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Just wanted to follow up on the subject I went to open tick and they still provide free data for the ym. Ninja trader also provides a free version that has charts. So basically u can have the whole setup for free. I know opentick charges for some of the other symbols but if your cool with just trading the ym its free. And free is fabulous. Thanks evveryone

hey jim, heres what i do. I have basically 3 charts up. a 5 min 1 min and 144t. I use the 5 min to give me more of the big picture of whats the day doing. I then basically make all my trading decisions off the 144t chart. I like the way it displays price and i get a better feel for what the market is doing. I run a stocastic over price to help smooth it out for my entry. The one min chart i just mainly use to look at volume(used to trade with minute charts so just have to have one up). I definitly like tick based charts better for reading the market flow. I can see the ups and downs better if that makes any sense. I also would run a 233 and a 377t. I compare the 144t to more of a 1 min the 233 to like a 3 min and the 377 to the 5 min. Really depends on what time frame u like to trade on. Those 3 i would say are the main tick charts but people do use all kinds(at least from traders i have talked too). happy trading jim hope i could help any more questions feel free to drop them.

sorry forgot to mention that those tick numbers i was using i use for the eminis(ym er es) but iam sure they work on other instruments just depends on how fast or slow your market moves.

Hey trader Jim Ive been using tick charts for a while now and i luve them. I use the 144t mainly for my enties. I also love the 43 ema for showing trend. The only real indicator i use is a stocastic d 6 4 2 helps smooth out price. (well i do like to look at a few)As far as other ticks its pretty common to see 55t 89t 144t 233t. Most people try to stick with fibb numbers cheers zentrader

Thanks everyone. I am gonna try open tick with the free ninja version. Hopefully it wont cost me a penny/ cheers zentrader

Hi everyone, I recently had to step away from trading for the last 4 months. I wasnt able to continue due to the cost of charting and other trading expenses. I know ninja trader has charting for 50 bucks a month but i dont know where u could get a cheap data feed.I would love to be able to get back in the game but cant afford 150 bucks a month for the charts. Does anyone know a cheap start up for charts. I would open a tradestation account but dont have the capital right now. I mainly want to get back to testing my ideas and sim trading. cheers zentrader