I've been trading for several months and decided to lower my transactions costs. That is why I've decided to move my account to Interactive Brokers. But I found their trading platfrom not quite good for placing orders. Iâve spent some time looking for another software, and liked the following platforms: 1) 1st-Profit: visual order placement and intuitive interface 2) QuoteTracker: free and supports many Brokers (JIC, if I decide to move my account to another Broker in the future) Dear fellow traders, could you please just give me a clear and definite answer about why you are using a particular platform. Thanks for your help.
Is quotetracker FREE again? It used to be free and then they started charging a monthly fee or you had to open a TD Ameritrade account. Did they go back to being completely free like the past? I have been using or trying to use IB's chart trading software and I am not too fond of it.
Ninja Trader is probably the best front end available right now. If you are a serious trader, I would strongly advise using it above anything else. You can benefit from native 64 bit automation and also some indicators built into. Note there is a learning curve but NT does offer some free online courses. Maybe I will offer an advanced automation seminar for free if some are interested and can provide a free way for those interested to view it.
I use NinjaTrader for free charting and IB's booktrader for order entry. I love this combination (although I now have to use IBController to allow 1-click trading in booktrader). Sierrachart is also very good, that would be my second choice. Everyone's going to have a different opinion based on their trading style and workflow preferences. Take mine for what it's worth (not much).