What is your favorite charting platform and why?

[TrendSpider_Jake]

There are a ton of different charting platforms out there. What is your favorite and what features make it your favorite?

 

[cafeole]

The free one my broker provides.

 

[ET180]

The one I built myself. Aside from that, ThinkOrSwim

 

[nooby_mcnoob]

The one I built myself. Aside from that, ThinkOrSwim

Do you do real time charting? I'm beginning to prefer my own matplotlib-based charts.

 

[athlonmank8]

ThinkorSwim. Can't beat it for the price

 

[Apollo13]

It depends on what you want.
tradingview.com has an amazing community behind it. Chock full of ideas etc.
Free to try if you don't mind adds.

 

[maxinger]

I am using Esignal as it can plot chart based on volume.

Not really my favorite unless I have done competitor analysis.

 

[Peter10]

thinkorswim

 

[Specterx]

My favorite is Esignal. It comes with the data feed, but it wasn't until I looked into competitors that I realized how easy-to-use the software actually is - most charting software is unbelievably clunky whereas the latest version of Esignal seems designed around UX from the ground up. These days I use Esignal for all my long-term/swing-trade charting and watchlists.

For daytrading though I use Ninja, firstly because Esignal trading integration with IB is broken, and second because Ninja is much more extensible - I've added custom code to automate aspects of my trade entry and management which AFAIK wouldn't be possible in Esignal. Ninja customer service and support is also top-notch.

 

[antares66]

TC2000