> it has a $140 per month base fee plus exchange fees It depends.
If you have no intention of using eSignal's Advanced Charting Package because you're using Amibroker for your charting and no intention of trading any futures contracts OTHER THAN the CME E- minis and CBOT Mini-Sized Futures and NYMEX miNY's, then all you need is the eSignal Basic Package for $85/mo or $59/mo pre-paid annual rate. You'll pay $30 extra per month for the e-mini data and $30 extra if you want to trade the NYMEX miNY's (e.g., QM crude contract). If you want to trade other futures contracts, then you have to get eSignal Premier PLUS pay $25 extra a month just for the privilege of being able to choose those futures contracts (e.g., full CME data feed, bond futures, etc.). I *think* that most people on this board who use eSignal have the Basic Package and just get stocks and the e-minis if they're interested in the futures. I use eSignal charting for my discretionary trading so I'm different from what you would call "the marjority" here.