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As you know the US dollar is making historical lower lows and we as a bussiness located in Europe must adjust the prices expressed in US dollars to maintain same level of profitability when expressed in our currency. Therefore, starting from April 1st, 2008 the prices for our software will be adjusted to the following levels:

New Licenses:
AmiBroker Professional: $ 279 (1-year free upgrades)
AmiBroker Standard: $ 199 (1-year free upgrades)
AmiQuote: $ 65 (1-year free upgrades)
AFL Code wizard: $ 65 (1-year free upgrades)

Upgrades:
AmiBroker Standard Upgrade: $ 99 (50% discount - next 1 year upgrades free)
AmiBroker Professional Upgrade: $ 139 (50% discount - next 1 year upgrades free)
AmiQuote: $32 (50% discount - next 1 year upgrades free)
AFL Code wizard: $32 (50% discount - next 1 year upgrades free)

If you want to take the advantage of old prices, order quickly (before April 1st).

Filed by Tomasz Janeczko at 4:21 pm under News
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A new beta version (5.06.0) of AmiBroker has just been released.

It is available for registered users only from the members area at:
http://www.amibroker.com/members/bin/ab5060beta.exe

(File size: 1 784 050 bytes, 1.7 MB)

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

Remember that this is a BETA software. So BACKUP YOUR FILES FIRST ! Note that you need to install official version 5.00 prior to installing this beta

A complete CHANGE LOG for this and previous versions and instructions are included in the READ ME file:
5.06.0 BETA Read Me - MUST READ THIS

IMPORTANT NOTES:

1. If you are using Firewall you may need to check if it did not block Broker.EXE file after upgrade. (It happened to some users that firewall blocked AmiBroker after upgrade and they could not connect to RT data sources due
2. AmiBroker 5.03+ BETA features NEW way of linking. Old method is obsolete and must not be used. Old layouts will be loaded and converted to new format, but when you re-load new format into old version the link will be lost

UPDATE: it is recommended to upgrade to 5.07.0 as it contains a number of important fixes:
http://www.amibroker.com/devlog/2008/03/16/amibroker-5070-beta-released/

Filed by Tomasz Janeczko at 6:30 am under Beta,Releases
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A new version of AmiQuote 1.95 has been released.

Download link:
http://www.amibroker.com/bin/aq1950.exe

CHANGES (as compared to 1.94):

1. Adjusted Forex source to address Finam server change

NOTE: Backup your files inside "Formats" subfolder if you did any editing because the setup program will install default ones.

Filed by Tomasz Janeczko at 3:18 pm under Releases
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A new beta version (5.05.1) of AmiBroker has just been released.

It is available for registered users only from the members area at:
http://www.amibroker.com/members/bin/ab5051beta.exe

(File size: 1 779 466 bytes, 1.7 MB)

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

Remember that this is a BETA software. So BACKUP YOUR FILES FIRST ! Note that you need to install official version 5.00 prior to installing this beta

HIGHLIGHTS of this version:

1. automatic Walk-Forward Optimization, with IS and OOS equity charts.
   (see getting started doc here)
2. new functionality in GetCursor* AFL functions allowing interactive control (see sample in the read me)
3. automatic formula formatting - "Code Prettify" in the AFL Editor: Edit->Prettify selection
4. Improved scaling of semi-log charts

This version includes also features introduced earlier (in 5.03) such as new interval and symbol linking.

A complete CHANGE LOG for this and previous versions and instructions are included in the READ ME file:
5.05.1 BETA Read Me - MUST READ THIS

IMPORTANT NOTES:

1. If you are using Firewall you may need to check if it did not block Broker.EXE file after upgrade. (It happened to some users that firewall blocked AmiBroker after upgrade and they could not connect to RT data sources due
2. AmiBroker 5.03+ BETA features NEW way of linking. Old method is obsolete and must not be used. Old layouts will be loaded and converted to new format, but when you re-load new format into old version the link will be lost

Filed by Tomasz Janeczko at 7:32 am under Beta,Releases
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A new beta version (5.03.0) of AmiBroker has just been released.

