thinkorswim might be worth checking out for research/tools/charting/news. I believe it is free without a TD Ameritrade account if you do a "paper money" account

thinkorswim might be worth checking out for research/tools/charting/news. I believe it is free without a TD Ameritrade account if you do a "paper money" account. I think the only negative of that is the paper trading account is delayed a bit.