- Qtstalker
Qtstalker is a free, user-friendly Technical Analysis software for
POSIX systems. It is similar to commercial software such asMetastock ,Supercharts andTradeStation , and keeps to a lean, simple design for speed, portability and low resource usage. Qtstalker can be extended because it uses a plugin model. It is free software, distributed under the terms of the GNU GPL.Features
*A point-and-click object-oriented graphical user interface
*Chart plugins include line, bar, candlestick, point and figure, and swing
*Customizable colors
*Logarithmic and linear arithmetic scaling, scale to screen
*Indicators plugins:
**Bollinger bands
**MACD
**Moving average
**RSI
**Stochastic
**and 28 others
*Chart drawing objects: trendlines, buy/sell arrows, horizontal and vertical lines, fibonacci retracement lines, text
*Quote plugins download data from online sources such as Yahoo, CME, NYBOT
*Data import plugins for plain-text CSV files and MySQL database
*The "Plugin" architecture for quotes and indicators enables easy future extensibility
*Daily, weekly and monthly chart compression (intra-day in development)
*Various data classes to support for investment types such as stocks, futures, indices, ratios and spreads
*A back testing function allowing indicator performance tests using actual trading data
*A very basic portfolio manager, for tracking open positions
*A Scanner that can scan the qtstalker database for charts that meet a user defined criteriaSee also
*
Technical Analysis
*Technical analysis software External links
* [http://qtstalker.sourceforge.net/toc.html Qtstalker documentation]
* [http://sourceforge.net/projects/qtstalker/ Qtstalker on SourceForge]
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