The Subscription level you need will be based on the style of analysis your trading strategies use (Volume Profile, TPO Profile, Volume Analysis, etc). If you were referred to us by a trading educator, find out what Subscription level they recommend based on the tools they use for analysis. Use the pricing table to compare features and pricing.
Linn Software, the developer of Investor/RT, is not a market data provider. We partner with vendors of subscription real-time data services and with brokers who provide streaming market data to their brokerage clients. For historical market data, Linn Software offers subscriptions to DTN Market Access Historical Service (DTN MA). DTN MA can be used as a standalone source of historical data for after-market analysis and backtesting. DTN MA is strongly recommended for Investor/RT clients who elect to receive real-time data from a broker data source. In this context, DTN MA is used by Investor/RT to automatically backfill the historical data for each symbol upon connection to the real-time source. For more information see the DTN MA section below.
| Data Provider | Phone Number | Website |
| IQFeed | 800-475-4755 | http://www.iqfeed.net |
| Configuration | Trade from Charts | Server Side OCO/OSO support | Server Side Trailing Stops | Visualize Positions on Charts |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CQG | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Gain Futures | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Rithmic | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| TransAct Futures | Yes | No | No | Yes |
| Infinity Futures | Yes | No | No | Yes |
| Interactive Brokers | Yes | No | No | Yes |
For your Information
Approximately 90% of our brokerage feed clients use DTN MA for backfill, a good indication of its value.
- What is DTNMA?
- DTN MA is a historical data service hosted by DTN and marketed by Linn Software to Investor/RT users.
- Why would I need it?
- Users that feed Investor/RT using brokerage account usually find that the historical data coverage provided by their broker is unreliable, incomplete, or insufficient. Here is an example.
- What does it cost?
- The cost is $15/month. The feature can be enabled at any time by logging into your account on this website.
- How does it work?
- You will always use your brokers symbols for real time data but when your license includes DTN MA, you simply open the Instrument Set-up Window for each symbol by pressing Alt-A. Then add the DTN symbol at the bottom into the field labeled DTN Symbol. After that, all historical back fill requests are routed to DTN historical servers and your real time tick data continues to come from your broker.
- Where can I find DTN Symbols?
- You can view a list of the most often traded symbols using our Symbol Guide. For a more exhaustive list of symbols, visit visit the IQFeed website.
New Users that do not have a real time source of data, but would still like to try Investor/RT, can do so using a Demo ticker symbol ($DEMO) that is built into Investor/RT. Simply Download Investor/RT and open a new chart using the ticker symbol $DEMO. Please note that this data is random data that is streaming from our servers and does not actually represent an Instrument or real ticks. Certain Indicators and Periodicities rely on real tick data with volume for each trade to operate. Therefore, if you're analysis requires tick data, and you would like to test drive Investor/RT with real tick data, you can either get a trial from a supported data source listed above, or you can request a 14 day free trial from us and just elect to have DTN Market Access Historical data service as part of your trial when you sign up. Although DTNMA is not a real time feed, it will provide a reliable source of data that you can download and use for testing.
Yes. Linn Software is pleased to provide an Investor/RT 14-Day free trial usage period under these conditions:
- You have a market data source (IQFeed, eSignal or a broker feed). Data Vendors lists the various data sources compatible with Investor/RT.
- You have not had an Investor/RT trial or been a subscriber within the last six months.
- You provide valid billing information when setting up your trial. Charge cards are validated, however no charges apply during the trial period.
- If you elect to subscribe after the 14 Day period, simply do nothing and your billing will commence after 14 days. Note that you may wish to configure the product to suit your needs by managing your subscription.
- Subscription changes are allowed during the trial period, should you wish to change the product configuration to better suit your needs. To do so, login to the site and from your Account page click on the Subscriptions tab where you can manage your subscription by choosing a different configuration.
- If you elect to end your trial during the 14 Day period, you must be logged in and from your Account page click on the Subscriptions tab where you can then click Manage subscription. The End Subscription button is on the top right. You will have to verify your credentials (see below), however no charges will occur.
- After becoming a subscriber, you can end your subscription at any time no less than 48 hours prior to your billing date. You can continue using the product until your current term ends. Afterwards, you can resubscribe at any time. Trial users can end their subscription at any time.
- Linn Software is 100% PCI compliant and does not record or store any sensitive customer financial data on its servers, therefore any subscription changes or cancellations require the customer to enter a valid card number with matching address and CVV code for security purposes.
Investor/RT has a very small footprint compared to most other trading platforms. It can run on any modern Windows 7 or Windows 10 machine with atleast 4GB of RAM but atleast 8GB is preferred. We recommend Windows 10 since that is the operating system that our development staff uses when building and testing. We do not suggest Windows 8 and we no longer support Windows XP.