Yes, at least the version of Trade Ideas that comes within Scottrade Elite will allow you to watch custom lists or the entire market. Including NYSE, AMEX, NASDAQ, CME,TSX,TSX Venture and Indices. You can even select to see only ETFs or HOLDRS if you want.
This is exactly what I'm trying to research for as well. When I went to trade-ideas.com earlier (before seeing this post), it didn't seem too big on the idea of intraday scans. From reading on the site, it appeared to emphasize its post-market features (ie daily scanning, not intraday). I'll have to check it out again. I'm looking for some kind of scanning that notifies if a particular candlestick pattern has formed, as well as screening for a certain percentage move up or down over a specific period. I read a few comments about IB being able to do some scanning, but I'm dubious it can handle this (I'm with IB, so that piqued my curiosity). By the way, how about amibroker for such intraday scanning?
Trade Ideas will do both of these, intraday or post market. You can select from real time or a history (timeframe). However, you can only choose from the candlestick patterns it has on it's list and set up your own timeframe.
Trade Ideas does have some good stuff. Thanks. I think, though, am considering Amibroker, Sierra, or Investor RT for my needs. I'm looking for something that has charting and screening capabilities to go with the IB data feed.
Here's a good read from a trader called TraderMike interviewed by Stocks & Commodities. He's a intraday trader exclusively - holding no overnight positions. The online version below is a teaser, but the actual article in the magazine (I get a free subscription in the mail) mentions the tools he uses for scanning - trade-ideas http://www.traders.com/Documentation/FEEDbk_docs/Interview/interview.html
Bert Ti can scan for the following candles and time frames: 5,10,15,30m Doji Hammer Hanging man bullish engulfing bearish engulfing piercing pattern dark cloud cover The end.
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