Tradestation question

I was thinking about subscribing to the tradestation feed, does it come as standard with a reliable realtime forex feed? Is it very tricky to set up or use if you don't know programming?

Thanks

I'll be honest with you. Yes, its very tricky for first time users. Took me about 3 full weekends and non stop on it for about a month to really understand it and have things I want it to do 'become nature' for me. Thats just pulling charts, adding different things, time frames, inserting strategies, etc. If you want to program, well, I'm still learning and I had this for a good 4 months now.

Programmings the real hard part.

Thanks Xspowerx, so do you have to pay extra for a forex feed on top of the standard subscription?

Dark1,

I requested a demo cd online from tradestation and got a pretty nice package from them describing everything...the forex feed is free with the $99/mo platform fee, or you can get the whole thing for free if you trade at least 10 full lot round turn trades per month (forex that is). They have different fees for all the different markets listed on the website...but the forex feed is definitely free with the platform.

Hope that helps...

Oh yeah, they did call to follow up after sending their package but they are in no way pushy or trying to sell you something, just very helpful and easy to deal with, they have a great product and they know it will sell itself without desperate sells tactics.

good luck,

drjoe

Thanks Drjoe

I have been using Tradestation for several years -- primarily for futures. I think it is a solid platform. Contrary to what many say -- I am a believer in mechanical systems -- and Tradestation is an ideal platform for backtesting and implementating automated strategies. Easylanguage may take a little while to learn but in my opinion well worth the effort. The platform is now free if you have at least 10 futures contract round turns a month - I think the same holds true for 10 forex trades.

Malagiri got it all. And yes its free with those roundturn lots, but I dont like the forex broker they go through.

I use Oanda/FXCM for my forex. I have not used Tradestation's Forex platform. However, I primarily trade futures and am happy with Tradestation.

I got Tradestation on the month free last month (promo deal) and decided I liked GFT better (partially because of cost)...I thought all their online tutorials were fantastic, but a lot of those features are for equity only stuff....I couldn't even do a simple GTC order for futures (which is why I left).

OH OH! Despite what they say you CANNOT do automated forex trading that's where this mess started for me in the beginning....

Also I don't know if this matters to you or not but they only have 15 currency pairs....their spreads are pretty decent though....

AUDJPY Australia Dollar / Japan Yen
AUDUSD Australia Dollar / United States Dollar
EURAUD Euro / Australia Dollar
EURCHF Euro / Switzerland Franc
EURGBP Euro / Great Britain Pound
EURJPY Euro / Japan Yen
EURUSD Euro / United States Dollar
GBPCHF Great Britain Pound / Switzerland Franc
GBPJPY Great Britain Pound / Japan Yen
GBPUSD Great Britain Pound / United States Dollar
NZDUSD New Zealand Dollar / United States Dollar
CHFJPY Switzerland Franc / Japan Yen
USDCAD United States Dollar / Canada Dollar
USDCHF United States Dollar / Switzerland Franc
USDJPY United States Dollar / Japan Yen

Thanks guys, I was just worried about getting an accurate feed for now.