I plan on signing up with AMP broker to trade micros and I currently use Thinkorswim for equities, which I really like. I was thinking of using a free platform with AMP simply for order execution, and doing the charting and data feed with TOS. My strategies are mostly chart based. Any thoughts or recommendations? I'd rather use a free platform as all the tools I use are in TOS. I suppose I just need fast order execution and the ability to do OCO orders.
If all you need is a DOM for execution i would suggest this one: https://www.ampfutures.com/platforms/r-trader/
i would suggest multicharts and rithmic or cqg and lastly tt if your more dom trader than charts. what i love about multicharts is being able to actually chart trade.
I agree with MarkBrown. I am with AMP and use multicharts.net. Great program. Can do charting, dom, can do oco orders , can program indicators and systems, or use some that come with the program. You can run systems automaticly but use caution here and test well. The C# language is challenging at times but this guy has a site tradingcode.net that is good, or it was. I just went on and the formatting for this site looks off. The CQG data feed is quick. Tried a demo of sierra chart awhile back. Also a good program with many of the same features as mc.net.
I forgot to mention that I use Mac and a lot of these programs (Sierra, NinjaTrader, Multicharts, etc) are Windows only. Can anyone recommend a good one for Mac?
investor rt from www.linnsoft.com or www.motivewave.com have Mac versions. IB TWS has a Mac version www.interactivebrokers.com
Tradingview lite version and CQG M are free, and because they are web-based, they support Mac. If you're a mac user, MotiveWave is virtually the only option for serious traders with AMP accounts but it's not free.