Trade Station - is it used by professionals?

[Sheen]

I am considering going with Trade Station as my futures broker. Is their trading platform considered professional? Is it used by serious players or do they all use TT?
My other concern is that it would be one application for both trading and charting. Is it a good approach to rely on one application running on one computer?

 

[homeforex]

Depends what you mean by pro. Most traders at the cme use either TT or CTS T4. TradeStation is for retail market.

 

[Patricia12]

Yes, number of traders use Trade Station. It is a good trading software.

 

[Sheen]

Yes, number of traders use Trade Station. It is a good trading software.

Is it also ranked as a good piece of charting software? I realise the best in the industry is probably CQG but it's a bit more expensive

 

[avano]

I think it is good for beginners but you are restricted to one broker. NinjaTrader is another one you can use with many brokers.

 

[Sheen]

I think it is good for beginners but you are restricted to one broker. NinjaTrader is another one you can use with many brokers.

What charting software would you recommend then? For a price lower than for CGQ.

 

[Patricia12]

Is it also ranked as a good piece of charting software? I realise the best in the industry is probably CQG but it's a bit more expensive

Can you share any good website to download this Trade Station?

 

[Sheen]

Can you share any good website to download this Trade Station?

As far as I know there's only one website - I am not sure if I can include any links in my messages in this forum.
Anyway, what other options are there? Is eSignal as good as Tradestation?

 

[Patricia12]

I did not hear much about eSignal so I can not say that it is as good as TradeStation.

 

[homeforex]

What charting software would you recommend then? For a price lower than for CGQ.

Sierra Chart with TT feed from Velocity.