Real-time charting with custom indicators

ThomasJ · May 6th, 2011, 2:18 pm

Can anyone recommend charting software that will allow me to easily display both price and custom indicators in real-time? Ideally I'd like to give it a Java class, or even just a text file to read from, and have it plot my indicators along with a regular price/volume chart. I'm really looking for something that's professional-quality, not something that's an afterthought by some brokerage company.

Hansi · May 6th, 2011, 2:25 pm

So Java based library? To desktop application or browser?

ThomasJ · May 6th, 2011, 2:59 pm

Desktop app definitely - browser is way too high-latency

Hansi · May 6th, 2011, 3:16 pm

I don't do Java but asked the Java guys and they said jchart2d and JFreeChart where possible candidates for real time graphing.

ThomasJ · May 6th, 2011, 3:22 pm

Thanks, we use JFreeChart internally but I'll definitely check out jchart2d