If you like TOS charts but can live without trading from the chart, then just use TOS for charts (since you already have that) and then trade from IB.
if i had a nickel for every time i heard someone say this or i told someone to do this i'd have a lot of nickels...it seems tos may have a lot of accounts but none of them will be funded after the recent problems. i can only imagine the weekly staff meetings... tda president: the good news is we didn't lose a single account even after screwing over our traders. the bad news is their isn't a single funded account. what do we do? random person named bob: umm...go back to what make tos a success in the first place... tda president: bob, shut up. when i want your opinion i'll give it to you.
You can use NinjaTrader for free for charting and full analysis capabilities and it does connect automatically. You can download at the link below and configure it via this link - http://www.ninjatrader.com/ConnectionGuides/Interactive-Brokers-Connection-Guide.php We also hold multiple free daily training webinars to help you get started - http://www.ninjatrader.com/webinars
Correct and thanks for clarifying this point. Unlike NinjaTrader 6.5 our current production version NinjaTrader 7 does support user definable automatic connect on start up.