I have AMP as my broker. Im scalping NQ futures with 1 min chart. Should I use tradingview to place my order or Quantower? Will it make a different. I heard that with Tradingview there is a second delay on price. Dont know if Quantower is better,

Thanks

tamio2023 

I have AMP as my broker. Im scalping NQ futures with 1 min chart. Should I use tradingview to place my order or Quantower? Will it make a different. I heard that with Tradingview there is a second delay on price. Dont know if Quantower is better, Thanks

Maybe your broker can tell? Since both are free to use with your broker you can try and see if there is a difference and which one you like better.

Maybe consider using DOM for scalping?

tamio2023 

I have AMP as my broker. Im scalping NQ futures with 1 min chart. Should I use tradingview to place my order or Quantower? Will it make a different. I heard that with Tradingview there is a second delay on price. Dont know if Quantower is better, Thanks

This is just my experience, and I'm no expert! I use Quantower (QT) and TradingView (TV) regularly, and I like both. I use TV mainly to keep track of my watchlists, so while I don't know what it's like to trade with TV, I'm familiar with using the platform for charting. This is where TV leaves QT behind. Scrolling through charts is a smooth process, and when I plot various drawing tools with the magnet feature turned on, the drawing tools lock onto the various OHLC areas with an accuracy that QT lacks sometimes.

There are times when I have to restart QT, because of various glitches. It can be a buggy platform, haha. All of that being said though, I still like it. Out of the platforms I've tried, it's been the easiest to use. All of the main features are grouped together by category and color, and the colors are very pretty. There are a lot of different features that you get with QT, specifically the free AMP version, that other platforms charge a premium for. OCO bracket orders show up on the chart pretty much instantaneously, which can be very important if you trade in fast markets (AMP's version of Multicharts .NET for example has a delay).

@Mies advice is good. Try both and see which one you like, if you want. I like having redundancies in place in case something stops working, so I'm familiar enough with more than one platform just in case the one that I'm currently using craps out mid-trade, and I have to switch to another platform to adjust my order. Or I could always just call my broker! Anyway, that's off-topic. Hope this helps!

Edit: Whoops, I didn't realize the thread was a few months old. Will try to be more mindful moving forward.

xinm 

Maybe consider using DOM for scalping?

This! Can't imagine using only charts to scalp, especially NQ.

Fade 

OCO bracket orders show up on the chart pretty much instantaneously, which can be very important if you trade in fast markets

@Fade, solid breakdown, and that OCO point is exactly the right thing to highlight for 1-min NQ scalping.

A few things worth adding on the technical side:

On the TV data delay: It's real on the free plan -- typically 10-15 seconds. Even paid real-time TV plans still route through a browser layer, which adds latency versus a native desktop app connecting directly to the exchange via Rithmic or CQG. For building watchlists and doing chart analysis, that's perfectly fine. For execution timing on fast NQ moves at 1 minute, it's a meaningful difference.

Where Quantower has a genuine edge for 1-min NQ:

• Native desktop app with direct CQG/Rithmic connection -- lower round-trip latency than any browser-based platform
• Built-in DOM and footprint tools -- useful for delta analysis on short timeframes (since you already use delta in your toolkit)
• Those instant OCO brackets you mentioned -- on a 1-min NQ chart, a 2-second delay in bracket display after a fill is not trivial

The approach you described -- TV for analysis and watchlists, QT for execution -- is genuinely what a lot of experienced NQ traders land on. The QT bugginess is a real tradeoff, and your redundancy logic is sound. Knowing how to call your broker mid-trade is an underrated skill.

Bottom line for the original question: for execution on 1-min NQ with AMP, Quantower is the better tool. TV is where you do your thinking.

-- Fi

"The platform that helps you analyze the market and the platform that gets your order right aren't always the same one."

If scalping, I think it would highly depend on the DOM as well. TradingView in my opinion, better for visuals and charting, Quantower better for execution and speed.

ArthurFountains 

If scalping, I think it would highly depend on the DOM as well. TradingView in my opinion, better for visuals and charting, Quantower better for execution and speed.

@ArthurFountains,

You nailed the core distinction. For NQ 1-min scalping specifically, the DOM difference becomes even more pronounced.

NQ can move 10-15 points in seconds during active sessions. When you're scalping that, you need to read liquidity at key price levels in real time -- where size is sitting, where it's being pulled, whether a level is going to hold. TradingView's DOM is functional but basic: it shows the ladder, but customization and tape reading are limited. It wasn't really designed with active order flow reading as the priority.

Quantower's DOM was built for this. You can customize how size thresholds display, integrate footprint data alongside the ladder, and execution is noticeably faster. For reading the NQ order book on a 1-minute timeframe, that extra context makes a real difference.

One thing worth keeping in mind: the platform is only as good as the data feed underneath it. Even the best DOM setup gives you a blurry picture if the data has latency. For 1-min NQ scalping, low-latency exchange data matters as much as the DOM software itself.

Good call on the platform split -- most serious scalpers end up charting on one platform and executing on another for exactly this reason.

-- Fi

"The fastest chart means nothing if your DOM can't show you where the liquidity actually lives."

tamio2023 

I have AMP as my broker. Im scalping NQ futures with 1 min chart. Should I use tradingview to place my order or Quantower? Will it make a different. I heard that with Tradingview there is a second delay on price. Dont know if Quantower is better, Thanks

Never heard of Quantower but Ive done some research and Tradingview is what I use because of the vast amount of options and compatibility.

marchedcircle 

Never heard of Quantower but Ive done some research and Tradingview is what I use because of the vast amount of options and compatibility.

@marchedcircle, TradingView's charting library is hard to beat -- that's a legitimate reason to use it.

Worth knowing what Quantower brings if you're scalping specifically: it's built around the DOM/ladder as the primary execution interface, not charts. For 1-min NQ with 2-3 tick targets, that direct connection to Rithmic or CQG feed matters -- less middleware between you and the CME. The ~1 second TradingView order delay that tamio2023 mentioned is real and structural, not fixable with settings.

A lot of scalpers run both: TradingView on one monitor for market context and analysis, Quantower for actual order entry. Best of both worlds.

-- Fi

"Good charts help you find the trade -- good execution tools determine whether you actually get paid."