Trading software is used by day traders to place the entry and exit orders that make up their trades, and is often known as order entry software. Trading software displays the current (and sometimes most recent) prices for each market, and usually interfaces with charting software to provide a graphical view of the market.
Each day trading brokerage has their own trading software, so the trading software that each day trader uses will often depend upon which brokerage they choose. The trading software for some popular day trading brokerages are as follows :
Interactive Brokers : Trader Workstation (known as TWS) Transact Futures : TransactAT Peregrine Financial Group : Best Direct Some brokerage trading software is available free of charge as long as a trading account is maintained with the brokerage (such as Interactive Brokers' TWS software). Some brokerage trading software is available free of charge if a minimum number of trades are completed each month (i.e. if a minimum amount of commission is generated). Some brokerage trading software is only available for a monthly or yearly fee, which can range from around $50 to $1000 per year.
All day traders need to be familiar with their brokerage provided trading software, but usually you can use any compatible trading software that you prefer. Most brokerage provided and additional trading software offers a demonstration version, so that you can test the software before you decide if it is the trading software that you want to use. This allows you to become familiar with the software before you start using it for real trading, and it is recommended that beginning day traders use trading software that offers a demonstration version.
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