensign, NinjaTrader, Sierra come to mind).

IB's charts are pretty basic. Right-click gives you a few indicators, but not much. And there is no way to custom-code your own (not that I've seen, anyway).

Just be aware that IB bundles ticks, so whether that kind of data-feed works for you is up to you.
 
Quote from WaveStrider:

You might want to forgo IB's charts and use a charting package that hooks into IB's TWS API to get data. (Ensign, NinjaTrader, Sierra come to mind).

IB's charts are pretty basic. Right-click gives you a few indicators, but not much. And there is no way to custom-code your own (not that I've seen, anyway).

Just be aware that IB bundles ticks, so whether that kind of data-feed works for you is up to you.
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+1

I too use ninja for regular chart with few custom indicators. I use IB chart for quick view (after hr, 18 candle) or options chart.
 
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I'm ready to send Ameritrade the 25K and open an account of some sort to get QT back.

What are your thoughts on it?
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I think that if you used QT before, that you should drop IB-charts immediately...(else, you will stay very disappointed).
 
u just open an account with td ameritrade. no need to fund it. you will still get the stock feed.

that is the way i did it. use td feed for my charts with ib's platform.
 
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