amibroker

Stability: - Regular BETA, pretty stable, should work fine in most environments

This is a BETA version. Make a backup first

A new beta version (5.56.0) of AmiBroker has just been released.

32-bit version:
http://www.amibroker.com/members/bin/ab5560beta.exe
(2 158 208 bytes)

64-bit version:
http://www.amibroker.com/members/bin/AmiBroker5560x64.exe
(9 526 872 bytes)

If you forgot your user name / password to the members area you can use automatic reminder service at: http://www.amibroker.com/login.html

IMPORTANT: Unauthorized copying and/or distribution of materials found on members' only page is STRICTLY PROHIBITED and will result in IMMEDIATE termination of license.

Remember to BACKUP YOUR FILES FIRST !
Note that this version can only be installed onto previous full installation of version 5.50 or higher from http://www.amibroker.com/download.html

CHANGES FOR VERSION 5.56.0 (as compared to 5.55.1)

1. New Analysis: A new walk-forward summary report that covers all out-of-sample steps
2. New Analysis: walk forward procedure now produces detailed reports for every out-of-sample step
3. Enhanced backtest report: color-coding 'good' and 'bad' values in backtest report
4. Report: a note added to tooltips for Sharpe ratio and UPI metrics telling where user can change risk-free rates for those metrics
5. Report Explorer 1.0.2 - added alternate row background color
6. Removed "00:00:00" time in the "date from" in the backtest report / settings page
7. Param window: clicking on category that had exactly same name as parameter resulted in changing parameter value. Fixed.
8. Analysis: all custom metrics were treated as numbers (for example got formatted with thousand separator). Now AmiBroker custom metrics of string type are treated as strings and do not get any extra formatting for the display.
9. Added recommendation to activate multithreading to the performance warning tooltip when multithreading is currently turned OFF.

CHANGES FOR VERSION 5.55.1 (as compared to 5.54.0)

1. Random characters could appear in list view clipboard copy in 5.55.0. Fixed in 5.55.1.
2. _SECTION_BEGIN/_SECTION_END/_PARAM_VALUES appeared twice in auto-complete listbox. Fixed.
3. SetOption("PortfolioReportMode", x ) changed exploration columns too. Fixed. (bmg#92)
4. AFL: new function GetAsyncKeyState( vkey )
5. AFL: Status() function supports new fields "lastbarend", "lastbartimeleft", "timeshift"
6. List view clipboard copy now uses regional settings decimal separator.
7. Charting: added left- and right extend option to the rectagle drawing tool
8. List view date column sort was incorrect when regional settings time format was set to: H:mm:ss. Fixed.
9. When multithreading in charts was turned OFF, drawing tools did not work properly in 5.53-5.54. Fixed.
10. XYChartAddPoint does not generate error anymore when Null values are passed as X, Y co-ords. Instead it silently ignores such points (they are not plotted) and XYChartAddPoint returns FALSE (0)
11. AFL: new function StaticVarInfo( "varname", "field" )

CHANGES FOR VERSION 5.54.0 (as compared to 5.53.1)

1. New Analysis: "Sync chart on select" did not respect linked charts and symbol lock. Fixed.
2. AFL: new function XYChartSetAxis( "chartname", "x-axis name", "y-axis name" )
3. AFL: new function XYChartAddPoint( "chartname", "text", x, y, color )
4. New Analysis: Implemented XY (scatter) charts in Explorations (see Read Me for the details)
5. {{INTERVAL}} gave incorrect (unstable) results in custom n-tick/n-range/n-volume charts when used with multithreading. Fixed.
6. Interval(2) returned incorrect (unstable) results in custom n-tick/n-range/n-volume charts when used with multithreading. Fixed.
7. Preferences: Currency page was not working properly. Fixed.
8. Status bar look matches now appearance settings (esp. visible in VS2012 style)
9. Parameter window now allows to select combined styles (like styleHidden) as well as their components styleNoRescale+styleNoDraw independently
10. User setting for minimum pixel spacing in X grid (Tools->Preferences, "Axes / Grids") - it is recommended to keep it at default value (60 pixels), for denser grid use less spacing (minimum 30 pixels), for wider grid use more x spacing (maximum 120 pixels)
11. Sometimes panes did not refresh to final size when chart sheets are switched (for example - one tab has only one pane second tab has two panes). Fixed.

CHANGES FOR VERSION 5.53.1 (as compared to 5.53.0)

1. Trend lines and other drawing tools sometimes were blinking or disappeared in 5.53.0. Fixed
2. Plots with styleDashed mixed with plots using other styles could cause continuous growth of rendering time in 5.52/5.53. Fixed.

CHANGES FOR VERSION 5.53.0 (as compared to 5.52.0)

1. Triangle drawing tool now supports filled interiors
2. Vertical selector line was flicerking with RT update when more than one chart window was open. Fixed
3. SetChartGradientFill renamed to SetGradientFill
4. SetGradientFill now has 2 more arguments: baseline and baselinecolor. Allows reverse gradient chart (such as underwater equity) and 3 color gradients top->baseline->bottom
5. Added 2-year and 5-year x grid spacing
6. Gradient chart sometimes disappeared when null values were in the data set and chart was zoomed out to the maximum. Fixed.
7. GUI: Preferences dialog adjustments (moved "bold" checkbox in color page, removed obsolete "show vertical line" boxes in charting page, moved candlestick outline color settings from charting to color page )
8. styleClipMinMax interferred with styleGradient in 5.52.0. Fixed (both styles can now be used independently as well as combined together)

CHANGES FOR VERSION 5.52.0 (as compared to 5.51.1)

