I'll just throw this out there. I've been trading for about 14 years and am in possession of multiple software programs: all of which are sponsors of ET. After all the money spent, what I've found the most effective is simply trading breakouts while using candles, ADX, Stochastic, volume and a couple of other "traditional" indicators. I trade 4x, futures, stocks and occasionally options. My preference is using e-signal. Some say the monthly fee is high, but for what you get, IMO it's worth it. My point is, you don't need to spend tens of thousands up front on multiple systems searching for the holy grail - e-signal or Real Tick will get the job done. (I used RT a long time ago and did have some issues with screen freezes, but overall was ok). I'm sure others will express their opinions - but that's mine and I actually trade for a living.