Try QtStalker. You can find it here: http://sourceforge.net/projects/qtstalker In addition to charts, it has a pretty good backtest engine with customizable rules. The only thing lacking is the scripting capability. It would probably be good enough for 90% of the people.
I'm not personally looking for a charting app. I wrote my own in Windows and will someday port it to Linux if I can ever find a decent data feed for Linux that doesn't cost an arm and a leg.
I didn't think IB supported backfeed via the API. Or does it? If so, how many days, etc.? I haven't looked at their API lately.
My understanding is that they are now providing backfill. I collect and db the data, so I don't need the provided backfill.
Hmm... It does look like there is a weeks worth of backfill available from the IB API now. I might have to look closer at this as it might do all I need it to. Guess I better get started on my port to Linux.
Hi pheonix, Just start collecting and utilize as needed. btw, I switched to Linux a few months ago and will never look back.
Yeah. I can do that for the things I watch all the time, but sometimes I need to pull up a chart I haven't been collecting for (or if for some reason I miss a day of data, etc.). That's when I need backfill. The option for it has to exist and work well.