I would recommend using Excel to start. It's probably already on your comupter system, so it would be free to get started testing systems right away. And since it doesn't come with the libraries of technican indicators and bar manipulation that the specialized software comes with, it will force you to think long and hard about the logic of your strategies. On the downside, if you don't know the program, then it will be a lot tougher than something like Tradestation.
welcome. Let me know if you put a decision thru this process and what scores you give - could be something we all do and share ...
Is Neovest- First Alert the only firm offering highly programmable Real Time Market Scans? Like.. closed up x% yesterday, currently up x% with an average volume of x. etc, etc.
Like Previous days range, currently up x%, and average and current volume measures. This is the basics of what First Alert and TI can do. Stockfetcher is another who can.