Free or Opensource Trading Platforms other than Metatrader?

hi,

anyone has positive experience with Free or Opensource Trading Platforms other than Metatrade?

with the current situation were it seems MT4/MT5 is heading Big changes for MT4 2013/2014... I'm considering to look into alternative options.

Preferable:
- runs also on Linux (or at least in Linux/Wine)
- option for coding automatized trading strategies (preferable in python or something like mt4 - but possible others: java..)



Some links still to check out (anyone used these ?)
TradeLink
Marketcetera

TradeStation

marketscope platform (see post by hayseed)

Protrader

cTrader

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hey ati..... you might try the marketscope platform.......h

fxcodebase

lua for beginners

thanks hayseed,

do you have any experience with marketscope yourself?

Ati

hey ati.... yes.... i use etradefx which uses the marketscope platform...... there are several excellent coders on those links above.....

last summer, after giving everything plenty of thought, i moved my larger accounts out of metatrader.... now i still have 3 mini's and 1 standard with ibx that use metatrader.... but those accounts are less than 20 k combined......h

hey hayseed,

BTW: Congratulation for your 2000 post: hayseed Joined Nov 2006 | 2,000 Posts |

thanks a lot - really appreciate it:

I read a number of good reviews of tradestation - if I may ask: what was the main reason you settled for "etradefx marketscope"

Ati

marketscope platform &
may be alternative to mt4 http://protrader.com/

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hey ati.... sadly it had nothing to do with platforms..... the main reason was the ease in which i could withdraw money, less than 2 hours during normal business hours...... etradefx is a new part of the etrade corp which i have used since the early 90's, banking , brokerage and such......

ibfx did offer tradestation but i felt it would just remind me of metatrader...... i was really bummed out with the metaquotes changes back then...... still am.....

of course it's their [program and i wish them the nothing but the best of luck with it......

and for fwiw, my decision long ago to vouch for fat , Renat Fatkhullin, CEO of Limassol-based MetaQuotes Software Corp.,
still stands even though forexfactory has done away with vouches.......h

hey hayseed,

Thanks and much success in your trading

Ati

made a decision: Going Platform independent! Going pyhon!

Also consider the cTrader platform (that is cAlgo, Connect API).