I would suggest you to check this site : Software It has a general review of many trading platforms and techmical analysis programs. It also has comments by users on some of the tools.
Good luck on your traidings.
Ronen
I have been using EduTrader from eSignal (Dynamic Trend). It is an outstanding charting platform with some great scans for possible trades. Unfortunately you can't trade directly from it. But it has just about anything else you might want.
There are three main categories in trading software.
A) Data :- Prices can vary greatly for data feeds, with the exchange setting the base price. Such feeds are only useful to occasional investors.
B) Charting :- The vast majority of day traders will chart prices in some kind of charting software.
C) Trade Execution :- Once a trader has their data and can see and analyze it on a chart, they will at some point want to place a trade. To do so, they need to use some kind of trade execution software.
Thinkorswim BY FAR! Cheap commissions with flatrate, and an outstanding platform. Very customizable. I hate Scottrade and Schwab platforms.. not much experience with much else.