http://www.stocktradingsoftwarereviews.org/fxstra-review/ The worst and best in stock trading software Sun, 22 Jan 2012 05:50:24 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= http://www.stocktradingsoftwarereviews.org/fxstra-review/comment-page-1/#comment-754 Keith Fri, 05 Feb 2010 21:06:10 +0000 http://www.stocktradingsoftwarereviews.org/?p=311#comment-754 This might sound like a small thing to comment on, but it is actually very useful to have a charting feature which is java-based. Surprisingly enough, many market programs don’t offer this, instead offering only static charts that are updated every 15 minutes or so. Of course for the active trader 15 minutes might as well be 15 years. It’s so important to have lightning fast data and the ability to pull and manipulate charts on the fly. Java is great because it usually allows you to grab and spread segments of a chart, often times narrowing down to seconds or even milliseconds. Then you can see slight fluctuations that can alert you to emerging opportunities or danger signs. This might sound like a small thing to comment on, but it is actually very useful to have a charting feature which is java-based. Surprisingly enough, many market programs don’t offer this, instead offering only static charts that are updated every 15 minutes or so. Of course for the active trader 15 minutes might as well be 15 years. It’s so important to have lightning fast data and the ability to pull and manipulate charts on the fly. Java is great because it usually allows you to grab and spread segments of a chart, often times narrowing down to seconds or even milliseconds. Then you can see slight fluctuations that can alert you to emerging opportunities or danger signs.

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