What is your favorite charting platform and why?

I use Amibroker and daily data from Yahoo Finance. Use it for chart reading, scanning, and output scanning results for perl script. I don't do day trading and mainly trend following.
 
Specterx said:
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.
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Could you please check for me whether we can plot candlesticks based on volume instead of time?
 
I like Ninja Trader v 7 since it has the indicators that i use. However, you still need to determine stops based on PA. For example, right now price is moving more due to high volatility so stops need to be further back.
 
nooby_mcnoob said:
Do you do real time charting? I'm beginning to prefer my own matplotlib-based charts.
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It wouldn't be too hard to implement that, but no, I don't.
athlonmank8 said:
ThinkorSwim. Can't beat it for the price
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No kidding. Especially considering that you can use it with an unfunded account. I used ThinkOrSwim and the mobile app for a couple years before I decided to actually fund the account. And I don't even trade with the account. I just transferred over some stock that I have had since birth because TD did not charge for incoming DRS stock transfer while my primary broker, IB, did. So I just leave the stock there mostly because I feel that they should be earning something for providing the service.
 
JSOP said:
I just wish it allows for programmable trading not just the limited conditional trading that it has right now.
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Agree. IB has the best API around. I also don't like that TD charges for option exercise and assignment. I also like TastyWorks (which was developed by the people who made TOS).
 
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