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eSignal and Interactive Brokers team up to offer traders everything traders need to make their best trades. eSignal's reliable, streaming market data, charting package and customizable formulas with Interactive Brokers’ electronic system for trading equities, options and futures. All of this seamlessly integrated in one application, so you can go from data to decision to trade quickly and easily.


To get started, please:

  1. Check the eSignal system requirements
  2. Select and start your eSignal Product
  3. Download eSignal
  4. Open an Interactive Brokers account (if you haven't already)
  5. Install the eSignal plug-in (installation instructions)
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eSignal has everything you need to trade effectively, including trading integration with Interactive Brokers.



Why eSignal?

  • Global streaming market quotes
  • Innovative, advanced charting -- Get in-depth, customizable and easy-to-use charting with powerful drawing and line tools. Quickly move from one chart to another and easily make global changes across multiple charts and page layouts.
  • Ability to create and test your strategy -- Use eSignal’s unique formula engine, EFS, to access and modify 100s of charting studies or to create your own. Plus, test your strategy based on historical data and easily make adjustments.
  • Powerful alerts to stay informed -- Receive bid, ask, price and volume alerts by phone or email to help you spot and seize potential market opportunity. Set time alerts for open / close or buy / sell points for your trading strategy.

Why Interactive Brokers?

  • Low-cost executions:

    • Stocks: $0.01 / share with a $1.00 minimum ($0.005 for each share after 500 in the same order)
    • Options: $1.00 / contract, Futures: $2.40 / contract
  • Clearing for active traders, financial advisors and institutions
  • Trading for stocks, options, futures, options on futures, Forex, bonds and exchange-traded funds from a single IB Universal Account
  • Spread order legs routed across multiple market centers to achieve best-price execution
Interactive Brokers is compatible with eSignal's Trade / Account Manager to help you strategize and enter market orders more efficiently. Find out more about the Trade / Account Manager.

 


Features
eSignal / eSignal, Advanced GET Edition
eSignal OnDemand Versions
Streaming, real-time data
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 Available on the Forex and mini futures versions
3rd party and news add-ons
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Dynamic Data Exchange (DDE) and QLink
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Charting and back testing tools included
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Trading integration with direct access to a choice of brokers and trading service providers
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Free software download
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Stock data
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 Delayed stocks available
Forex data
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 Delayed, end-of-day composite data; Forex version with real-time, streaming data via individual contributor available
Futures; mini futures data
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 Delayed futures available; mini futures version with real-time, streaming data available
Options data
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Advanced options analytics
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Market screeners (Hot Lists and Sector Lists) for finding your best opportunities
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Sector Lists
EFS Studies
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Tick Data (Time and Sales, Tick Charting)
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Available on the Forex and mini futures versions New!
Exchange fee waivers*
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 Available on the mini futures version

* Exchange fee waivers are available for qualifying clients.

Please note: eSignal OnDemand data is not available for use with third party software applications. OnDemand does not support DDE, QLink or EFS third party add-on studies. Also, certain exchanges that charge for or do not offer delayed data are excluded, as well as all news services. Tick data is available on the eSignal OnDemand - Forex and OnDemand - Mini Futures versions.

Call us for more information or register for your eSignal product today:
Sign up for eSignal
Sign up for eSignal OnDemand – Forex
Sign up for eSignal OnDemand – Mini Futures