Thursday, September 20, 2007

Platform Struggles

I use IB for my broker and platform. The software is powerful, but in ways I don't need and - worse - lacking in the things I really want.

All I'm asking for is:

Charting: I want to see intraday AND daily charts on the same instrument at the same time. I want to be able to zoom in and out on both with NO DELAY. I want to apply studies, specifically price channels, as well as stuff like ATRs. IOW, I want the kind of tools I saw at the class last week.

Scanning: I want to be able to design my own scans without having to reinvent the wheel. IOW, I don't want to have to manually perform an ATR or an StdDev calculation, I want my platform to provide those nuggets. I also want to be able to scan intraday, not just EOD. Is that asking too much?

Execution: I won't complain about IB in this arena. It seems plenty good in this arena, but it is lacking in charting & execution.

So what do you guys use for Charting, Scanning & Execution?

Jack

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