“...absolutely NOTHING comes close to SIERRA CHART and marvel of technology DENALI/TETON data feed/execution...
...allow me correction:
...one thing is above SC...
...that would be out of this World SIERRA CHART CUSTOMER/ENGINEERING SUPPORT...”
“I have traded futures for 15 years. Sierra Chart is simply the best trading platform for the serious trader. Steep learning curve but unmatched customization.”
“What I like about Sierra charts is that I get everything in one package. I don't need to add a third party vendor for, TPO, footprint, heatmaps, ect.
For me, the only thing bad about Sierra chart is when I use TPO (market profile). 1- I like to have my volume profile on the left side of the TPO instead of the far right. 2- I like to be able to zoom in and out of the TPO without compromising the lay out. Does not look crunch up.”
“Okay, first the "good": I nterface mostly love the interface and functionality for placing and closing trades. I started with Sierra Chart when AMP was offering it for free. When Sierra Chart started charging, I checked AMP's free alternatives, but none of them equaled Sierra Charts for the look, design, visual appeal of Sierra Chart. Of course, it could simply be that I had become so used to Sierra Chart that "nothing felt the same" and I did not want to go through the process of "unlearning" Sierra Chart and learning a new platform.
Now the "bad":
1. TradingView is free. Sierra Chart used to be free, now charges, so obviously, I would love Sierra Chart to be free again, too.
2. Trendline alerts. TradingView allows me to draw a trendline on a chart, right-click the trendline, and set an alert to make a noise when price touches the trendline. Even better (maybe Sierra Chart already does this and I just don't know how?) would be to set alerts for all Sierra Chart indicators. For example, having a noise sound when price touches the one of the "boundaries" of the parabolic indicator. Or price exceeds Average True Range. Or price touches the zero line of the MACD indcator. Or slope changes in the Woodies Moving Average (or, actually, any moving average.)
3. The biggest flaw - where TradingView has it all over Sierra Chart - is Sierra Chart's lack of a cell phone app that would allow me to receive alerts and enter trades. TradingView allows me to set, for example, a trendline alert, have it be reflected on my cell phone. NO NEED TO SIT IN FRONT OF MY COMPUTER ALL DAY! With TradingView, I can go out - shopping, visiting friends, etc. - and if price hits a certain point, an alert will sound on my cell phone and I can open the TradingView app and initiate or close a trade, as the case may be, and if I want, initiate a new one. Sierra Chart really needs to create a cell phone app that at least allows one to set and receive alerts and open and close trades.
4. My trading strategy sometimes is that if a stop-loss is hit, immediately to open a new trade in the opposite direction. Currently, in those situations, I have to keep my eyes on the computer screen so that I can see when a stop-loss is hit and then I manually open a new position in the opposite direction. It would be so much better to add to the list of stop options in the trading window, a "stop and reverse" option that, when the stop loss point is hit, automatically closes the position AND OPENS A NEW, IDENTICAL POSITION IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION.”
