I have heard and read a lot of positive reviews on Sierra Charting. I am mainly looking for tick by tick real time data as well as back testing with the same data. Any experience or ideas with other providers?
In my opinion the best charting software provider is Esignal. I do really recommend it. The only problem is the price which is higher that SC. Of course you can buy it cheaper - Live Charts, but it is not the same as Esignal pro. Sierra Charting - I haven't used it. But also heard good reviews from few of my friends who use it.
IMHO, my first pick would be, Quote Tracker (now Medved Trader; Beta testing at the moment). Second pick, and my current charting software is Sierra Charts. Schaefer