Well for pure trading, research is not that important to me. Speed, ability to write algorithms, efficient use of screen real estate most important, and not a CPU hog so I can run research on another app. I like Medvedtrader. Have been using it for a long time and have written lots of algos. I've yet to use all the features. The part I really like is that you can scan a thousand stocks that meet the params of your algo and then go trade them. They've got a website and some youtube vids. They're not tied to a particular broker so you can aggregate multiple accounts into one platform. There's a learning curve with any new SW but you can DL a limited free version and try a few charts and the zillion indicators and play.