Stock Ticker

[Dragoon42]

any good recommendation on which stock tickers to use? I'm looking for a stock ticker online without any delays. Like up to the second info. Willing to pay a subscription fee for it. All the ones i've found have had like 15 min delays

 

[blipblop]

Hi, does your broker provide one? I use esignal, but it's more of a program and all. Go check it out. you have a 30 day free trial

 

[Dragoon42]

still in the process of selecting brokers. But most of the ones i've looked at weren't up to the minute. Yea i looked over esignal but it seems that it's really unreliable when there's a huge volume of trading. Like 1-2 minute delays.

 

[Nerva]

Originally posted by: Dragoon42
still in the process of selecting brokers. But most of the ones i've looked at weren't up to the minute. Yea i looked over esignal but it seems that it's really unreliable when there's a huge volume of trading. Like 1-2 minute delays.

real time data is very very expensive. chances are you won't be able to get it.

 

[lyssword]

There is realtime data available on msn.com money, but you can only get 50 quotes a day (unless you somehow erase cookies/log in with different email account )
http://moneycentral.msn.com/detail/stock_quote (click on realtime quote on the left column)

 

[George P Burdell]

I know Scottrade provides a ticker, but I'm not 100% sure if it is realtime or delayed.

 

[wedi42]

for a broker check out www.thinkorswim.com
real time quotes!

great pricing too

 

[thomsbrain]

Most brokers have this as a feature, but you need to pay like $100/month for it. Unless you're day trading, it isn't that important to have it. Any other situation, you're making more long term investments where a couple of cents won't matter, or you're using stop/limit orders, in which case it is unnecessary for you to know what the exact stock price is, because the broker will execute the trade in real-time automatically. And if you are day trading, $100/month for a necessary business expense shouldn't faze you.

 

[Dragoon42]

Originally posted by: thomsbrain
Most brokers have this as a feature, but you need to pay like $100/month for it. Unless you're day trading, it isn't that important to have it. Any other situation, you're making more long term investments where a couple of cents won't matter, or you're using stop/limit orders, in which case it is unnecessary for you to know what the exact stock price is, because the broker will execute the trade in real-time automatically. And if you are day trading, $100/month for a necessary business expense shouldn't faze you.

that's what i plan on start doing. Hence the real time. I'm going to check out that thinkorswim website. I don't mind paying the extra $100-$300 or whatever price it is for the real time quotes. Just matter of finding one that isn't bad.

I've been looking into DTN.IQ also. Anyone try this?

 

[richardycc]

most brokers will give you real time for free if you are their client, what you want is level 2 quotes, google it to see the different between real time vs level 2, ameritrade gives free level 2 to its APEX clients, or 9.99/month if are not APEX. other brokers might have a similar deal.

 

[Miramonti]

Originally posted by: Dragoon42

Originally posted by: thomsbrain
Most brokers have this as a feature, but you need to pay like $100/month for it. Unless you're day trading, it isn't that important to have it. Any other situation, you're making more long term investments where a couple of cents won't matter, or you're using stop/limit orders, in which case it is unnecessary for you to know what the exact stock price is, because the broker will execute the trade in real-time automatically. And if you are day trading, $100/month for a necessary business expense shouldn't faze you.

that's what i plan on start doing. Hence the real time. I'm going to check out that thinkorswim website. I don't mind paying the extra $100-$300 or whatever price it is for the real time quotes. Just matter of finding one that isn't bad.

Check out opentick.com. Its a free realtime data source (plus a few dollars of exchange fees) that works with a number of software platforms. Out of this, iirc, ninjatrader has a free version that you could use with it, altho I've never tried it.