If you don't have Bloomberg any more... which software ?

Forget money.net. It does almost not have anything you are asking for, and what they have is utterly simplistic.

I recommend you to look at Eikon Xenith which sells for 100 per month for Realtime currency data and delayed futures and equities. You can add real time data for futures and equities as needed but then need you subscribe to the 150/month package and pay extra.

 

Absolutely agree. Excellent post. The reason I did not include the full Eikon option is that obviously money must be a reason OP has to get rid of bbg. Hence Eikon is not much cheaper. But the low cost Eikon version does what OP is asking for albeit with reduced Eikon features.

 

Lol, please get your facts straight. Symphony has nothing to do with money.net. In fact it's free to download and use. Anyone can get a symphony account.

 

Gotta remember your userid. Finally someone who knows what he is talking about. You forgot to mention that if someone wants to cancel within the 2 year contract period one has to pay 50% of the remaining months in the contract.

 

True. And I guess if money is a concern, I would look at the second-tier established vendors. For example, the Infront product is actually one of the nicer second-tier ones I've seen.

But whichever way, just stay away from the bottom feeders.

 

You may want to look at TradeStation. They came in first for professional trading platform and data feed in last months readers poll in the magazine 'Technical Analysis of Stocks and Commodities' Or better yet read all of the reviews yourself.

 

Indeed. Well spotted.

I *think* they used to let you escape that clause if you could find someone to take over your subscription, don't know if that's still the case.

 

Interesting product, never heard of Infront. Any other comparable second tier vendors you know of?

 

It is not a professional platform but retail platform. They offer little else than quote sheets, charts, and a bit of scripting.

 

That is true but only if the other individual is working within the same firm. That is how large sell side firms manage their BBG licenses: Their data teams often sit on, what they call "spare licenses" which are leftovers from those who left the firm or where let go. Those licenses can be freely assigned to new users within the firm. It is cheaper for the firm to way for a few months of non-usage and than assign it to a new user rather than cancelling the entire license.