How much do you spend on your...

[wallstreetsedge]

I thought this would be interesting...

How much do you spend on all of your software... whether it's professional charting tools, platform, web based software, scanners, streaming news, subscriptions to newsletters, etc...

[dusouth]

I don't spend at all. But I would like to know what platforms/charts etc...are good starting points for new traders?

[aiki14]

I spend over $1k/yr. Heck IBD, Barrons, and the WSJ are more than 1/2 of that.

[wallstreetsedge]

yikes, i didnt realize until aikis answer... i should have been more specific... i meant to ask how much does everyone spend MONTHLY

[wallstreetsedge]

I don't spend at all. But I would like to know what platforms/charts etc...are good starting points for new traders?

if youre starting out and dont have much money.. there are a lot of sites which will give you some free tools... www.tradeking.com is good and everything on there is free

if you're looking to swing trade, www.stockcharts.com has free charts which update every 15 or 20 minutes, i forget... they also have great dailly and weekly charts which are almost real time (refresh every 15 seconds) for $20-30/mo... which comes with a scanner and is very good too... the only issue with them is they have no intra day charts

ive also heard some good things about www.iqcharts.com i tried to check them out and the software is very basic but not bad... sometimes the chartingcan lag 1-2 seconds or you have to hit refresh but overall for a beginner its not bad...

[nickel_buck_fifty]

"the only issue with them is they have no intra day charts"

I use stockcharts.com and they have intra day charts that the smallest amount of time is 1 min and you choose how often they update, 15 sec, 30 sec or 60 sec. The charts are not considered "streaming" because of the 15,30,60 second refresh.

[freakscene]

under 50$

IBD and stock fetcher are all i included.

[wallstreetsedge]

"the only issue with them is they have no intra day charts"

I use stockcharts.com and they have intra day charts that the smallest amount of time is 1 min and you choose how often they update, 15 sec, 30 sec or 60 sec. The charts are not considered "streaming" because of the 15,30,60 second refresh.

really? ill have to look at them.. i know when i used to use them a while back they didnt have intraday.. i also know a couple of people who use it now and told me they dont have it but thanks for the heads up

[Albert0373]

Yep, only subscribers get the intraday charts, great tool.

[Homie2982]

25 a month ibd and other free sources charting i just use my tdameritrade platform. also use optionmonster.com for looking up options!

[mlegha1]

I use alphatrade.com for intraday charts no software download and works from work and home.It is $31 per month but you get a discount if you buy for a year.