1. Chart themes implemented, featuring new look, new grid settings, new background gradient fills, predefined themes for more details see: http://www.amibroker.com/guide/h_themes.html
2. Charts: X-axis algorithm rewritten (now it is clearer and prevents overcrowded/unreadable X labels)
3. Charts: added native gradient area charts. Gradient chart is obtained using styleGradient. Upper gradient color is specified by color parameter in Plot() function, bottom gradient color is either background color or can be defined using SetChartGradientFill function. styleGradient can be combined with styleLine
4. Charts: Plot/PlotForeign/PlotOHLC now adds extra parameter "width" that controls the width of the line. Positive values specify PIXEL width, negative values specify width in percent of current bar width.
5. Eliminated build-up of rendering times caused by growing of MFC temporary GDI object maps in non-UI threads. Now rendering engine uses direct WINAPI calls without MFC
6. View->Filtering menu was disabled in 5.51.x. Fixed
7. Data window was not working in 5.51.x. Fixed
8. " Show middle lines" = "NO" causes date axis to be moved down outside visible area. Fixed.
9. Selector line was not working correctly in 5.51. Fixed.
10. Bold dotted trendline did not work in 5.51 BETA. Fixed
11. AFL: LinearReg/LinRegSlope/LinRegIntercept/TSF/StdError display proper error message when user passes negative (wrong) parameter
12. Study tooltip information now includes also number of bars between start and end of the trendline
13. New Analysis: saving last column layout works better
14. Account manager: Edit->Undo menu was missing. Fixed.
15. GetFnData() now supports retrieving "Address" field too
16. On Win98 and above drawing engine uses DC_PEN/DC_BRUSH for speed
17. Optimize() reduced possibility of IEEE floating point accumulation errors with steps PlotShapes() does not plot multiple times in same x/y pos anymore - it results in faster rendering when shapes overlap (large zoom outs)

CHANGES FOR VERSION 5.51.2 (as compared to 5.51.1)

1. PlotShapes() rendering was slower in 5.51 than in 5.50. Fixed.
2. Interpretation was blank with new rendering engine. Fixed.
3. Charts: Quick AFL was disabled in new rendering engine causing slowdowns with > 100K bars. Fixed

CHANGES FOR VERSION 5.51.1 (as compared to 5.51.0)

1. fix for low-level Gfx* functions causing crash when multithreaded GDI was enabled

CHANGES FOR VERSION 5.51.0 (as compared to 5.50.5)

1. Charts: Multithreaded GDI chart rendering implemented for super-smooth UI response and preventing GDI-intensive charts from detoriating entire UI responsiveness
2. Maximum rendering time limit increased to 1000ms (1sec) when multithreaded charts + GDI are enabled (allowing 2 times more complex plots without Warning 901)
3. 64-bit only: brand new eSignal 64-bit plugin (3.0.0BETA)

KNOWN ISSUES:

1. None

For more details, instructions and examples how to use new features see the 5.56.0 BETA READ ME.

Filed by Tomasz Janeczko at 6:07 am under Beta,Releases
Comments Off on AmiBroker 5.56.0 BETA released

Stability: - Regular BETA, pretty stable, should work fine in most environments

This is a BETA version. Make a backup first

A new beta version (5.55.1) of AmiBroker has just been released.

32-bit version:
http://www.amibroker.com/members/bin/ab5551beta.exe
(2 131 912bytes)

64-bit version:
http://www.amibroker.com/members/bin/AmiBroker5551x64.exe
(9 522 378 bytes)

If you forgot your user name / password to the members area you can use automatic reminder service at: http://www.amibroker.com/login.html

IMPORTANT: Unauthorized copying and/or distribution of materials found on members' only page is STRICTLY PROHIBITED and will result in IMMEDIATE termination of license.

Remember to BACKUP YOUR FILES FIRST !
Note that this version can only be installed onto previous full installation of version 5.50 or higher from http://www.amibroker.com/download.html

CHANGES FOR VERSION 5.55.1 (as compared to 5.54.0)

1. Random characters could appear in list view clipboard copy in 5.55.0. Fixed in 5.55.1.
2. _SECTION_BEGIN/_SECTION_END/_PARAM_VALUES appeared twice in auto-complete listbox. Fixed.
3. SetOption("PortfolioReportMode", x ) changed exploration columns too. Fixed. (bmg#92)
4. AFL: new function GetAsyncKeyState( vkey )
5. AFL: Status() function supports new fields "lastbarend", "lastbartimeleft", "timeshift"
6. List view clipboard copy now uses regional settings decimal separator.
7. Charting: added left- and right extend option to the rectagle drawing tool
8. List view date column sort was incorrect when regional settings time format was set to: H:mm:ss. Fixed.
9. When multithreading in charts was turned OFF, drawing tools did not work properly in 5.53-5.54. Fixed.
10. XYChartAddPoint does not generate error anymore when Null values are passed as X, Y co-ords. Instead it silently ignores such points (they are not plotted) and XYChartAddPoint returns FALSE (0)
11. AFL: new function StaticVarInfo( "varname", "field" )

CHANGES FOR VERSION 5.54.0 (as compared to 5.53.1)

1. New Analysis: "Sync chart on select" did not respect linked charts and symbol lock. Fixed.
2. AFL: new function XYChartSetAxis( "chartname", "x-axis name", "y-axis name" )
3. AFL: new function XYChartAddPoint( "chartname", "text", x, y, color )
4. New Analysis: Implemented XY (scatter) charts in Explorations (see Read Me for the details)
5. {{INTERVAL}} gave incorrect (unstable) results in custom n-tick/n-range/n-volume charts when used with multithreading. Fixed.
6. Interval(2) returned incorrect (unstable) results in custom n-tick/n-range/n-volume charts when used with multithreading. Fixed.
7. Preferences: Currency page was not working properly. Fixed.
8. Status bar look matches now appearance settings (esp. visible in VS2012 style)
9. Parameter window now allows to select combined styles (like styleHidden) as well as their components styleNoRescale+styleNoDraw independently
10. User setting for minimum pixel spacing in X grid (Tools->Preferences, "Axes / Grids") - it is recommended to keep it at default value (60 pixels), for denser grid use less spacing (minimum 30 pixels), for wider grid use more x spacing (maximum 120 pixels)
11. Sometimes panes did not refresh to final size when chart sheets are switched (for example - one tab has only one pane second tab has two panes). Fixed.

CHANGES FOR VERSION 5.53.1 (as compared to 5.53.0)

1. Trend lines and other drawing tools sometimes were blinking or disappeared in 5.53.0. Fixed
2. Plots with styleDashed mixed with plots using other styles could cause continuous growth of rendering time in 5.52/5.53. Fixed.

