What is the closest thing to Bloomberg (bar Reuters.. hate that thing)? I use Bloomberg at work and grew quite accustomed to it and still don't trade enough at home to justify bloomberg costs. Any ideas what I could use instead? How is tradestation? Any other ideas would be great. Thanks
I've used Reuters/Bridge back in 2001. Tradestation nowadays is, imo, better than what I had back then. if that's any help.
eSignal for quotes, charts. Or Tradestation if you like backtesting etc. Subscribe to DJ News ($30) and briefing.com. Grab a few RSS feeds. You can get a squawk box for $125. That pretty much will give you everything you need for about 25% of what Bloomberg costs. Who needs the Indian cricket scores and the price of Mongolian tanning hides that Bloomy charges in the basic lease?