To Qcharts Users: Who do you use for a backup charting and datafeed?

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InTheZone

Hi,

I'm looking for a backup to Qcharts and am hoping you can suggest a good alternative.

I've been using Qcharts the past few years due to their relative low cost, good charting capability, and the ability to link Excel to the Qcharts/Qfeed data stream.

I'm looking for a backup during those times that Qcharts/Qfeed goes down.

Any suggestions?

The most interesting alternative I've found so far is TradeStation 6 because it only costs $100 a month if you open a brokerage account with them. I haven't found any charting/data feed package with a price as low as Qcharts though.

Any thoughts you may have on a quality charting/data feed provider, or on TradeStation would be appreciated.

Thanks.

-- ITZ.
 
InTheZone -

Take a look at myTrack and DTN.iq as possible backups. Prices are reasonable without having to pay for a whole year up front like eSignal does in order to get their pricing competitive.
 
Originally posted by eSignal Support
Hi there.

eSignal pricing starts as low as $49:

http://www.esignal.com/esignal/pricing/default.asp
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Hi eSignal,

I looked over your pages. Thanks for the post.

eSignal has certainly become more competitive with pricing relative to a couple years ago.

Do you offer any special deals for low usage subscribers?

I would use eSignal only for backup purposes and not on a daily basis. There may be some months where I wouldn't even use it.

Right now I am leaning toward TradeStation as it solves my problem of having a backup broker to IB as well as having a backup charting/datafeed, for a total cost of $100 a month.

As you may have seen in my posting in the retail brokerage forum, I'm looking for a low-cost direct access broker to back up IB.

If I go with eSignal as currently priced, I'll spend about $100 a month on the monthly plan, plus I'll have to pay the monthly fee of the direct access broker. That'll be more expensive than the TradeStation package.

Thanks.

-- ITZ
 
Originally posted by ArchAngel
InTheZone -

Take a look at myTrack and DTN.iq as possible backups. Prices are reasonable without having to pay for a whole year up front like eSignal does in order to get their pricing competitive.
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ArchAngel, thanks for your suggestion.

DTN.iq looks good: it's relatively cheap, has charting capability.

-- ITZ
 
InTheZone,

As with most of the services out there, our pricing is a fixed rate per month, regardless of usage. You can go month-to-month, our rates are quite competitive and we do offer a 30 day trial to test us out. Visit our site or give our Sales group a call if your interested.

For our US office, please call (800) 815-8256
In Europe, call +44 (0)20 7825 8770.

Good luck on your search.

Thanks,
 
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