chuckt101

Where did you find this statistic?

ZF Historical Quotes: http://www.ninjatrader-support.com/HelpGuideV6/helpguide.html?HistoricalData

Yes NT stores data, but you can certainly pull back data. Try it - sign up for a demo ZF account from Mirus and load up a fresh install of NT. If ZF didn't give you back data, you wouldn't be able to pull up, say ES 12-09 since roll over. Go ahead and pull up ES 09-09 data if you want. You may be confusing historical data in general with ZF not supporting historical bid/ask quotes (last I checked). My review was certainly not meant to be in-depth. I just noted the general feel did not feel like something that had gone through thousands upon thousands of man hours of development. I mentioned installation issues and lack of un-intuitive setup procedures. There are other little things as well. As you said, it's a hobby and I was just noting that point is definitely evident. The cost is reasonable (in fact quite good) however, what's to say your hobby shop won't disappear in 6 months leaving users with a product that certainly has potential however falls short of really being a key part of anyone's toolbox? I'm definitely not trying to attack the product: I think once you open the doors to accepting money from people, you need to take in the comments/critiques as well. I have complaints about NT & IRT as well Just my opinions.

I'd just like to say I demo'ed this software and it's really not ready for "prime time". Before the latest release this weekend, I couldn't even get the software to run (yes I installed the runtime package). After finally being able to run the software, it took a few minutes for me to setup my connection to IB & Zenfire. It wasn't 100% intuitive but the video tutorial on the ATrader website did help. I didn't quite understand the purpose of having IB for historical and Zenfire for real time charting (as you can pull historical ZF quotes, just not the full Bid/Ask quotes). Since IB doesn't run on the weekends and forces a shutdown each night, this is a real big hassle. Maybe I just misunderstood how this part works. I'm not much into indicators but there are a decent selection for those into it. I was searching for a good tool to display volume distribution profiles and ATrader does a good job. No real complaints but I wasn't really "wow'ed" either. Scrolling the charts is done via the keyboard, which I presume one could get used to but the lack of scroll bars and to be able to click & drag to move around & zoom was a little disappointing. It appears there is an annoying "register now!" reminder that pops up pretty frequently, which obviously won't be a problem if you register. For me, the software just isn't enough for me to shell out the money. It definitely has a "low budget" feel and unless it addresses some key data connection (mainly directly feeding of ZF for live & historical charting) and user interoperability (installation, hotkeys, charting) issues, this tool has very limited advantages to any of the established platforms out there. Just to add, what I did like was the volume profile capability, multiple supported data feeds, the integrated ability to upload charts, and of course the low cost.