It is available for registered users only from the members area at:
http://www.amibroker.com/members/bin/ab5030beta.exe

(File size: 1 732 439 bytes, 1.7 MB)

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

Remember that this is a BETA software. So BACKUP YOUR FILES FIRST ! Note that you need to install official version 5.00 prior to installing this beta

CHANGES FOR VERSION 5.03.0 (as compared to 5.02.2)

1. Fixed: Pane/Template options do not work on floating window
2. Added: Interval linking
3. New linking settings are now saved in layouts and restored properly
4. (re-)added: Cursor linking - selector line moves together in symbol and/or linked charts
5. Removed File->New->Linked chart (new linking replaces this functionality)
6. Fixed: Layouts with old-style linked charts are now automatically converted into new scheme when loading layout

CHANGES FOR VERSION 5.02.2 (as compared to 5.02.1)

1. fixed 5.02.1 problem with multi-line comment /* */

CHANGES FOR VERSION 5.02.1 (as compared to 5.01.1)

1. Unlimited nesting of #include / #include_once
2. True multi-monitor support - charts can be floated outside main frame (Use Window->Floating / Window->Normal to switch) and moved to other monitors, see video: http://www.amibroker.com/video/FloatAndLink.html
3. New, easier way of symbol-linking of charts (the button next to scrollbar allows to choose linked group (1-9))
   Implemented new way of symbol-linking of charts (the button next to scrollbar allows to choose linked group (1-9)), see above video.
4. Fixed crash when attempting to backtest on empty watch list (bug introduced in 5.01)
5. AFL: SetBarFillColor( colorarray ) allows to independently control candlestick, bar, cloud, and area chart fill color
6. OLE: when Broker.Application reference count drops to zero and AB was not running prior to CreateObject() then the AB is closed
7. Implemented workaround to Windows XP list view drawing bug (MS KB813791)

A complete CHANGE LOG for this and previous versions and instructions are included in the READ ME file:
5.03.0 BETA Read Me - MUST READ THIS

IMPORTANT NOTES:

1. If you are using Firewall you may need to check if it did not block Broker.EXE file after upgrade. (It happened to some users that firewall blocked AmiBroker after upgrade and they could not connect to RT data sources due
2. AmiBroker 5.03+ BETA features NEW way of linking. Old method is obsolete and must not be used. Old layouts will be loaded and converted to new format, but when you re-load new format into old version the link will be lost

Filed by Tomasz Janeczko at 8:19 am under Beta,Releases
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A new beta version (5.02.2) of AmiBroker has just been released.

(UPDATE: Version 5.02.2 fixes /* */ comment problem that surfaced in 5.02.1)

It is available for registered users only from the members area at:
http://www.amibroker.com/members/bin/ab5022beta.exe

(File size: 1 731 105 bytes, 1.7 MB)

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

Remember that this is a BETA software. So BACKUP YOUR FILES FIRST ! Note that you need to install official version 5.00 prior to installing this beta

CHANGES FOR VERSION 5.02.2 (as compared to 5.02.1)

1. fixed 5.02.1 problem with multi-line comment /* */

CHANGES FOR VERSION 5.02.1 (as compared to 5.01.1)

1. Unlimited nesting of #include / #include_once
2. True multi-monitor support - charts can be floated outside main frame (Use Window->Floating / Window->Normal to switch) and moved to other monitors, see video: http://www.amibroker.com/video/FloatAndLink.html
3. New, easier way of symbol-linking of charts (the button next to scrollbar allows to choose linked group (1-9))
   Implemented new way of symbol-linking of charts (the button next to scrollbar allows to choose linked group (1-9)), see above video.
4. Fixed crash when attempting to backtest on empty watch list (bug introduced in 5.01)
5. AFL: SetBarFillColor( colorarray ) allows to independently control candlestick, bar, cloud, and area chart fill color
6. OLE: when Broker.Application reference count drops to zero and AB was not running prior to CreateObject() then the AB is closed
7. Implemented workaround to Windows XP list view drawing bug (MS KB813791)

