Why pay for FX feed/charts?

[Mr Dynamite]

Hi! Looooong-time lurker (geez, I remember when there were only 2k odd members here!). Finally got myself made redundant, now wanna take my long time interest in FX spread-betting more seriously (fear not, the payoff moneys safe!).

I've been trialling the FX package from Prorealtime now for a days, alongside the free services like 'FxPowercharts' from DailyFX.com and 'Intellicharts' from FxTrek - which all seem to be realtime too. But free!

What would be the benefit of paying for services such as Prorealtime when it seems you can get the same for free? Or am I missing something fundamental here?

Many thanks in advance folks.

 

[Trdr]

Don't know there are any advantages excepting if one's using a standalone charting program which then requires having to pay for an fx feed.

The most sophisticated free demo/real charting/order-entry/feed program is MetaTrader 4 available from many fx brokers, in the UK see: http://www.alpari-idc.com/
several MT threads here on T2W, many other forums and:
http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/MetaTrader_Experts_and_Indicators/