Personally, even with it's many drawbacks Tradestation is the most reliable platform that I know of, however, as a TS user I need global feeds, that said, obviously Tradestation can run with Owndata, yet I am not sure this is reliable. Being a programmer I can easily convert my codes between all platforms, yet I do not know the state of the "other"platforms in 2013, namely :
Does Esignal and Metastock offer true 64 bit today? (Tradestation does not at the moment)
Which is more reliable in terms of memory consumption/feed stability Metastock or Esignal?
Is Multicharts realiable in comparison to Tradestation today (latest build with seconds)?
Amibroker anyone?
Does anyone have any comparative experience as of today (May 2013) between the aforementioned platforms and willing to share?