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AmiBroker 3.2 Release Notes
Amiga version. Build-3.
Copyright (C)1999 by Tomasz Janeczko.
Updated: January 18th, 2000, 17:30. (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
For latest news, patches and updates please check out AmiBroker WWW site at:
http://www.polbox.com/a/amibrok.
Check out also a new AmiBroker/Win32 site at:
http://republika.pl/amibroker/ .
If you want to share with ideas & tips with other AmiBroker users please try AmiBroker Mailing List at
http://www.eGroups.com/list/amibroker.