If I open an account with tradestation do I have access to the tradestation & optionstation software? http://www.tradestationtechnologies.com/TSSoftware/index.shtm I notice that tradestation technologies sells the tradestation & optionstation software.
That's their 'legacy' site. I believe this is the current version... http://www.tradestation.com/platform/overview.shtm
So the software is included with the account? I was aware of the new site but wanted to be sure I would have access to the tradestation software, especially the optionstation software.
Yes, the software is included if you do xx shares /month trading i believe. I'm not too sure about options software though. Better to ask them.
Its about $250 a month with fees. $99 is the base rate that you get comped if you trade enough during the month. John
Tradestation as of Friday 5/1/09 will no longer have a stable platform to auto-trade on, which is particularly upsetting to many of its long-term clients. They are pulling their oldest release to make supporting their product easier but in the process losing clients. They potentially have a great product and service, but they keep mucking it up with their various unreliabilities. I love their backtesting and programming capabilities, but if I was a newbie and wanted a stable platform and planned to program in a proprietary programming language, I would go with Esignal rather than Tradestation.
I would say, yeah it's about $250 a month for data and minimum trading fees. They charge you 100 bucks if you don't trade at all. You have to do 10 round turns a month to avoid that platform fee.