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 Silvester17 
Columbus, OH
Market Wizard
 
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maybe we can collect some useful tools for trading here. stuff like:

- economic calendar
- holiday calendar
- earnings calendar
- news
- etc


here're some of mine:

economic calendar (my favorite one, updates in real time), holiday calendar and earnings calendar:

Economic Calendar - Investing.com

cme holiday calendar:

https://www.cmegroup.com/tools-information/holiday-calendar/

earnings calendar:

U.S. Earnings: Company Earnings Calendar - Bloomberg

news (use your favorite news feed):

https://pro.twitter.com/

economic news indicator for nt:




please feel free to add your favorite tools

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 liquidcci 
Austin, TX
 
Experience: Master
Platform: ninjatrader, r-trader
Trading: NQ, CL
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My favorite eco calendar

Markets Data Center Table - Barrons.com

Site below great for watching volume on different contracts. I use it to roll to next contract.

Futures - Most Active Futures

"The day I became a winning trader was the day it became boring. Daily losses no longer bother me and daily wins no longer excited me. Took years of pain and busting a few accounts before finally got my mind right. I survived the darkness within and now just chillax and let my black box do the work."
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 kickmic 
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
 
Experience: Advanced
Platform: NinjaTrader + Gomicators
Broker: InteractiveBrokers, CQG
Trading: 6A
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for windows users

displayFusion Pro - for multi monitor users - this is a must - basically you can set up a bunch of custom sized windows that span across any portion of total screen real estate and then have those settings sit next to the max/min sizing options of your windows.
My chart images from my journal show all of the title buttons that I've setup

free apps...

DeskPins - make any application remain at the front. Great when you want your DOM, a webpage or online video etc to remain at the forefront regardless of zooming in out of a chart etc that is set to use much more real estate

DeskPins 1.3 Download (Free) - DeskPins.exe

Dimension 4 - sync the Windows clock correctly. I was finding Windows, pdesite the auto synch feature kept lagging the time on TWS - now its always exact

Thinking Man Software - Dimension 4 v5.3

Pangolin Screen Dimming Utility - adjust brightness for all/some of your monitors easily from task window

PangoBright screen dimming utility, from Pangolin Laser Systems


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 ericbrown 
Tulsa, OK
 
Experience: Advanced
Platform: Tradestation, TOS, Python
Broker: IQFeed, Tradestation, TOS
Trading: ES, SPY, Options
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I use econoday ( Econoday) for my event calendar. I use their iCal feed to throw it onto my Google Calendar and then review my calendar daily to look for major events.

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for windows users

displayFusion Pro - for multi monitor users - this is a must - basically you can set up a bunch of custom sized windows that span across any portion of total screen real estate and then have those settings sit next to the max/min sizing options of your windows.
My chart images from my journal show all of the title buttons that I've setup

free apps...

DeskPins - make any application remain at the front. Great when you want your DOM, a webpage or online video etc to remain at the forefront regardless of zooming in out of a chart etc that is set to use much more real estate

DeskPins 1.3 Download (Free) - DeskPins.exe

Dimension 4 - sync the Windows clock correctly. I was finding Windows, pdesite the auto synch feature kept lagging the time on TWS - now its always exact

Thinking Man Software - Dimension 4 v5.3

Pangolin Screen Dimming Utility - adjust brightness for all/some of your monitors easily from task window

PangoBright screen dimming utility, from Pangolin Laser Systems

[IMG]http://s26.postimg.org/kambfp061/PANGOLIN_SCREEN_BRIGHTNESS.jpg[IMG]

Nice. Never heard of Pangolin, definitely going to use that.

An alternative to Dimension4 that I prefer is simply using a GPO/Task to sync the clock. I try to cut down on as many third parties as I can.

Here is a tutorial for those who don't know how to do it.

Force Windows time synchronization more often

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 kickmic 
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
 
Experience: Advanced
Platform: NinjaTrader + Gomicators
Broker: InteractiveBrokers, CQG
Trading: 6A
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Nice. Never heard of Pangolin, definitely going to use that.

An alternative to Dimension4 that I prefer is simply using a GPO/Task to sync the clock. I try to cut down on as many third parties as I can.

Here is a tutorial for those who don't know how to do it.

Force Windows time synchronization more often

Thanks for this, I'm in a agreement on cutting down running of third parties - while Windows and IB TWS are in sync (2 second variable), I was unsure if I had completed the action successfully as the process seemed slightly different to the instructions as per the link.

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 JustinIsHere 
Montreal, Canada
 
Experience: Beginner
Platform: NinjaTrader, Multicharts
Trading: ES
Frequency: Never
Duration: Never
Posts: 113 since Dec 2011
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https://www.netuptimemonitor.com/ Continuously Monitor Your Internet Connection and Log All Failures

You can set custom sounds for when you lose your connection/when the connection is re-established as well.



For something that does the same thing, but free, take a look at this project:
https://code.google.com/archive/p/internetconnectivitymonitor

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 JustinIsHere 
Montreal, Canada
 
Experience: Beginner
Platform: NinjaTrader, Multicharts
Trading: ES
Frequency: Never
Duration: Never
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liteCam HD | Recording on screen with video, audio - liteCam This screem recorder has the option to record your webcam in a pip style, so you can see your facial expression throughout your trading session. The pip screen can be re-positioned where ever you like and also resized. It also has a timer recording, so you can set it to automatically start/end the recording at set times.

I've tried many screen recording tools, and I like this one best. The compression/file output size is also the best I've tested.

I use it to record the DOM and charts mainly to see when liquidity goes off, especially during economic events.

It's currently on sale on steam: Save 45% on liteCam HD: Capture twitch.tv Live Stream on Steam

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 RADO 
Melbourne, Australia
 
Experience: Advanced
Platform: SC, TradingView
Broker: CQG/AMP, IB
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I'm just using the Forex Factory android app on my smartphone for economic releases.

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