I am trying to decide on a charting package for home use. At work I use Bloomberg, but I am looking for a more permanent solution for private use (I am aware of Bloomberg Anywhere, but I may change employers in the future and want to be prepared for the day when I need to pay my own way w /reg to software).
What is the best charting package for both intraday and EOD charting (not backtesting, I already have a great tool for that in TBB)?
Who offers the most advanced/widest variety of indicators and the opportunity to program your own? So far I have considered Esignal, Metastock and ProRealtime.
I would appreciate your feedback as always.
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Take a look at this offering from DTN. http://www.dtn.com/trading.cfm?sidenav= ... =pr_prophx
I had their dtniq service for years and was very pleased. This software ProphX probably offers more custom options... I just used the data feed and basic charting
DTN is often overlooked... and wrongly so.
I had their dtniq service for years and was very pleased. This software ProphX probably offers more custom options... I just used the data feed and basic charting
DTN is often overlooked... and wrongly so.
DTN doesn't make it easy to figure out what futures markets they cover. I found this snip on their site; if it's authoritative, it seems to indicate that they don't sell data for HKFE (the Hang Seng index), TSE (Nikkei index, TOPIX index, Japan Govt Bonds), SFE (Aussie bonds & bills, our old favorite Greasy Wool, SPI-200 index), OMX (Swedish stock index, Norwegian stock index), or TOCOM (Japanese energies, grains, softs). Not to mention MDEX and TIFFE and SICOM and MEFF and SAFEX and MIF.
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Heres a page showing the markets they cover. When I had the service for many years, it covered my needs at the time. Quite reliable and reasonable. I agree though that if its ones goal to cover most every market, there are better choices to invest ones time in. Still, DTN has a long history and is a solid company and may well be a great match for some...
http://www.dtniq.com/template.cfm?navgr ... 323&view=1
http://www.dtniq.com/template.cfm?navgr ... 323&view=1
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As I understand it, through long conversations with people not very familiar with their own product, neither e-Signal nor CQG give you much flexibility when backadjusting a long term time series.
While that may not matter a jam tart to the very short term trader, it is not very helpful to a position trader. Nor is it helpful to those looking to backtest. My memory of the discussions is now rather distant but I am not even sure if e-Signals adjusts for the gaps on a roll.
While that may not matter a jam tart to the very short term trader, it is not very helpful to a position trader. Nor is it helpful to those looking to backtest. My memory of the discussions is now rather distant but I am not even sure if e-Signals adjusts for the gaps on a roll.