IBCharts and Charting software

Quote from krishiyer:

I agree with you that Iam penny wise & pound foolish.Sure computers are not as cheap like in the US where you get a nice machine with 17"LCD for even $300.
Since Iam always going in between the bid/ask & some times grab the small size offer/bid(not offered by market maker)
faster broad band+ a better pc with dual monitor is a must!
another broad band(different provider) with 2 new pcs has to be done quite soon.
My daily average target profit is $250.
It will pay itself in a couple of days.
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I'm sometimes penny-wise but pound-foolish too.

But it is sometimes good to penny-wise. It is to avoid over-budgeting. Who knows for sure you must get back what you spend.

Should you spend on charting which charge $60/month [more features, of course], or use cheap charting $30/month?

You thought this (expensive) spending is worth it since you could get back all your costs in trading; but it turns out to be much disappointing, or you don't really need that.
 
Quote from whitster:

QT **does** have saveable workspaces.

see: Save layout/Load layout

under the file menu
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Yes, I know, it was introduced shortly after my post here. :)

For now, I can testify that support at QT is still very muck alive and kicking. I had a non-urgent data problem and yesterday found time to submit it to them. Answer came within 5 minutes, about 10 email exchanges (problem appeared to be nasty) within a few hours and the problem was over. Thumbs up for the support-team!!

After the 'merger' with Ameritrade (too bad it wasn't IB) I have done some looking around for alternatives (you never know) but did not find anything that came close.

Ursa..
 
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