Platforms- Best/Worst

[pacific7]

Anybody have any thoughts on the best/worst trading platforms out there for equity traders?

Thanks

 

[thehomecenter]

I use Interactive Brokers and Sterling.
IB I like
Steriling I hate

 

[dealmaker]

Redi ( Goldman Sachs) is a widly used platform by prop firms, while its sufficiently good its very finicky; anytime it updates get ready to have signing in trouble the following morning.

 

[mister_doodi]

IB is a good trading platform. All I need is a dom to trade with. Also IB is java and java platforms for me never froze on me once. Can't say the same for others. Lost a lot of money once when Tradestation froze on me.

 

[dealmaker]

Has anyone traded on Blackwood Pro?

 

[pacific7]

Ya , I'm trying to get used to Sterling and it is very weak.

 

[reversiontrader]

I have acces to both Sterling and LightSpeed. I don't particularly like sterling but if it gets the job done for you it's about .0005/shr cheaper to execute trades.(for me anyway)

I love and use LS for most of my trading. It's a great platform. I trade remotely from home office and I never have a problem.

 

[USAtrader]

Anvil.

 

[reversiontrader]

I traded on Anvil for 6 years. LS is almost exactly the same.
I had allot of problems with anvil vpn. And Anvil often had crossed qoutes.

I like LightSpeed MUCH better for remote trading. You can filter out all the crossed (bad) qoutes

And there customer service from LS is MUCH better as well.

 

[pacific7]

Reversion, who do you trade for? I really like lightspeed as well. So much better than Sterling.. I'm not so sure Sterling is worth the lower price.