No ones stopping your from adding your suggestions. It's also not clear what the poster means by "trading software". He says platform + charts. So at the very least it means order execution and charting. Many other platforms mentioned have much more such as advanced data mining, automated trading and strategy optimization.
I did tests on the following executions/feeds for futures: NinjaTrader on TT Feed NinjaTrader on PATS Feed X-Trader on TT feed X-trader with its native TT feed beats others by few hundred mili seconds all other things being equal. For charting TradeStation, E-signal and CQG are good. CQG is a bit more expensive, they calaim to be more reliable. I use E-signal.
One is EXPO Costs around $30k. Cheaper than many Mercedes. http://www.lmt-expo.com/lmt/products/expo.asp http://www.elitetrader.com/vb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=74941&highlight=EXPO+Bloomberg
Is it valuable as a trading tool? What would everyone recommend for a mid- to- longer term equity trading program??
I thought that I would approach the problem from a slightly different angle. I emailed 2 reputable brokers, namely Interactive brokers and MB trading to see what software they would recommend to use with their FREE data stream. I will let you know if they ever get around to answering.
I simply mean that I am not doing nearly as much day trading as holding positions for a few months--sometimes longer. While most of the blackbox and AI trading systems are designed for scalpers and day traders, I have seen many that distinguish between short and long- term signals.