CHANGES FOR VERSION 5.53.0 (as compared to 5.52.0)

1. Triangle drawing tool now supports filled interiors
2. Vertical selector line was flicerking with RT update when more than one chart window was open. Fixed
3. SetChartGradientFill renamed to SetGradientFill
4. SetGradientFill now has 2 more arguments: baseline and baselinecolor. Allows reverse gradient chart (such as underwater equity) and 3 color gradients top->baseline->bottom
5. Added 2-year and 5-year x grid spacing
6. Gradient chart sometimes disappeared when null values were in the data set and chart was zoomed out to the maximum. Fixed.
7. GUI: Preferences dialog adjustments (moved "bold" checkbox in color page, removed obsolete "show vertical line" boxes in charting page, moved candlestick outline color settings from charting to color page )
8. styleClipMinMax interferred with styleGradient in 5.52.0. Fixed (both styles can now be used independently as well as combined together)

CHANGES FOR VERSION 5.52.0 (as compared to 5.51.1)

1. Chart themes implemented, featuring new look, new grid settings, new background gradient fills, predefined themes for more details see: http://www.amibroker.com/guide/h_themes.html
2. Charts: X-axis algorithm rewritten (now it is clearer and prevents overcrowded/unreadable X labels)
3. Charts: added native gradient area charts. Gradient chart is obtained using styleGradient. Upper gradient color is specified by color parameter in Plot() function, bottom gradient color is either background color or can be defined using SetChartGradientFill function. styleGradient can be combined with styleLine
4. Charts: Plot/PlotForeign/PlotOHLC now adds extra parameter "width" that controls the width of the line. Positive values specify PIXEL width, negative values specify width in percent of current bar width.
5. Eliminated build-up of rendering times caused by growing of MFC temporary GDI object maps in non-UI threads. Now rendering engine uses direct WINAPI calls without MFC
6. View->Filtering menu was disabled in 5.51.x. Fixed
7. Data window was not working in 5.51.x. Fixed
8. " Show middle lines" = "NO" causes date axis to be moved down outside visible area. Fixed.
9. Selector line was not working correctly in 5.51. Fixed.
10. Bold dotted trendline did not work in 5.51 BETA. Fixed
11. AFL: LinearReg/LinRegSlope/LinRegIntercept/TSF/StdError display proper error message when user passes negative (wrong) parameter
12. Study tooltip information now includes also number of bars between start and end of the trendline
13. New Analysis: saving last column layout works better
14. Account manager: Edit->Undo menu was missing. Fixed.
15. GetFnData() now supports retrieving "Address" field too
16. On Win98 and above drawing engine uses DC_PEN/DC_BRUSH for speed
17. Optimize() reduced possibility of IEEE floating point accumulation errors with steps PlotShapes() does not plot multiple times in same x/y pos anymore - it results in faster rendering when shapes overlap (large zoom outs)

CHANGES FOR VERSION 5.51.2 (as compared to 5.51.1)

1. PlotShapes() rendering was slower in 5.51 than in 5.50. Fixed.
2. Interpretation was blank with new rendering engine. Fixed.
3. Charts: Quick AFL was disabled in new rendering engine causing slowdowns with > 100K bars. Fixed

CHANGES FOR VERSION 5.51.1 (as compared to 5.51.0)

1. fix for low-level Gfx* functions causing crash when multithreaded GDI was enabled

CHANGES FOR VERSION 5.51.0 (as compared to 5.50.5)

1. Charts: Multithreaded GDI chart rendering implemented for super-smooth UI response and preventing GDI-intensive charts from detoriating entire UI responsiveness
2. Maximum rendering time limit increased to 1000ms (1sec) when multithreaded charts + GDI are enabled (allowing 2 times more complex plots without Warning 901)
3. 64-bit only: brand new eSignal 64-bit plugin (3.0.0BETA)

KNOWN ISSUES:

1. "Multi-threaded charts execution + GDI (rendering)" option in Tools->Preferences, "AFL" tab MUST BE TURNED ON for trend lines to work properly.

For more details, instructions and examples how to use new features see the 5.55.0 BETA READ ME.

In case of questions/problems/issues please write an email to support at amibroker dot com.
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Filed by Tomasz Janeczko at 5:06 am under Beta,Releases
Comments Off on AmiBroker 5.55.1 BETA released

Stability: - Early BETA, introducing new features and changes, may exhibit minor problems

This is a BETA version. Make a backup first

A new beta version (5.54.0) of AmiBroker has just been released.

32-bit version:
http://www.amibroker.com/members/bin/ab5540beta.exe
(2 128 640 bytes)

64-bit version:
http://www.amibroker.com/members/bin/AmiBroker5540x64.exe
(9 518 560 bytes)

If you forgot your user name / password to the members area you can use automatic reminder service at: http://www.amibroker.com/login.html

IMPORTANT: Unauthorized copying and/or distribution of materials found on members' only page is STRICTLY PROHIBITED and will result in IMMEDIATE termination of license.

Remember to BACKUP YOUR FILES FIRST !
Note that this version can only be installed onto previous full installation of version 5.50 or higher from http://www.amibroker.com/download.html

CHANGES FOR VERSION 5.54.0 (as compared to 5.53.1)

1. New Analysis: "Sync chart on select" did not respect linked charts and symbol lock. Fixed.
2. AFL: new function XYChartSetAxis( "chartname", "x-axis name", "y-axis name" )
3. AFL: new function XYChartAddPoint( "chartname", "text", x, y, color )
4. New Analysis: Implemented XY (scatter) charts in Explorations (see Read Me for the details)
5. {{INTERVAL}} gave incorrect (unstable) results in custom n-tick/n-range/n-volume charts when used with multithreading. Fixed.
6. Interval(2) returned incorrect (unstable) results in custom n-tick/n-range/n-volume charts when used with multithreading. Fixed.
7. Preferences: Currency page was not working properly. Fixed.
8. Status bar look matches now appearance settings (esp. visible in VS2012 style)
9. Parameter window now allows to select combined styles (like styleHidden) as well as their components styleNoRescale+styleNoDraw independently
10. User setting for minimum pixel spacing in X grid (Tools->Preferences, "Axes / Grids") - it is recommended to keep it at default value (60 pixels), for denser grid use less spacing (minimum 30 pixels), for wider grid use more x spacing (maximum 120 pixels)
11. Sometimes panes did not refresh to final size when chart sheets are switched (for example - one tab has only one pane second tab has two panes). Fixed.

