Monday 16 November Choosing the best charting software for you is always going to be a compromise. You have to trade off 3 factors: That is, does the charting software have all the tools you need to follow a particular methodology? Does the charting software allow you to use your preferred broker?

Does the charting software give you access to the right data feed for you? Depending on what kind of trader you are, each of these 3 factors will have different significance. If you trade more unusual markets e.

Problems on import metastock format data - NinjaTrader Support Forum

Italian bonds or Swedish equities then having access to that data will be of paramount importance. These allow you to import or design your own tools. They have APIs for linking with a few different brokerages. And they give you access to multiple data feeds. For traders starting out, they are often a good compromise between each of these 3 factors: In the 4 videos above, I divide about 50 different charting software packages into these 4 groups: I go through the pros and cons as I see them and also estimate the monthly cost of running each charting software package.

At the end of the day, you have to do your own research — check the tools you need are included, test the data feed for accuracy and stability, try the usability, look and feel, etc. You can get free Demos of most of the best charting software packages. The importance of signing up for a free Demo cannot be underestimated — it will save you time in the long run. Below are links to Demos of the 4 most impressive charting software packages:.

They put into perspective and add to what has taken me 3 years of painstaking enquiry to get a grip on.

What Is the Best Charting Software? | yzyjifoh.web.fc2.com

If only I had been able to see them 3 years ago. It is good to have this for a reference. For myself, I have TradeStation and NinjaTrader, and so far I am happy with both of them. There are times when the markets are moving fast that TradeStation is not able to keep up with the movement of the market.

I hope this is something that they are looking at to improve. But when their charts are keeping up, I like them better than Ninja. Extremely powerful, comprehensive and unbiased evaluation! You hit another home run.

I seem to watch your videos 5 hours every week-end and am starting to feel guilty for such a free service I know you are paying for. Your 4 videos have been, by a distance, the easiest to understand, most comprehensive and unbiased free resource that I have found. It is a brilliant gem and is worthy of far greater distribution. Congratulations and keep up the good work. Has a much nicer feel to it than NinjaTrader. Plus the data cost is next to nothing if you do the minimum trades a month.

Emini-Watch is all about Emini Trading and the 'Better' series of Trading Indicators. Emini futures are probably the best day trading vehicle in the world today and the 'Better' indicators are a very unique set of 3 non-correlated indicators that will give you a substantial edge day trading Join 9, traders who follow Emini-Watch.

Input your email address below to get Emini trading updates by email:. Emini Futures Emini Trading Indicators Pricing Blog. What Is the Best Charting Software? Monday 16 November There are so many choices it takes me 4 videos to narrow down the options!

Thursday 15 June Well reasoned counter-view on Bitcoin Wednesday 14 June Latest video from Emini-Watch.