Futures Intraday Charting Software Similar to TOS

heavenskrow

heavenskrow

I currently use ProRealTime for end of Day and ThinkorSwim for intraday trading.

ProRealTime is a pretty great platform, but still being in my 20s, it is pretty expensive to pay for real time data.

So thus being on a budget I use TOS but during fast markets, the charts are a piece of garbage. I talked to support and they said it's a known issue and that they are working on it. But they always say that.....also on days like August 24th, 2015 it simply crapped out with severe delay. As I expect another huge selloff in the future, I need to switch over to another software. What do you guys recommend that is free/cheap, is as good as TOS into the "feel" and "use" but key word being RELIABLE.

Thanks!
 
heavenskrow said:
I currently use ProRealTime for end of Day and ThinkorSwim for intraday trading.

ProRealTime is a pretty great platform, but still being in my 20s, it is pretty expensive to pay for real time data.

So thus being on a budget I use TOS but during fast markets, the charts are a piece of garbage. I talked to support and they said it's a known issue and that they are working on it. But they always say that.....also on days like August 24th, 2015 it simply crapped out with severe delay. As I expect another huge selloff in the future, I need to switch over to another software. What do you guys recommend that is free/cheap, is as good as TOS into the "feel" and "use" but key word being RELIABLE.

Thanks!
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Sierra is nice and cheaper/month than most - might feel a bit detached initially due to old fashioned GUI. If you have a broker account you don't get to pay high data fees. Multicharts is also free through some brokers.
 
heavenskrow said:
I currently use ProRealTime for end of Day and ThinkorSwim for intraday trading.

ProRealTime is a pretty great platform, but still being in my 20s, it is pretty expensive to pay for real time data.

So thus being on a budget I use TOS but during fast markets, the charts are a piece of garbage. I talked to support and they said it's a known issue and that they are working on it. But they always say that.....also on days like August 24th, 2015 it simply crapped out with severe delay. As I expect another huge selloff in the future, I need to switch over to another software. What do you guys recommend that is free/cheap, is as good as TOS into the "feel" and "use" but key word being RELIABLE.

Thanks!
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I hear ya. For the last 3 days, TOS charts were off by more than 2 minutes!! Totally unacceptable if you daytrade.

If you trade futures, I suggest you open an account with OEC (Gain Capital). Their chart is like Ninjatrader, only better IMO:
http://futures.gaincapital.com/trading/software-highlights/index.cfm
 
thanks guys, i will be looking into all your recommendations this week.

Here is an attached pic of the horrible lag...
just imagine if your trading size.......
 

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