CHANGES FOR VERSION 5.53.1 (as compared to 5.53.0)

1. Trend lines and other drawing tools sometimes were blinking or disappeared in 5.53.0. Fixed
2. Plots with styleDashed mixed with plots using other styles could cause continuous growth of rendering time in 5.52/5.53. Fixed.

CHANGES FOR VERSION 5.53.0 (as compared to 5.52.0)

1. Triangle drawing tool now supports filled interiors
2. Vertical selector line was flicerking with RT update when more than one chart window was open. Fixed
3. SetChartGradientFill renamed to SetGradientFill
4. SetGradientFill now has 2 more arguments: baseline and baselinecolor. Allows reverse gradient chart (such as underwater equity) and 3 color gradients top->baseline->bottom
5. Added 2-year and 5-year x grid spacing
6. Gradient chart sometimes disappeared when null values were in the data set and chart was zoomed out to the maximum. Fixed.
7. GUI: Preferences dialog adjustments (moved "bold" checkbox in color page, removed obsolete "show vertical line" boxes in charting page, moved candlestick outline color settings from charting to color page )
8. styleClipMinMax interferred with styleGradient in 5.52.0. Fixed (both styles can now be used independently as well as combined together)

CHANGES FOR VERSION 5.52.0 (as compared to 5.51.1)

1. Chart themes implemented, featuring new look, new grid settings, new background gradient fills, predefined themes for more details see: http://www.amibroker.com/guide/h_themes.html
2. Charts: X-axis algorithm rewritten (now it is clearer and prevents overcrowded/unreadable X labels)
3. Charts: added native gradient area charts. Gradient chart is obtained using styleGradient. Upper gradient color is specified by color parameter in Plot() function, bottom gradient color is either background color or can be defined using SetChartGradientFill function. styleGradient can be combined with styleLine
4. Charts: Plot/PlotForeign/PlotOHLC now adds extra parameter "width" that controls the width of the line. Positive values specify PIXEL width, negative values specify width in percent of current bar width.
5. Eliminated build-up of rendering times caused by growing of MFC temporary GDI object maps in non-UI threads. Now rendering engine uses direct WINAPI calls without MFC
6. View->Filtering menu was disabled in 5.51.x. Fixed
7. Data window was not working in 5.51.x. Fixed
8. " Show middle lines" = "NO" causes date axis to be moved down outside visible area. Fixed.
9. Selector line was not working correctly in 5.51. Fixed.
10. Bold dotted trendline did not work in 5.51 BETA. Fixed
11. AFL: LinearReg/LinRegSlope/LinRegIntercept/TSF/StdError display proper error message when user passes negative (wrong) parameter
12. Study tooltip information now includes also number of bars between start and end of the trendline
13. New Analysis: saving last column layout works better
14. Account manager: Edit->Undo menu was missing. Fixed.
15. GetFnData() now supports retrieving "Address" field too
16. On Win98 and above drawing engine uses DC_PEN/DC_BRUSH for speed
17. Optimize() reduced possibility of IEEE floating point accumulation errors with steps PlotShapes() does not plot multiple times in same x/y pos anymore - it results in faster rendering when shapes overlap (large zoom outs)

CHANGES FOR VERSION 5.51.2 (as compared to 5.51.1)

1. PlotShapes() rendering was slower in 5.51 than in 5.50. Fixed.
2. Interpretation was blank with new rendering engine. Fixed.
3. Charts: Quick AFL was disabled in new rendering engine causing slowdowns with > 100K bars. Fixed

CHANGES FOR VERSION 5.51.1 (as compared to 5.51.0)

1. fix for low-level Gfx* functions causing crash when multithreaded GDI was enabled

CHANGES FOR VERSION 5.51.0 (as compared to 5.50.5)

1. Charts: Multithreaded GDI chart rendering implemented for super-smooth UI response and preventing GDI-intensive charts from detoriating entire UI responsiveness
2. Maximum rendering time limit increased to 1000ms (1sec) when multithreaded charts + GDI are enabled (allowing 2 times more complex plots without Warning 901)
3. 64-bit only: brand new eSignal 64-bit plugin (3.0.0BETA)

KNOWN ISSUES:

1. "Multi-threaded charts execution + GDI (rendering)" option in Tools->Preferences, "AFL" tab MUST BE TURNED ON for trend lines to work properly.

For more details, instructions and examples how to use new features see the 5.54.0 BETA READ ME.

In case of questions/problems/issues please write an email to support at amibroker dot com.

Filed by Tomasz Janeczko at 4:58 am under Beta,Releases
Comments Off on AmiBroker 5.54.0 BETA released

Stability: - Early BETA, introducing new features and changes, may exhibit minor problems

This is a BETA version. Make a backup first

A new beta version (5.53.1) of AmiBroker has just been released.

32-bit version:
http://www.amibroker.com/members/bin/ab5531beta.exe
(2 120 352 bytes)

64-bit version:
http://www.amibroker.com/members/bin/AmiBroker5531x64.exe
(9 508 874 bytes)

If you forgot your user name / password to the members area you can use automatic reminder service at: http://www.amibroker.com/login.html

IMPORTANT: Unauthorized copying and/or distribution of materials found on members' only page is STRICTLY PROHIBITED and will result in IMMEDIATE termination of license.

Remember to BACKUP YOUR FILES FIRST !
Note that this version can only be installed onto previous full installation of version 5.50 or higher from http://www.amibroker.com/download.html

CHANGES FOR VERSION 5.53.1 (as compared to 5.53.0)

1. Trend lines and other drawing tools sometimes were blinking or disappeared in 5.53.0. Fixed
2. Plots with styleDashed mixed with plots using other styles could cause continuous growth of rendering time in 5.52/5.53. Fixed.

