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Edward Corona's avatar

As far as alternatives, I personally use power e-trade with Morgan Stanley mainly because they are my broker and I'm most acclimated with how it works. I also have three zoom meetings per week with them and thats what we use. I have also heard good things about Trendspider that I can have someone weigh in on as something more cost effective, But Blommberg has been and remains the Rolls Royce... It's basically Bloomberg then everyone else.

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I've got a couple of my subscribers who have access to Bloomberg terminals at their school. They've commented to me the tools I have are far more economical and easier to use. Professional data is great, but it still doesn't tell you if a the market will take a stock up or tear it down. Here are the tools I use: (all are linked at https://linktr.ee/dailystockpick)

1) Charts - Trendspider - I give subscribers my 4 hour algorithm and other strategies - sign up here - https://trendspider.com?_go=gary93

2) Seeking Alpha - I used the premium version as it provides a great Quant system that rates stocks based on 5 criteria, but they have the best analysis and tools for fundamentals - sign up here and save $25 and get a free 7 day trial - https://www.sahg6dtr.com/2L9M597/R74QP/

3) Finviz - before I got Seeking Alpha, I used this and I still use it. The fundamentals and screener they provide are top notch. - https://finviz.com

4) Webull for mobile charts on the go - sometimes I hear a news story while driving or I'm out hiking and I can't get to Trendspider so I opened a Webull account with some play money and they have the best charts for a mobile phone - bar NONE - sign up and get free stocks - https://a.webull.com/Nwcte9iTQnfaDYF6hA

I think too much information overwhelms me so I just want some charts with a back tested strategy (Trendspider) and the fundamentals of the company (Seeking Alpha) in order to try and decide when to buy or sell. I have listeners to my podcast who do options based on my analysis, but I'm definitely not an options guy. I'll leave that to Edward - the absolute expert!

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Edward Corona's avatar

Gary has been around so he can provide good information on some of the other players in the game...thanks brother!

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Sanjay sah's avatar

Best thing let the big guy pay for Bloomberg terminal and you his service fee and get the all the info

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Edward Corona's avatar

Well the subscription or service fee, is the cost...around $2,000 per month

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Sanjay sah's avatar

What are the alternatives of Bloomberg terminal ?

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Eric S Lipchus's avatar

I never splurged on the Terminal, my neighbor has one and I know traders that use them but I never found I could justify it. That said I easily spend 10k on trading related products a year. Benzinga pro I have a lifetime subscription, trade the news is another one, also moodys has NEWSEDGE now. I used the latter for nearly a decade. All solid news services. Have live feeds from Chicago pits and audio feeds. On top of many other services.

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Edward Corona's avatar

I have heard good things about Benzinga Pro too but never tried it

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Eric S Lipchus's avatar

It’s good. I use it daily. Scanners, filters, live data, charts also good to have redundancy. They have various live feeds. I like the news feed. It’s missing some news or late but generally it’s a good all around platform.

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Edward Corona's avatar

I'm putting out a blanket response in the comments

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scott's avatar

yea i’m a small trader no way the terminal works for me, maybe one day😁

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scott's avatar

oh great thanks much appreciated

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scott's avatar

ok much appreciated, I am with tos now but it seems to have some issues

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Edward Corona's avatar

I am also familiar with TOS Scott, and even though I do execute some of my trades with Schwab the transition of TOS did not go as smootly as they would have liked imo

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scott's avatar

what platform do you recommend if you don’t mind sharing, I trade options

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Edward Corona's avatar

I put something in comments to answer this

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Gianni Berardi's avatar

OpenBB

There is the free version for retailers:

https://openbb.co/products/platform

It started as an open source project but now it keeps the core functionality free for retailers.

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