Suggested Charting Software

maxpower · Mar 30, 2008

I've outgrown the charting capabilities of my current brokerage and am looking for decent real-time charts that aren't too expensive. Does anyone have any suggestions? Thanks.

piranahfishy · Mar 30, 2008

No secret answer here: eSignal, Tradestation seem to be the market leaders here.

Aok · Mar 30, 2008

www.ninjatrader.com
www.sierrachart.com
www.linnsoft.com
www.amibroker.com
www.tradestation.com
www.quotetracker.com
www.tssupport.com

brocklanders · Mar 30, 2008

Quote from piranahfishy:

No secret answer here: eSignal, Tradestation seem to be the market leaders here.

I think you'll get many on here who disagree with this statement and this will probably turn into more of a religious debate than anything else. I can say from my personal experience that MetaStock Pro is one of the best charting softwares I have used. I'm sure others will disagree but that is just my opinion. It is limited in that you'll have a hard time automating trades from MetaStock to a broker. If you need that functionality there are other solutions out there. If you are looking for great charting and in highly customizable environment then take a look at MetaStock Pro in your evaluations. Good luck.

Lawrence Chan · Mar 30, 2008

I use NeoTicker.

Shameless self promotion here.

MandelbrotSet · Mar 30, 2008

Quote from Aok:

www.ninjatrader.com
www.sierrachart.com
www.linnsoft.com
www.amibroker.com
www.tradestation.com
www.quotetracker.com
www.tssupport.com

I've tried out 5 of the charting services listed over the years (at great cost of time, money and energy to myself).

And for my money, no one beats Quotetracker for intraday-trading.

Good Luck.

Lucrum · Mar 30, 2008

Quote from piranahfishy:

No secret answer here: eSignal, Tradestation seem to be the market leaders here.

Lucrum · Mar 30, 2008

I'm using Ensign but their not without their problems.

http://www.elitetrader.com/vb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=116907

http://www.ensignsoftware.com/

piranahfishy · Mar 30, 2008

yes I've heard MetaStock pro is also good. Seems like he is right it is a religious debate as they are all good.

Pippi436 · Mar 30, 2008

Im using Neoticker too. It supports quite a few data-vendors/brokers, benefit being if you switch vendor you dont loose all your studies/work.