CHANGES FOR VERSION 5.53.0 (as compared to 5.52.0)

1. Triangle drawing tool now supports filled interiors
2. Vertical selector line was flicerking with RT update when more than one chart window was open. Fixed
3. SetChartGradientFill renamed to SetGradientFill
4. SetGradientFill now has 2 more arguments: baseline and baselinecolor. Allows reverse gradient chart (such as underwater equity) and 3 color gradients top->baseline->bottom
5. Added 2-year and 5-year x grid spacing
6. Gradient chart sometimes disappeared when null values were in the data set and chart was zoomed out to the maximum. Fixed.
7. GUI: Preferences dialog adjustments (moved "bold" checkbox in color page, removed obsolete "show vertical line" boxes in charting page, moved candlestick outline color settings from charting to color page )
8. styleClipMinMax interferred with styleGradient in 5.52.0. Fixed (both styles can now be used independently as well as combined together)

CHANGES FOR VERSION 5.52.0 (as compared to 5.51.1)

1. Chart themes implemented, featuring new look, new grid settings, new background gradient fills, predefined themes for more details see: http://www.amibroker.com/guide/h_themes.html
2. Charts: X-axis algorithm rewritten (now it is clearer and prevents overcrowded/unreadable X labels)
3. Charts: added native gradient area charts. Gradient chart is obtained using styleGradient. Upper gradient color is specified by color parameter in Plot() function, bottom gradient color is either background color or can be defined using SetChartGradientFill function. styleGradient can be combined with styleLine
4. Charts: Plot/PlotForeign/PlotOHLC now adds extra parameter "width" that controls the width of the line. Positive values specify PIXEL width, negative values specify width in percent of current bar width.
5. Eliminated build-up of rendering times caused by growing of MFC temporary GDI object maps in non-UI threads. Now rendering engine uses direct WINAPI calls without MFC
6. View->Filtering menu was disabled in 5.51.x. Fixed
7. Data window was not working in 5.51.x. Fixed
8. " Show middle lines" = "NO" causes date axis to be moved down outside visible area. Fixed.
9. Selector line was not working correctly in 5.51. Fixed.
10. Bold dotted trendline did not work in 5.51 BETA. Fixed
11. AFL: LinearReg/LinRegSlope/LinRegIntercept/TSF/StdError display proper error message when user passes negative (wrong) parameter
12. Study tooltip information now includes also number of bars between start and end of the trendline
13. New Analysis: saving last column layout works better
14. Account manager: Edit->Undo menu was missing. Fixed.
15. GetFnData() now supports retrieving "Address" field too
16. On Win98 and above drawing engine uses DC_PEN/DC_BRUSH for speed
17. Optimize() reduced possibility of IEEE floating point accumulation errors with steps PlotShapes() does not plot multiple times in same x/y pos anymore - it results in faster rendering when shapes overlap (large zoom outs)

CHANGES FOR VERSION 5.51.2 (as compared to 5.51.1)

1. PlotShapes() rendering was slower in 5.51 than in 5.50. Fixed.
2. Interpretation was blank with new rendering engine. Fixed.
3. Charts: Quick AFL was disabled in new rendering engine causing slowdowns with > 100K bars. Fixed

CHANGES FOR VERSION 5.51.1 (as compared to 5.51.0)

1. fix for low-level Gfx* functions causing crash when multithreaded GDI was enabled

CHANGES FOR VERSION 5.51.0 (as compared to 5.50.5)

1. Charts: Multithreaded GDI chart rendering implemented for super-smooth UI response and preventing GDI-intensive charts from detoriating entire UI responsiveness
2. Maximum rendering time limit increased to 1000ms (1sec) when multithreaded charts + GDI are enabled (allowing 2 times more complex plots without Warning 901)
3. 64-bit only: brand new eSignal 64-bit plugin (3.0.0BETA)

KNOWN ISSUES:

1. "Multi-threaded charts execution + GDI (rendering)" option in Tools->Preferences, "AFL" tab MUST BE TURNED ON for trend lines to work properly.

For more details, instructions and examples how to use new features see the 5.53.1 BETA READ ME.

In case of questions/problems/issues please write an email to support at amibroker dot com.

Filed by Tomasz Janeczko at 8:39 am under Beta,Releases
Comments Off on AmiBroker 5.53.1 BETA released

Stability: - Early BETA, introducing new features and changes, may exhibit minor problems

This is a BETA version. Make a backup first

A new beta version (5.53.0) of AmiBroker has just been released.

32-bit version:
http://www.amibroker.com/members/bin/ab5530beta.exe
(2 120 040 bytes)

64-bit version:
http://www.amibroker.com/members/bin/AmiBroker5530x64.exe
(9 510 072 bytes)

If you forgot your user name / password to the members area you can use automatic reminder service at: http://www.amibroker.com/login.html

IMPORTANT: Unauthorized copying and/or distribution of materials found on members' only page is STRICTLY PROHIBITED and will result in IMMEDIATE termination of license.

Remember to BACKUP YOUR FILES FIRST !
Note that this version can only be installed onto previous full installation of version 5.50 or higher from http://www.amibroker.com/download.html

CHANGES FOR VERSION 5.53.0 (as compared to 5.52.0)

1. Triangle drawing tool now supports filled interiors
2. Vertical selector line was flicerking with RT update when more than one chart window was open. Fixed
3. SetChartGradientFill renamed to SetGradientFill
4. SetGradientFill now has 2 more arguments: baseline and baselinecolor. Allows reverse gradient chart (such as underwater equity) and 3 color gradients top->baseline->bottom
5. Added 2-year and 5-year x grid spacing
6. Gradient chart sometimes disappeared when null values were in the data set and chart was zoomed out to the maximum. Fixed.
7. GUI: Preferences dialog adjustments (moved "bold" checkbox in color page, removed obsolete "show vertical line" boxes in charting page, moved candlestick outline color settings from charting to color page )
8. styleClipMinMax interferred with styleGradient in 5.52.0. Fixed (both styles can now be used independently as well as combined together)

