I currently use ProRealTime for end of Day and ThinkorSwim for intraday trading. ProRealTime is a pretty great platform, but still being in my 20s, it is pretty expensive to pay for real time data. So thus being on a budget I use TOS but during fast markets, the charts are a piece of garbage. I talked to support and they said it's a known issue and that they are working on it. But they always say that.....also on days like August 24th, 2015 it simply crapped out with severe delay. As I expect another huge selloff in the future, I need to switch over to another software. What do you guys recommend that is free/cheap, is as good as TOS into the "feel" and "use" but key word being RELIABLE. Thanks!
Sierra is nice and cheaper/month than most - might feel a bit detached initially due to old fashioned GUI. If you have a broker account you don't get to pay high data fees. Multicharts is also free through some brokers.
Medved Trader is free (for the time being), and you can use TD Ameritrade or IB as a data source. Get it here: http://forums.medvedtrader.com/topic/1263-medved-trader-beta-instructions-symbol-formats/
I hear ya. For the last 3 days, TOS charts were off by more than 2 minutes!! Totally unacceptable if you daytrade. If you trade futures, I suggest you open an account with OEC (Gain Capital). Their chart is like Ninjatrader, only better IMO: http://futures.gaincapital.com/trading/software-highlights/index.cfm
thanks guys, i will be looking into all your recommendations this week. Here is an attached pic of the horrible lag... just imagine if your trading size.......