Tess, thank you so much for writing about ECN, dealing desks and everything else, and Tymen, thanks for being so challenging to Tess.

After reading some broker reviews I already thought that everything in connection to forex is a plain scam.
I'm still learning about forex as much as I can (I've been investing in stocks only up untill now) and I'm about to open a small $1000 account for starters. I definitely want a ECN broker, but if they don't provide charts, where can I get them? I really don't want to spend a fortune for charting software, since I will only need 1h, 4h and 1d charts, with trendlines, candlesticks, pivot points and fibonacci retracements + projections.
If you could give some guidance about where to get free, or low cost charts, that would be a major help. My upper limit for a charting software would be about $200 per year.
Anyway, thanks again guys - this was the best thread I've ever read about forex brokers! You rock!