CHANGES FOR VERSION 5.52.0 (as compared to 5.51.1)

1. Chart themes implemented, featuring new look, new grid settings, new background gradient fills, predefined themes for more details see: http://www.amibroker.com/guide/h_themes.html
2. Charts: X-axis algorithm rewritten (now it is clearer and prevents overcrowded/unreadable X labels)
3. Charts: added native gradient area charts. Gradient chart is obtained using styleGradient. Upper gradient color is specified by color parameter in Plot() function, bottom gradient color is either background color or can be defined using SetChartGradientFill function. styleGradient can be combined with styleLine
4. Charts: Plot/PlotForeign/PlotOHLC now adds extra parameter "width" that controls the width of the line. Positive values specify PIXEL width, negative values specify width in percent of current bar width.
5. Eliminated build-up of rendering times caused by growing of MFC temporary GDI object maps in non-UI threads. Now rendering engine uses direct WINAPI calls without MFC
6. View->Filtering menu was disabled in 5.51.x. Fixed
7. Data window was not working in 5.51.x. Fixed
8. " Show middle lines" = "NO" causes date axis to be moved down outside visible area. Fixed.
9. Selector line was not working correctly in 5.51. Fixed.
10. Bold dotted trendline did not work in 5.51 BETA. Fixed
11. AFL: LinearReg/LinRegSlope/LinRegIntercept/TSF/StdError display proper error message when user passes negative (wrong) parameter
12. Study tooltip information now includes also number of bars between start and end of the trendline
13. New Analysis: saving last column layout works better
14. Account manager: Edit->Undo menu was missing. Fixed.
15. GetFnData() now supports retrieving "Address" field too
16. On Win98 and above drawing engine uses DC_PEN/DC_BRUSH for speed
17. Optimize() reduced possibility of IEEE floating point accumulation errors with steps PlotShapes() does not plot multiple times in same x/y pos anymore - it results in faster rendering when shapes overlap (large zoom outs)

CHANGES FOR VERSION 5.51.2 (as compared to 5.51.1)

1. PlotShapes() rendering was slower in 5.51 than in 5.50. Fixed.
2. Interpretation was blank with new rendering engine. Fixed.
3. Charts: Quick AFL was disabled in new rendering engine causing slowdowns with > 100K bars. Fixed

CHANGES FOR VERSION 5.51.1 (as compared to 5.51.0)

1. fix for low-level Gfx* functions causing crash when multithreaded GDI was enabled

CHANGES FOR VERSION 5.51.0 (as compared to 5.50.5)

1. Charts: Multithreaded GDI chart rendering implemented for super-smooth UI response and preventing GDI-intensive charts from detoriating entire UI responsiveness
2. Maximum rendering time limit increased to 1000ms (1sec) when multithreaded charts + GDI are enabled (allowing 2 times more complex plots without Warning 901)
3. 64-bit only: brand new eSignal 64-bit plugin (3.0.0BETA)

KNOWN ISSUES:

1. None.

For more details, instructions and examples how to use new features see the 5.53.0 BETA READ ME.

In case of questions/problems/issues please write an email to support at amibroker dot com.

Filed by Tomasz Janeczko at 3:53 am under Beta,Releases
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Stability: - Early BETA, introducing new features and changes, may exhibit minor problems

This is a BETA version. Make a backup first

A new beta version (5.52.0) of AmiBroker has just been released.

32-bit version:
http://www.amibroker.com/members/bin/ab5520beta.exe
(2 118 752 bytes)

64-bit version:
http://www.amibroker.com/members/bin/AmiBroker5520x64.exe
(9 511 376 bytes)

If you forgot your user name / password to the members area you can use automatic reminder service at: http://www.amibroker.com/login.html

IMPORTANT: Unauthorized copying and/or distribution of materials found on members' only page is STRICTLY PROHIBITED and will result in IMMEDIATE termination of license.

Remember to BACKUP YOUR FILES FIRST !
Note that this version can only be installed onto previous full installation of version 5.50 or higher from http://www.amibroker.com/download.html

CHANGES FOR VERSION 5.52.0 (as compared to 5.51.1)

1. Chart themes implemented, featuring new look, new grid settings, new background gradient fills, predefined themes for more details see: http://www.amibroker.com/guide/h_themes.html
2. Charts: X-axis algorithm rewritten (now it is clearer and prevents overcrowded/unreadable X labels)
3. Charts: added native gradient area charts. Gradient chart is obtained using styleGradient. Upper gradient color is specified by color parameter in Plot() function, bottom gradient color is either background color or can be defined using SetChartGradientFill function. styleGradient can be combined with styleLine
4. Charts: Plot/PlotForeign/PlotOHLC now adds extra parameter "width" that controls the width of the line. Positive values specify PIXEL width, negative values specify width in percent of current bar width.
5. Eliminated build-up of rendering times caused by growing of MFC temporary GDI object maps in non-UI threads. Now rendering engine uses direct WINAPI calls without MFC
6. View->Filtering menu was disabled in 5.51.x. Fixed
7. Data window was not working in 5.51.x. Fixed
8. " Show middle lines" = "NO" causes date axis to be moved down outside visible area. Fixed.
9. Selector line was not working correctly in 5.51. Fixed.
10. Bold dotted trendline did not work in 5.51 BETA. Fixed
11. AFL: LinearReg/LinRegSlope/LinRegIntercept/TSF/StdError display proper error message when user passes negative (wrong) parameter
12. Study tooltip information now includes also number of bars between start and end of the trendline
13. New Analysis: saving last column layout works better
14. Account manager: Edit->Undo menu was missing. Fixed.
15. GetFnData() now supports retrieving "Address" field too
16. On Win98 and above drawing engine uses DC_PEN/DC_BRUSH for speed
17. Optimize() reduced possibility of IEEE floating point accumulation errors with steps PlotShapes() does not plot multiple times in same x/y pos anymore - it results in faster rendering when shapes overlap (large zoom outs)

CHANGES FOR VERSION 5.51.2 (as compared to 5.51.1)

