What is your favorite charting platform and why?

Discussion in 'Technical Analysis' started by TrendSpider_Jake, Dec 3, 2018.

  1. TrendSpider_Jake

    TrendSpider_Jake Sponsor

    There are a ton of different charting platforms out there. What is your favorite and what features make it your favorite?
     
  2. cafeole

    cafeole

    The free one my broker provides.
     
  3. ET180

    ET180

    The one I built myself. Aside from that, ThinkOrSwim
     
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  4. Do you do real time charting? I'm beginning to prefer my own matplotlib-based charts.
     
  5. ThinkorSwim. Can't beat it for the price
     
  6. Apollo13

    Apollo13

    It depends on what you want.
    tradingview.com has an amazing community behind it. Chock full of ideas etc.
    Free to try if you don't mind adds.
     
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  7. maxinger

    maxinger

    I am using Esignal as it can plot chart based on volume.

    Not really my favorite unless I have done competitor analysis.
     
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  8. Peter10

    Peter10

    thinkorswim
     
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  9. Specterx

    Specterx

    My favorite is Esignal. It comes with the data feed, but it wasn't until I looked into competitors that I realized how easy-to-use the software actually is - most charting software is unbelievably clunky whereas the latest version of Esignal seems designed around UX from the ground up. These days I use Esignal for all my long-term/swing-trade charting and watchlists.

    For daytrading though I use Ninja, firstly because Esignal trading integration with IB is broken, and second because Ninja is much more extensible - I've added custom code to automate aspects of my trade entry and management which AFAIK wouldn't be possible in Esignal. Ninja customer service and support is also top-notch.
     
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  10. TC2000
     
    #10     Dec 4, 2018
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