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Thank you very much smwinc. I know a few institutions that trade through EBS.... Ive seen the buy/sell execution EBS keyboards. Not an option for me either.
I used to use Reuters... I believe it was the Kobra version. I did like the PowerPlusPro feature but found the charting to be unbelievably horrible. I never used such an inferior product in my life... primarily because I only use charts and was trading futures while using Reuters.
I use CQG and IRT at the moment. CQG for charts and backtesting and IRT for market profile (also charts). CQG has one of the worst market profile packages.
Went to the Tokyo Grain Exchange the other day and browsed around different execution vendors. How is TT? I chatted with a few vendors including Platz, TT, Reuters, and GL.
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Reuters (finally) ditched their charting, and now include Metastock as standard for all charts. However I completely agree with you, I only use the chart feature in the most basic sense, like looking at past economic indicator data, etc.
Yes - CQG Market Profile is actually surprisingly poor.
I have traded with Pats & Ecco, Bloomberg, Reuters and Retail brokers. I have not heard of Platz or GL? Without question, for us prop traders, TT is the best, by far. It's like comparing an electronic trader to a phone broker and asking who is going to be faster. There is no substitute. I would rather trade with no charts and no chair, than not use TT to execute through
Downside: They have been slow to add in Asian markets. Hang Seng is only new, JGB is new, etc. Singapore/Taiwan wasn't that long ago either.
Also, cost does creep up on you, quickly. Its a one of fee per extra exchange AND additional monthly fee for each exchange. Reuters + CQG + TT means its an achievement breaking even these days
