Charting and Technical Analysis Software Reviews

Read Best Technical Analysis Charting Software to get an overview on what is available.

Trading software has evolved in step with the amount of computing power available to the average investor/trader. Simple End-of-Day (EOD) charting applications were the norm in the '80s and '90s with long-time favorites such as Tradestation and Metatstock. Real-Time charting only made an impact on the retail trading scene in the '90s and in its own way helped to fuel the incredible speculative market "bubble" of the late '90s.

Real-Time analytics used to be the domain of the big money managers, hedge funds and quants but not any longer. Any retail investor or trader with an off-the-shelf Pentium 4 PC has sufficient number crunching power to perform "real-time" technical analysis on thousands of securities or financial instruments to look for predetermined chart patterns or technical conditions. Software like NeoTicker, have raised the bar for real-time analytics software and are empowering the average trader from home to strive for greater profits.

Whether you are a daytrader, swing trader, systems trader or simply a long term "buy & hold" investor, the following reviews will keep you abreast of what is currently available and possibly help you to choose a suitable software package for your needs.