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A new version of AmiQuote 1.93 has been released.

Download link:
http://www.amibroker.com/bin/aq1930.exe

CHANGES (as compared to 1.92):

1. Implemented fix for inconsistent Yahoo date format change (some Yahoo Historical servers changed the date from DD-MMM-YY to YYYY-MM-DD, but some others do not, so downloads from Yahoo use two different formats. AmiQuote now detects new format YYYY-MM-DD and converts to old format on-the-fly)
2. Added an option to send cookies (to enable this, check Tools->Settings, "Allow cookies"). This is useful if you are subscribed to Yahoo Realtime and want to get non-delayed quotes

Filed by Tomasz Janeczko at 5:14 am under Releases
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IB implemented new behaviour in their newest TWS 856.7 - after issuing more than 60 backfill requests withing 5 minutes, all subsequent requests fail with Error 162, "historical data request pacing violation".
Note that 60 requests means as little as backfilling one month back of 1-minute data for 12 symbols only (in one request you can ask for data maximum 5 days long).

For details see: http://www.interactivebrokers.com/cgi-bin/discus/board-auth.pl?file=/2/39717.html

Unfortunatelly this change breaks backward compatiblity and will need to be addressed in next release of IB plugin.

Filed by Tomasz Janeczko at 7:05 pm under Plugins
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A new improved DDE data plugin version 1.2.2 has been released.

Download links and usage instructions are available at:
http://www.amibroker.com/dde.html

CHANGES FOR VERSION 1.2.2 (as compared to 1.2.1):

1. includes "Time shift" field in the context dialog,
2. stores configuration per-database in dde.config file instead of in the registry
3. other small improvements

Filed by Tomasz Janeczko at 3:13 pm under Plugins,Releases
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A new improved DDE data plugin version 1.2.1 has been released.

Download links and usage instructions are available at:
http://www.amibroker.com/dde.html

CHANGES FOR VERSION 1.2.1 (as compared to 1.2.0):

1. fixed problem with "type mismatch"

CHANGES FOR VERSION 1.2.0 (as compared to 1.1.0):

1. By default plugin uses regional settings numeric format. This ensures proper handling of fractional numbers on systems that do not use dot as a decimal point separator. You can switch this off and go to fixed decimal point format in the Configure screen.
2. lower CPU load

Filed by Tomasz Janeczko at 11:39 am under Plugins,Releases
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A new improved DDE data plugin version 1.2.0 has been released.

Download links and usage instructions are available at:
http://www.amibroker.com/dde.html

CHANGES FOR VERSION 1.2.0 (as compared to 1.1.0);

1. By default plugin uses regional settings numeric format. This ensures proper handling of fractional numbers on systems that do not use dot as a decimal point separator. You can switch this off and go to fixed decimal point format in the Configure screen.
2. lower CPU load

Filed by Tomasz Janeczko at 8:08 am under Plugins,Releases
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The 2007 AmiBroker/FTMonitor conference will be held February 17 and 18, 2007 with workshops February 14, 15 and 16, 2007 in Houston Marriott West Loop Hotel.

There is a great line-up of speakers for you:

Howard Bandy will talk about "Trading System Validation" and Jeff Parent will discuss
"The Process of Developing a full Portfolio Management System"

Plus you can meet and hear Daniel Ervi, Jimmy Hixson, Bruce Robinson and of course, Tomasz.

Bill Barack is doing a great workshop on AB101 and Don Wilson is doing another on Tango 5.

The deadline for the "Early Bird" prices for the AmiBroker Houston Conference is Saturday, December 30 is the last day of the lower prices. After that the prices rise significantly.

The event is organized by FTMonitor / Richard Boroff.

More information at:
http://www.ftmonitor.com/abh2/introduction.html

Filed by Tomasz Janeczko at 1:39 pm under General
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I would like to thank everybody for your generous support, valuable feedback, kind words and all other kinds of goodies I received this year from you.

I wish you Merry Christmas and Healthy, Happy and Prosperous New Year.

And don't forget to check a little X-mas present I have for you: AmiBroker 4.89.0 BETA.

Filed by Tomasz Janeczko at 2:44 pm under General
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A new beta version (4.89.0) of AmiBroker has just been released.

It is available for registered users only from the members area at:
http://www.amibroker.com/members/bin/ab4890beta.exe

(File size: 1 272 191 bytes, 1.2 MB)

The installer includes also the newest AmiQuote 1.92.

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 CHANGE LOG and instructions are included in the READ ME file:
AmiBroker 4.89.0 BETA Read Me - MUST READ THIS !

IMPORTANT NOTES:

1. If you have made any additions to Web Research URL links you need to backup weblinks.cfg file before installation as the installer will overwrite this file
2. 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 2:37 pm under Beta,Releases
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PatternExplorer.com has released the PatternExplorer for Amibroker, a set of technical analysis tools for AmiBroker that allow to automatically scan for various chart patterns. PatternExplorer allows to identify triangles, wedges, channels, support and resistance levels candlestick patterns and many more on thousands of symbols in a matter of minutes. For more details visit http://www.patternexplorer.com

Filed by Tomasz Janeczko at 6:26 pm under 3rd party tools
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To encourage wider development of third party plugins we decided to release AmiBroker Development Kit (ADK) to the general public. Previously ADK was available only to registered users.

The AmiBroker Developlent Kit (ADK) is a package for C/C++ developers allowing to develop own indicator and/or data plugin DLLs. The self-extracting executable contains documentation, headers and working examples for several real-world plugins.

Direct download link:
http://www.amibroker.com/bin/ADK.exe (200KB)

Filed by Tomasz Janeczko at 1:52 pm under Plugins,Releases
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