Which MT4 platform you recommend for accurate rates and technical analysis?

Hello,

I've used northfinance's platform for long time now, but its getting awful day after another with a lot of white gaps in my chart. I cannot really get a real picture of the trend.

Please tell me which broker do you use for your technical analysis and most accurate prices? surely with the nonseen gaps or white spaces.

Please recommend one quick..as I am in the middle now, and I am an Oanda user who does not have access to charts at this moment (NF went offline..)

I hate NorthFinance!

Maybe you can try with Alpari UK, they offer unlimited MT4 demo so you can use it for TA. I've been using their demo for months now and i don't remember seeing any gaps.

Thanks, trying out that. If you notice MT4 of northfinance went down for a few hours now. Really such unrealiable stuff. I wonder, the live accounts are also affected like that?

Cause currnecies are swinging sharply now.

Hi,

I use alpari and can't fault them :-)

no, the live servers had no gap. the demo server sucked pretty badly all day though, it spoiled all of my forward tests.

I've always used the FXDD MT4 demo server and never had any problems with it.

I use WaterHouse Capital, TradeViewForex, FXDD, & NorthFinance demos for charting. Data-wise, they are the best 4 out of all MT4 brokers (and I've tried them all). Unfortunately, each one has drawbacks.

IMO, there are basically 2 factors that are most important for clean and accurate data. The first is a daily close at 5pm EST, not before or after. To do otherwise is incorrect and throws off daily candles.

The second factor is be open from Sunday 5pm - Friday 5pm (interbank hours). Too many MT4 brokers open late on Sunday, or worse, close early on Friday, which then skews all of my weekly pivot calcs (daily/weekly closes). I've tried probably 40 different demos, and so far only TradeView and NF follow those hours.

NF actually opens too early on Sunday (4pm), which adds a 1-hour candle on the daily chart each week (which then skews all trendlines based upon the daily chart). TradeView is just starting up, so their demo servers have been up & down each week.

I know beggars can't be choosers when it comes to FREE data and charting, so I really have no right to complain at all. I just wish any of the 3 ECNs that I use could somehow export live and historical data into MT4. That would be a dream come true. I've tried TradeStation, but it was a nightmare converting my systems and settings over. I'll probably give eSignal a test run next.

So bottom line, northfinance demo is the best so far.