AmiBroker software is currently available in 2 editions: Standard and Professional.
The following table summarizes differences between these two editions:
| Feature | Standard Edition | Professional Edition |
|---|---|---|
| End-of-day charting/backtesting/scanning | Yes | Yes |
| 1-, 5-, 15- minute, hourly Intraday charting/backtesting/scanning | Yes | Yes |
| Custom minute bars | Yes | Yes |
| Tick charts/backtesting/scanning | No | Yes* |
| 1-second, 5-second, 15-second bar charts/backtesting/scanning | No | Yes |
| Streaming real time quote display | 10 symbols | UNLIMITED symbols |
| Time and Sales window | 1 symbol | UNLIMITED symbols |
| GetRTData / GetRTDataForeign AFL function | No | Yes |
| Wait for backfill in Automatic Analysis | No | Yes |
| Automatically updating real time charts | Yes | Yes |
| Maximum Adverse/Favourable Excursion Distribution charts in Portfolio backtest reports |
No | Yes |
| 64-bit version | No | Yes |
| Multi-threading Charts | Yes | Yes |
| Multi-threading Analysis window | Yes, upto 2 threads | Yes, upto 32 threads ** |
| Bitness | 32-bit only | 64 bit and 32-bit |
| Requires RT data subscription | No | Not required, but nice to have (Professional Edition works with EOD data perfectly fine, but real-time features (like real-time quote) of course are require real-time data source) |
* - this feature is available only using eSignal RT, Interactive Brokers,
DDE feed
In the future the Professional Edition may have additional extra features not
available in Standard Edition. For pricing and ordering information check out How
to order section.
** - the number of threads depends on number of logical processors on your computer and number of symbols under test. For details see: Efficient use of Multithreading.