AmiBroker 3.2 Release
Notes
Amiga version.
Build-3.
Copyright (C)1999 by Tomasz Janeczko.
Updated: January 18th, 2000, 17:50. (3rd build)
Created: December 30th, 1999, 14:00
About
AmiBroker 3.2 is the
newest major version of the most advanced stock charting/analysis
software for the Amiga (also available for Win32 platform). It
brings several new features as permanent trend-lines, groups and
markets definitions and chart scrolling as well as many bug-fixes.
This update is available at no charge to all registered AmiBroker
users of versions 2.7 and above.
The update available on
AmiBroker web site (www.polbox.com/a/amibrok) contains only the most
substantial files. Updated docs, guides and other files will be
available later in full distribution package (which will be
uploaded to Aminet in January 2000).
Features
New stuff
- Drawing
permanent trend-lines.
Now trend line handling is greatly enhanced: trend lines
are stored now along with stock data, they scale properly
when scrolling/sizing chart windows. When daily/weekly/monthly
view mode changes trend lines are time-compressed
accordingly.
Usage hints: draw trend lines as always (using line draw
tool), erase them one by one by pressing SHIFT key during
mouse click over given trend line (when draw tool is
active), erase all trend lines in active window by using Charts/Delete
All trend lines menu item
- Scrolling
chart windows
Now main chart window has horizontal scroll bar
which allows you to scroll back to see previous
quotations. Other charts are scrolled accordingly
- Group and
Market definitions
Now AmiBroker supports 256 user definable
markets and groups. You can assign each ticker to one
market and one group. A new window (available from Stock->Groups
and Markets menu) allows you to define
market and group names. In the next version AmiBroker
will feature filtering by Market/Group in the Review and
Analysis windows.
- More
information about ticker
In the Stock Information window you can now
assign each ticker to user definable market and group.
You can also mark given ticker as a Favourite (will be
used for filtering) and Index (will be used for
generating Advance-Decline information)
Changes/Improvements
- ARexx
SETSTOCKINFO/GETSTOCKINFO commands enhanced
These two ARexx commands handle now additional
information for groups, favourites and index flags. The
new templates for these commands are:
SETSTOCKINFO NAME=STOCK/A, FULL/K, CODE/N,
ADDRESS/K, ISSUE/N, NOMINAL/K, BOOKVALUE=BV/N, MARKET/N,
GROUP/N, CONT/S, FIXED=NOCONT/S, FAVOURITE/S, NOFAVOURITE/S,
INDEX/S, NOINDEX/S
GETSTOCKINFO NAME=STOCK/A, FULL/S, CODE/S, ADDRESS/S,
ISSUE/S, NOMINAL/S, BOOKVALUE=BV/S, MARKET/S, GROUP/S,
CONT/S, FAVOURITE/S, INDEX/S
- Improved Join
function in Portfolio manager
Join function now calculates weighted average
buy price for joined stocks in the portfolio.
- Improved
Commission table editor
Commission editor now handles decimal parts in
all values.
- Volume and
OBV grids look better
OBV and Volume charts should look better thanks
to less-dense grid lines.
- Stock Issue
is now stored in thousands
The number of shares issued is now stored in
thousands. This allows entering properly some big
companies. P/E and P/BV calculation is adjusted
accordingly. Old files are converted on the fly during
loading.
Bug fixes
- Portfolio
"Sell" function fixed
"Sell" function should not leave
stocks in portfolio with quantity = 0 anymore
Really fixed in the second build (from January 4th, 2000).
- Renaming
ticker is now safe
The Stock Information window checks for already
existing name when trying to rename ticker
- Standard
Deviation calculation works safer now
It happened sometimes that standard deviation
was calculated wrong (square root taken from negative
value). The formula was OK, but due to the floating point
rounding errors it just happened. Added code that handles
this situation. This should cure sometimes odd looking
Bollinger bands.
- Fixed
potential Y2K-related problem in the Metastock importer
Fixed handling dates in Metastock importer. Now
(year modulo 100) operation is performed and dates yy
< 50 are treated as 20yy. This should avoid problems
with different software storing files in Metastock format.
However, due to the fact that Metastock file format is
not Y2K compliant (it does not store year in 4 digits) I
can not give you 100% guarantee :-(. Second build fixes
also minor display bug found today (January 4th, 2000).
- Database is
marked as "changed" after editing in "Stock
Information" window
This fixes problem that database would not save
edited values in "Stock information" window.
- "Middle"
grid setting works better in Indicator Builder
When "Custom" scaling was selected in
Indicator Builder "Middle" checkbox does not
affect the chart. This is fixed now. With custom scaling
and "Middle" checkbox set you get 3 or 4 grid
lines in the middle.
Additional information
Localization
Since the user interface
was changed in version 3.1 AmiBroker needs new catalog files.
This update includes a Polish catalog file as well as the catalog
description (broker.cd) and a template catalog translation (broker.ct)
file. Polish users should copy the supplied catalog file into the
LOCALE:Catalogs/Polski directory.
Installation
No special installation is
needed for this update. Simply copy executable files (AmiBroker
and AmiBroker.FPU) over the old ones.
Build-2 information
The AmiBroker 3.20 build 2
(compilation date: January 4th, 2000) fixes small display problem
in the Metastock importer (found today when testing with new year's
data) and the portfolio "sell" bug (finally). Some
spelling error in the user interface is corrected also (thanks to
Donald Dalley for the hint)
Build-3 information
The AmiBroker 3.20 build 3
(compilation date: January 18th, 2000) fixes trendline drawing in
logarithmic scale
AmiBroker on the Web
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