I'm looking for a chart software, but not sure what to use... Searched on the internet, but only found software that has no real trial... I don't want to have a very professional software, that costs much, and definitely don't want to throw out any money on the windows just to see what a program can give... Can anyone help?
Many of the charting packages have free trials. http://www.esignal.com/esignal/specials/default.asp#30day https://www.tradestation.com/newaccount/preaccount.aspx By the way, you get what you pay for.
Both prophet.net and bigcharts.com are free and real time for indexes, but you have to refresh the screen manually...
================== Big shark; Not much worthwhile free, in the ''sea'' of trading but see these. Interactive Brokers does; for account holders,free real time charts for stocks/derivatives. Like IB says ,have another broker & charts as back up Lots of thier moving averages strangly default to 9 ; but fortunately you /i can change it OXPS [oxptions express] has free charts for account holders[no minimum to open account]; real time options & stock thru prophet net. Thier data goes all the way back to 1987; in some cases to 1929 downtrend ,1933 uptrend All these are pleasant to ones eyes/highly readable/adjustable.
And OXPS/prophet charts are fine for time frames of; 13 minutes and longer.Probably my all time favorite for daily & weekly charts. IB seems to work better for smaller candle chart time frame entry.
You can get free realtime data for US stocks and futures from www.opentick.com just pay exchange fees. Works with www.sierrachart.com for charts. There is a free realtime fx data feed from fxcm available with www.ensignsoftware.com
you can open account at optionsxpress.com and have all their tools for free(real-time data feed for stocks and options). You don't need to have a lot of money on account, $1 is enough