A complete CHANGE LOG for this and previous versions and instructions are included in the READ ME file:
5.02.2 BETA Read Me - MUST READ THIS

IMPORTANT NOTES:

1. If you are using Firewall you may need to check if it did not block Broker.EXE file after upgrade. (It happened to some users that firewall blocked AmiBroker after upgrade and they could not connect to RT data sources due
2. AmiBroker 5.02.1 BETA features NEW way of linking. Old method is obsolete and must not be used. Layouts using old method must be re-build using new method: http://www.amibroker.com/video/FloatAndLink.html
   Do NOT use File->New Linked Chart any more. Instead use new color linking.

Filed by Tomasz Janeczko at 9:34 am under Beta,Releases
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FTMonitor.com is organizing a two-day AmiBroker "Trading system design, testing and validation" workshop and following it a two-day conference in Las Vegas, February 21-24, 2008. The workshop will be presented by the author
of best-selling book on trading system design and testing Dr. Howard Bandy. The conference will feature AmiBroker and FT Trade programs. For registration and details please check FTMonitor.com site: http://www.ftmonitor.com/lv08/lv08intro.html

Filed by Tomasz Janeczko at 9:01 am under News
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Order AmiBroker today and save. The prices will be increased November 11, to $259 for AmiBroker Professional Edition and $189 for AmiBroker Standard Edition, $59 AmiQuote and $59 AFL code wizard.

Filed by Tomasz Janeczko at 5:38 am under News
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A new release (v1.9.2) of IQFeed plugin is available now for download from:

http://www.amibroker.com/bin/IQFeed1920.exe

CHANGES (as compared to 1.9.1):

1. last update time now uses IQFeed timestamp instead of local clock and this prevents chart refresh stall occuring sometimes when clock on local machine and on IQFeed end are not synced.

There is also new video tutorial showing how to configure database with IQFeed as a data source:
http://www.amibroker.com/video/IQFeed.html

More information can be found at:
http://www.amibroker.com/iqfeed.html

IMPORTANT:
IQFeed has released new IQFeed client software (4.2.1.4) available from:

http://www.iqfeed.net/dev/api/iqfeed_client_4_2_1_4.exe

Filed by Tomasz Janeczko at 4:27 pm under Plugins,Releases
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A new beta version (5.01.1) of AmiBroker (code name "SPEED BOOST") has just been released.

UPDATE: Version 5.01.1 fixes loading of toolbar customizations

It is available for registered users only from the members area at:
http://www.amibroker.com/members/bin/ab5011beta.exe

(File size: 1 554 620 bytes, 1.5 MB)

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

The code name for this release is "SPEED BOOST" as it brings 2x speed increase for backtest and optimizations. This is the result of many days of code profiling and tweaks. The result is achieving dual-core performance on old computers (no hardware update necessary) :-)

There is also new Code Profiler available from AFL Editor, Tools->Code Check & Profile, that shows detailed report on how many times each function is called and how much time it takes to execute.

Remember that this is a BETA software. So BACKUP YOUR FILES FIRST ! Note that you need to install official version 5.00 prior to installing this beta

A complete CHANGE LOG for this and previous versions and instructions are included in the READ ME file:
5.01.1 BETA Read Me - MUST READ THIS

IMPORTANT NOTES:

1. If you are using Firewall you may need to check if it did not block Broker.EXE file after upgrade. (It happened to some users that firewall blocked AmiBroker after upgrade and they could not connect to RT data sources due

Filed by Tomasz Janeczko at 2:29 pm under Beta,Releases
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