Software round-up

The first part of a series on trading software is presented. eSignal is one of the better known broker-neutral software applications in the trading industry. eSignal offers equities, options, futures and index data directly from global exchanges with tick and historical data, forex and fixed income pricing and back testing and strategy analysis. Another well-known software offered by many brokers is RealTick, by Townsend Analytics. With RealTick you can enter your orders through RealTick's order entry window and trade with one of several brokers across multiple asset classes and regions. MetaStock 10 is designed for traders who do their analysis after the markets close and is for both experienced and beginning traders. MetaStock comes with many out-of-the box trading solutions. CQG's latest version, 7.5, which will be released soon, offers order routing support for options and has added features in its TradeFlow charting system. CQG Trader is a quote and trading platform that provides DOMTrader and Quote Board.