For tips on how to best manage your data and multi-monitor configuration, see Tips for managing data and multiple monitors
For ideas on a trading PC configuration - see Recommended Hardware Configuration
Despite the overwhelming interest in "day trading" and live data feeds, successful trading is built on a basis of long term price history, so regardless of the trading time frame, its necessary to include an end-of-day data service.
Compatible with numerous charting programs Norgate Investor Services offer an extensive easy-to-manage data service, with excellent recovery set-ups. Separate history and program installers are always available for subscribers in the event of hard-drive failure, virus attack, machine upgrade etc.
Norgate offer a 3-week free trial of their services.
Choice of markets traded will impact live data providers. Zen-fire, and CQG provide reliable, non-filtered tick data.
For end-of-day charts I use Metastock 11 in conjunction with Norgate's Premium Data for Stocks and DataTools for Futures data
Nothing to my knowledge is easier in terms of constructing and managing watchlists, favourites, market sectors etc.
NinjaTrader is considered an industry standard for intraday trading.
It can import the long data histories provided by Norgate Investor Services
Using the multi-broker version of allows me to connect simultaneously to a live tick data provide and also my broker, Interactive Brokers, so that I can place trades from the chart - a method I find easier than typing prices into a DOM.
