Online Charting

[Dave1971]

I am stuck behind a firewall at work (that I have no way of re-configuring or disabling) and would like to know if anyone can direct me to a website with decent live charts than don't get blocked by a firewall.

It would need to be a website, rather than software download, because I would be barred from installing new software on the office network.

Hope someone can help.

Thanks

Dave

 

[CarpeUK]

I am stuck behind a firewall at work (that I have no way of re-configuring or disabling) and would like to know if anyone can direct me to a website with decent live charts than don't get blocked by a firewall.

It would need to be a website, rather than software download, because I would be barred from installing new software on the office network.

Hope someone can help.

Thanks

Dave

Dave,

The only one I use when at work is www.bigcharts.com. not sure if there is a delay on this or not, still a debate about it, have tried to contact bigcharts but have never had a reply.

Anyway hope you like the charts

 

[jklondon]

www.comdirect.com (15 min delayed) but good quality.

 

[tradertim]

If you`re after US stocks/indices/e-minis, then Swingtracker might fit your needs. It has both EOD and intraday charts, with most of the usual indicators/lines, scanning, and watchlists. Further details at www.swingtracker.com .

 

[Dave1971]

Thnaks for the quick replies.

Looked at Bigcharts before which are good and will give live (or very near) charts, but they are static. I am looking for a scrolling or auto refreshing chart so I can follow price action without constantly reloading the chart.

I know Lycos do one for some of the major US indicies, but I have used them before and it keeps locking up or losing its data feed connection and the whole site has to be reloaded.

Dave

 

[tradertim]

Dave, sorry just remembered Swingtracker does in fact need a download. What I meant to suggest was www.prophet.net .

 

[Dave1971]

Thanks Tradertim

This is a good site, and reasonably priced too. Unless I am not looking right they don't cover forex though, you don't happen to know a similar web based service for forex do you?

Sorry to be a pain

Cheers

Dave

 

[tradertim]

I don`t follow Forex, but if you click on the "futures" quotes link (at bottom of homepage), Prophet.net do show a list of currencies which presumably can be charted.

 

[JayF_eSignal]

MarketCenter, one of our offerings from eSignal, has real-time Forex quotes and charts available, and it will poke it's way through a firewall. It's powered by the GTIS data feed, which is a composite foreign exchange feed from hundreds of contributing banks. Here's an example of what it looks like.

 

[JayF_eSignal]

One other item you may want to consider is QuoTrek. If you own or plan on owning a PDA, you can get real-time streaming Forex quotes and charts on your handheld, and MarketCenter is included with that subscription.

 

[Dave1971]

Thanks JayF

This would be just what I need but I am a little concerned that the website states it is 100% Java based, and I have been unable to run any Java applications at work before now.

I n my strict circumstances do you think it may still be possible to run streaming charts from behind the firewall. (Acknowledged that you can't give 100% accurate advice without knowing my network configuration)

Dave

 

[c6ackp]

Hi Dave - I use prorealtime.com - no probs with firewall - it is java based but it ran first time for me, whereas other java based stuff won't work here. It'll cost approx 100 quid for 3 months. They give you a week evaluation first to see if you like their data. The back-test/strategy stuff is good too.

Doesn't do ftse though (like watching paint dry anyway ) and currently no volumes on the dow, but most currency pairs are available - I would recommend them.

Regards,
Steve

 

[JayF_eSignal]

Dave,

Hard to say for sure as port 80 might be going through some kind of proxy server that is monitoring inbound and outbound connections and may block our data, but I can say with confidence that it is very likely to work. We even give a month free to try it out.