So what's the deal?

[stockman20]

I live in the US and have recently found out that Wealth Lab AND TradeStation 2000i are not available here. What's the deal with this? I understand that you can get Wealth Lab through Fidelity and TradeStation through tradestation securities, but I don't want to do either of these things. Anyone have any suggestions for me as in alternative software (besides MetaTrader) or ways around this US ban? TIA
-Stockman

 

[Trader333]

You could try getting a second hand copy from eBay as I know others have done so in the past. Just be careful that it is an original and not a pirated copy as this has happened to others. Also you will occasionally find a T2W member selling their own copy which they advertise on here.


Paul

 

[lurkerlurker]

I live in the US and have recently found out that Wealth Lab AND TradeStation 2000i are not available here. What's the deal with this? I understand that you can get Wealth Lab through Fidelity and TradeStation through tradestation securities, but I don't want to do either of these things. Anyone have any suggestions for me as in alternative software (besides MetaTrader) or ways around this US ban? TIA
-Stockman

Try these:

free* real-time and historical market data for trading systems and trading platforms from OpenTick. Open Source API and platform independant.

NinjaTrader - Charting, Simulation, Strategy free - pay for executions. OpenTick compatible.

AIOTrade (formerly HumaiTrader) is a great platform independent Java package which needs some polish but is great for EOD analysis.

*User is responsible for exchange fees. ECN data is available without exchange fees. ECBOT eminis are free also, including RT YM futures.

 

[stockman20]

Thanks for the replies, I will try all of these avenues. I thought Ninjatrader's only purpose was to route orders from an automated system to a broker. Am I incorrect?

 

[lurkerlurker]

Thanks for the replies, I will try all of these avenues. I thought Ninjatrader's only purpose was to route orders from an automated system to a broker. Am I incorrect?

Yes. NinjaTrader can route both manual and automated orders. This costs money. The free version is an all singing all dancing charting package which supports many feeds, level II, time and sales information, more indicators than you can shake a stick at, backtesting / strategy analysis, and finally a full trade simulator. I just use it for charting though

 

[options]

This is worthy of a deeper look.

Many thanks LL