1. PlotShapes() rendering was slower in 5.51 than in 5.50. Fixed.
2. Interpretation was blank with new rendering engine. Fixed.
3. Charts: Quick AFL was disabled in new rendering engine causing slowdowns with > 100K bars. Fixed

CHANGES FOR VERSION 5.51.1 (as compared to 5.51.0)

1. fix for low-level Gfx* functions causing crash when multithreaded GDI was enabled

CHANGES FOR VERSION 5.51.0 (as compared to 5.50.5)

1. Charts: Multithreaded GDI chart rendering implemented for super-smooth UI response and preventing GDI-intensive charts from detoriating entire UI responsiveness
2. Maximum rendering time limit increased to 1000ms (1sec) when multithreaded charts + GDI are enabled (allowing 2 times more complex plots without Warning 901)
3. 64-bit only: brand new eSignal 64-bit plugin (3.0.0BETA)

KNOWN ISSUES:

1. When multiple chart windows have different selected date, then selector line may flicker with RT update. To be fixed in 5.52.1

For more details, instructions and examples how to use new features see the 5.52.0 BETA READ ME.

In case of questions/problems/issues please write an email to support at amibroker dot com.

Filed by Tomasz Janeczko at 10:24 am under Beta,Releases
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A new version of AmiQuote 3.03 is available for download from

http://www.amibroker.com/bin/aq3030.exe (100KB) - 32 bit version

This version features a brand new Intraday (1-minute and 5-minute bars) backfill data from Yahoo Finance and Google Finance
Yahoo Intraday and Google Intraday include all US stock markets and some international markets covered by Yahoo Finance.
Normally you receive 15-minute delayed data. The delayed intraday data from Yahoo Finance and from Google Finance are free (no subscription necessary).

If you, however, have Yahoo RT subscription and you are logged into your Yahoo Finance account using Internet Explorer and you marked "Allow cookies" option in AmiQuote Tools->Settings then you might get non-delayed intraday data (at your own risk and subject to change as Yahoo may change authentication methods).

If you don't know the symbol, you can use Yahoo Finance symbol lookup:
http://finance.yahoo.com/lookup

Google Intraday Limitations:

1. Only 1-minute and 5-minute intraday bar intervals are supported
2. The backfill covers upto 15 most recent days back for 1-minute bars and upto 60 most recent days back for 5-minute bars
3. Only regular trading session is included
4. You need to be registered user of AmiQuote to use Google Intraday download.
   If you don't have AmiQuote license yet, you can order AmiQuote license from http://www.amibroker.com/order.php - it is only $65 one time fee.

Yahoo Intraday Limitations:

1. Only 1-minute and 5-minute intraday bar intervals are supported
2. The backfill always covers just one most recent day back for 1-minute bars and upto 5 (five) most recent days back for 5-minute bars
3. Only regular trading session is included
4. You need to be registered user of AmiQuote to use Yahoo Intraday download.
   If you don't have AmiQuote license yet, you can order AmiQuote license from http://www.amibroker.com/order.php - it is only $65 one time fee.

The upgrade is free for all previously registered AmiQuote users.

CHANGES FOR VERSION 3.03 (as compared to version 3.02)

1. added "Max days" edit to control maximum intraday backfill length. Specifying lower than maximum allowed days results in faster download and less data to transfer. Google Intraday supports 1..15 max days for 1-minute bars and 1..60 max days for 5-minute bars. Yahoo Intraday supports only 1-day of 1-minute bars and only 1 and 5 days of 5-minute bars. Specifying other combinations (such as 2, 3 or 4 max days for 5-minute bars) for Yahoo results in retrieving all 5 days.

IMPORTANT:

AmiQuote is nothing but specialized web browser/downloader. You are using 3rd party web pages/services (Yahoo/MSN/Google/Finam) available to the public and AmiQuote acts like Internet Explorer or Firefox. The availability of data/web pages depends on those 3rd parties and may change in the future. The financial data downloaded from public web sites such as Yahoo Finance/MSN/Google/Finam are for personal use only. Consult 3rd parties' Terms of Service for details. For actual trading we recommend using paid data sources that provide higher data quality and reliability.

NOTE for AmiBroker 64-bit users:

There is also a 64-bit version of AmiQuote available from http://www.amibroker.com/bin/aq3030x64.exe (120KB) - but please note that if you installed AmiBroker 64-bit to directory different than C:\Program Files\AmiBroker then you would need to pick correct AmiBroker 64-bit installation directory manually, since this small update package would not detect 64-bit AmiBroker installation automatically.

Filed by Tomasz Janeczko at 7:47 am under Releases
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A new version of AmiQuote 3.02 is available for download from

http://www.amibroker.com/bin/aq3020.exe (95KB) - 32 bit version

This version features a brand new Intraday (1-minute and 5-minute bars) backfill data from Yahoo Finance and Google Finance
Yahoo Intraday and Google Intraday include all US stock markets and some international markets covered by Yahoo Finance.
Normally you receive 15-minute delayed data. The delayed intraday data from Yahoo Finance and from Google Finance are free (no subscription necessary).

If you, however, have Yahoo RT subscription and you are logged into your Yahoo Finance account using Internet Explorer and you marked "Allow cookies" option in AmiQuote Tools->Settings then you might get non-delayed intraday data (at your own risk and subject to change as Yahoo may change authentication methods).

If you don't know the symbol, you can use Yahoo Finance symbol lookup:
http://finance.yahoo.com/lookup

Google Intraday Limitations:

1. Only 1-minute and 5-minute intraday bar intervals are supported
2. The backfill always covers 15 most recent days back for 1-minute bars and 60 most recent days back for 5-minute bars
3. Only regular trading session is included
4. You need to be registered user of AmiQuote to use Google Intraday download.
   If you don't have AmiQuote license yet, you can order AmiQuote license from http://www.amibroker.com/order.php - it is only $65 one time fee.

Yahoo Intraday Limitations:

1. Only 1-minute and 5-minute intraday bar intervals are supported
2. The backfill always covers just one most recent day back for 1-minute bars and 5 (five) most recent days back for 5-minute bars
3. Only regular trading session is included
4. You need to be registered user of AmiQuote to use Yahoo Intraday download.
   If you don't have AmiQuote license yet, you can order AmiQuote license from http://www.amibroker.com/order.php - it is only $65 one time fee.

