TradeStation Alternatives for Investors

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KeyIG

TradeStation keeps raising their fees and have begun to transition to a full trading platform for active traders.

I'm looking for a piece of charting software with an interface similar to TradeStation (workspaces, tabs, etc) but with a few features geared toward investors.

1) On quote lists, the ability to insert columns of fundamental data. Most software packages don't even have the depth that something like Yahoo Finance has. I'd like to be able to easily see a comparison of this data on a quote board type display. I'd also like a column that allows text to be entered for notes.

2) In-depth research of all fundamental data, SEC filings, news, balance sheets, income statements, etc. TradeStation does this in a browser window, which is fine.

So far I've looked at eSignal, which provides barely any fundamental data and has a less desirable interface to TradeStation.

Investor/RT had great fundamental data but the user interface is extremely confusing. The biggest annoyance was that chart windows do not automatically scale horizontally and the month/year labels disappear if you get too many periods/pixels.

ProphetX had a great user interface and charting, but no fundamental data at all and no links to external sources.

If anyone has any suggestions, please let me know.
 
You mentioned that ProphetX doesn't have any Fundamental data. However, that really isn't true. Although poorly formated, below is a dump of the fields that we have for MSFT for example. These fields can be added to a quote sheet, or Quote Board. Were there particular fields you were looking for that you were unable to find?

In ProphetX, you can add/remove as many columns as you want (then save it as a default template), including custom notes or formula fields. There is also a tabbed interface, not only within the window, but within multiple "pages".

We do have an embedded web browser that you can save as tabs in your workbooks so it will always open to the page/pages you want. You are correct that we don't currently have custom links in the product, but it is on the drawing board.

Feel free to contact me directly and I would be happy to walk you through the product a bit more thoroughly to see if it would meet your needs.

Code: 
Symbol:	MSFT		MICROSOFT CORP            	
Last	24.3000			
Open	24.1200			
High	24.4001			
Low	24.0300			
Close	 --- 			
Trade Date Time	08/02/06 16:00		Bid Date Time	08/02/06 16:56
Ask Date Time	08/02/06 17:39		Bid Ask Trade Date Time	08/02/06 17:39
Last Bid Ask	24.3300A		Last Bid Ask Change	0.3400
Latest	24.3300		Recent Price	24.3000
Previous Price	23.9900		Open 2	 --- 
Close 2	 --- 		Settle	 --- 
Volume	46447011		Last Volume	100
Cumulative Volume	46461911		Open Interest	0
Bid Price	24.2800		Bid 1	24.3000
Bid 2	24.2800		Ask Price	24.3300
Ask 1	24.3100		Ask 2	24.3300
First	24.1200		Last 1	24.3100
Last 2	24.2900		Last 3	24.3100
Last 4	24.3000		Bid Size	1
Ask Size	1		Trade Count	64331
Trade Condition	0		Market Condition	Regular 
Last Bate	1		Open Bate	0
High Bate	0		Low Bate	0
Close Bate	0		Open 2 Bate	0
Close 2 Bate	0		Direction	0
Fraction	4		Fraction Vendor	21
Fraction Display	255		SETTLE DATE	 --- 
Expiration Date	 --- 		Change	0.3100
TickNum	1022705667		Vendor	DTN
Market	NASDAQ		52 Week High	28.3800
52 Week Low	21.4599		52 Week High Date	1/31/2006
52 Week Low Date	6/13/2006		EXCHANGE ID	274
IDN Source Number	0		Strike	0
DATABASE NUMBER	150995218		DB RECORD NUMBER	5620
QUOTE CONDITION	0		EXTENDED LAST	24.3000
EXTENDED LAST INDICATOR	25		QUOTE STATUS	1284
TRADE TIME	 2:00 PM		TRADE DATE	8/2/2006
TICK ARROWS	0		FIELD TYPE FOR ALL	10
CHANGE FIELD DEF	28		PROCESS CODE	0
LAST INDICATOR	25		MARKET CONDITION	0
STATUS IND	32		DB Security Type Number	1
Last Act Time	 3:00 PM		MARKET LAST TRADE	18
LAST SEQUENCE NUMBER	1488433		Trade Time HOS	81
VWAP	24.2539616		MARKET BEST BID	26
MARKET BEST ASK	26		BID TICK IND	25
P/E	20		XDIV INDICATOR	32
Market Center	24		Dividend Ex Date	8/15/2006
ANNUAL EST EPS	1.45		ANNUAL EPS	1.2
Beta	0.31		YIELD	0.015
Dividend	0		SIC CODE	7372
Shares Outstanding	10062000		Percent Held Institution	60.5
Average Volume	69566700		YTD HIGH	28.3800
YTD HIGH DATE	1/31/2006		YTD LOW	21.4599
YTD LOW DATE	6/13/2006		Current Qtr Dividend	0.0009
Assets	487.3699951		Liabilities	168.7700043
Debt	 --- 		Diluted EPS	28
Fiscal Year End	6/1/2006		EPS 3 Year Growth	12.71
EPS 5 Year Growth	11.94		Market Cap	2420920
Dividend Pay Date	9/14/2006		Dividend Rate	 --- 
Dividend Rec Date	8/17/2006		Last Split	2/18/2003
Previous Split	3/29/1999		Last Split Factor	0.5
Previous Split Factor	0.5		YEAR END CLOSE	 --- 
UPC INDICATOR	32		Fin Stat Ind	78
Naics			NAICS	511210
PREVIOUS VOLUME	49223513		NAICS CODE	511210
Quote Delay	0		DB SECURITIES TYPE	EQUITY
MARKET CONDITION DESCRIPTION	Regular Market		Total Contract Cumulative Volume	 --- 
Total Contract Volume	 --- 		Total Contract Open Interest	 --- 
Total Contract Volume2	 --- 		Total Contract Open Interest2	 --- 
Ticker Symbol	MSFT		% Change	1.292205
Display Symbol	MSFT		Bid Ask Trade Date	8/2/2006
Bid Ask Trade Time	 4:39 PM		Ask Date	8/2/2006
Ask Time	 4:39 PM		Bid Date	8/2/2006
Bid Time	 3:56 PM		Trade Date	8/2/2006
Trade Time	 3:00 PM			
Trading Hours:	Mon 9:30 - Mon 15:59 *
			
	Tue 9:30 - Tue 15:59 *
			
	Wed 9:30 - Wed 15:59 *
			
	Thu 9:30 - Thu 15:59 *
			
	Fri 9:30 - Fri 15:59 *
 
KeyIG, in reference to Investor/RT, I assume you meant "vertical scaling" instead of horizontal scaling. And the trick to that....there's a little "A" or "M" in the upper right corner of each scale. A for automatic and M for manual. If the scale is in manual mode, just click on the M to return it to auto-scaling mode.
 
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