Tom McGinnis...your name makes me think of the Top Gun movie...a cross between actors Tom Cruise and Kelly McGillis;
Tom McGillis
Haha.. we must think alike cause when I see "Kim Klaiman".... it makes me think about:
Not a shot on you Kim.
I'm looking for a GOOD charting package... any ideas?
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Haha.. we must think alike cause when I see "Kim Klaiman".... it makes me think about:
Not a shot on you Kim.
Scat...I am using 3 monitors on a workstation system from a reputable vendor...I'm sure you are familiar with them. It has got to be 8 years old by now using Ninja. Not only are the charts with CQG fast and rock solid, support is terrific and in the rare instance I need them, they are Johnny on the spot. I cannot vouch for automated trading however, as I am a manual point and click DOM trader patiently waiting for setups. But I know that other feeds are available for stocks and options.
Think you mean C-Band. K-Band is 18 to 27 GHz.
CQG is the data provider. Are you also using their trading platform? If not, what?
I'm kind of like you. K.I.S.S. I don't pursue anything complicated, but I do want quality charts and ease of tools to use them. BTW.... MetaStock is EXCELLENT at both. I've used their software for many years. My issues are not with the software itself.
What version of metastock are you using? I have version 10 and apparently they are not supporting installation any longer and you have to upgrade. Maybe an upgrade is all you need.
Yes, problem is some sort of thing with "video on secondary monitors". Whatever I've put on the secondaries has always worked... except for IB's TWS. I'm going to try something like Sierra Charts. If still a problem, I'll have to look deeper.
Yes, that would do it. I have v11 and Equis recommends "upgrade to v15". I've got problems with that. (1) Upgrade (forced) costs $349. (2) Data cost will increase by ~$800/yr having to use Reuters instead of eSignal. (3) Their DRM hosed both of us. We had to pay for the software, but somebody else (Nalperion) has determined that we can't use it any longer and will have to upgrade. I'd feel like a chump if I did that. (Equis didn't have to use DRM/activation, you know. My previous version didn't have it. I've reinstalled MS dozens of times over the years to fix problems. It was a nuisance to have to "reactivate" but doable. Now, we can't activate.)
Sending you a PM.
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https://www.metastock.com/products/realtime/
$1395 one off payment or $100 a month for r/t plus $150 a month for Reuters Eikon/metastock xenith is the same price as esignal. Have you tried version 12 of esignal? Very smooth and will let you send orders to your broker. Not sure if it has a DOM though.
Edit: Esignal does have a market depth addon http://www.esignal.com/trading-blog/addons/market-depth/
What platforms does your broker offer?
$1395 one off payment or $100 a month for r/t plus $150 a month for Reuters Eikon/metastock xenith is the same price as esignal. Have you tried version 12 of esignal? Very smooth and will let you send orders to your broker. Not sure if it has a DOM though.
Edit: Esignal does have a market depth addon http://www.esignal.com/trading-blog/addons/market-depth/
What platforms does your broker offer?
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