The upgrade is free for all previously registered AmiQuote users.

CHANGES FOR VERSION 3.02 (as compared to version 3.01)

1. added support for EXCHANGE:SYMBOL syntax - this allows downloading non-US symbols from Google Intraday. For example ASX:BHP (BHP Billiton Limited traded on Australian Stock Exchange)

CHANGES FOR VERSION 3.01 (as compared to version 3.00)

1. New Intraday (1-minute and 5-minute bars) backfill data from Google Finance. Includes all US markets covered by Google Finance!

CHANGES FOR VERSION 3.00 (as compared to version 2.14)

1. New Intraday (1-minute and 5-minute bars) backfill data from Yahoo Finance. Includes all US markets and International markets covered by Yahoo Finance!

IMPORTANT:

AmiQuote is nothing but specialized web browser/downloader. You are using 3rd party web pages/services (Yahoo/MSN/Google/Finam) available to the public and AmiQuote acts like Internet Explorer or Firefox. The availability of data/web pages depends on those 3rd parties and may change in the future. The financial data downloaded from public web sites such as Yahoo Finance/MSN/Google/Finam are for personal use only. Consult 3rd parties' Terms of Service for details. For actual trading we recommend using paid data sources that provide higher data quality and reliability.

NOTE for AmiBroker 64-bit users:

There is also a 64-bit version of AmiQuote available from http://www.amibroker.com/bin/aq3020x64.exe (117KB) - but please note that if you installed AmiBroker 64-bit to directory different than C:\Program Files\AmiBroker then you would need to pick correct AmiBroker 64-bit installation directory manually, since this small update package would not detect 64-bit AmiBroker installation automatically.

Filed by Tomasz Janeczko at 9:20 am under Releases
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Stability: - Early BETA, introducing new features and changes, may exhibit minor problems

This is a BETA version. Make a backup first

A new beta version (5.51.2) of AmiBroker has just been released.

32-bit version:
http://www.amibroker.com/members/bin/ab5512beta.exe
(2 128 816 bytes)

64-bit version:
http://www.amibroker.com/members/bin/AmiBroker5512x64.exe
(9 514 808 bytes)

If you forgot your user name / password to the members area you can use automatic reminder service at: http://www.amibroker.com/login.html

IMPORTANT: Unauthorized copying and/or distribution of materials found on members' only page is STRICTLY PROHIBITED and will result in IMMEDIATE termination of license.

Remember to BACKUP YOUR FILES FIRST !
Note that this version can only be installed onto previous full installation of version 5.40 or higher from http://www.amibroker.com/download.html

CHANGES FOR VERSION 5.51.2 (as compared to 5.51.1)

1. PlotShapes() rendering was slower in 5.51 than in 5.50. Fixed.
2. Interpretation was blank with new rendering engine. Fixed.
3. Charts: Quick AFL was disabled in new rendering engine causing slowdowns with > 100K bars. Fixed

CHANGES FOR VERSION 5.51.1 (as compared to 5.51.0)

1. fix for low-level Gfx* functions causing crash when multithreaded GDI was enabled

CHANGES FOR VERSION 5.51.0 (as compared to 5.50.5)

1. Charts: Multithreaded GDI chart rendering implemented for super-smooth UI response and preventing GDI-intensive charts from detoriating entire UI responsiveness
2. Maximum rendering time limit increased to 1000ms (1sec) when multithreaded charts + GDI are enabled (allowing 2 times more complex plots without Warning 901)
3. 64-bit only: brand new eSignal 64-bit plugin (3.0.0BETA)

KNOWN ISSUES:

1. Vertical selector line does not work properly
2. Some issues with Print/Print Preview

For more details, instructions and examples how to use new features see the 5.51.2 BETA READ ME.

In case of questions/problems/issues please write an email to support at amibroker dot com.

Filed by Tomasz Janeczko at 3:05 pm under Beta,Releases
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Stability: - Stable official release

A maintenance release version (5.50.5) of AmiBroker is available now.

32-bit version:
http://www.amibroker.com/bin/AmiBroker550.exe
(9 043 088 bytes)

64-bit version:
http://www.amibroker.com/x64/AmiBroker550x64.exe
(9 328 352 bytes)

ATTENTION: This version is free only for users who registered after September 1st, 2009. See Upgrade Policy and Pricing section below for more details.

CHANGES FOR VERSION 5.50.5 (as compared to 5.50.4)

1. Newly created chart template did not save current tab when it was not switched before saving. Fixed.
2. Notepad window is refreshed when it is brought back from invisible tab
3. AFL Code Wizard: sometimes 64-bit version of AFL wizard could hang on clicking "AND/OR" rule. Fixed (AFL Wizard 1.0.2)
4. Charts: Invisible Symbol-linked charts may not be properly refreshed when changing symbol (happens only when not using streaming RT source). Fixed.
5. OLE: AnalysisDoc.Run now supports mode =3 (individual backtest)
6. AFL: Equity()/Status()/GetOption used on chart referred to OLD AA settings instead of last run analysis (whenever it is old AA or new). Now uses last run analysis settings .
7. AFL: SetFormulaName did not work in New Analysis. Fixed

UPGRADE POLICY AND PRICING

1. The upgrade is FREE for all users who purchased AmiBroker after September 1st, 2009
2. The users who purchased AmiBroker before September 1st, 2009 would need to buy upgrade if they want to use this newest version ($99 - Standard Edition, $139 - Professional). If you don't want to pay - you may continue using previous version(s) infinitely.
3. To find out when you have purchased AmiBroker and how long your free upgrade period is, use "Account Information" page in the members area at: http://www.amibroker.com/members/info.php
4. To purchase new license or upgrade please use our ordering page at: http://www.amibroker.com/order.php

For more details, instructions and examples how to use new features see Users' Guide
http://www.amibroker.com/guide/whatsnew.html

Filed by Tomasz Janeczko at 4:19 am under Releases
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