Previous Releases

Axial Finance is constantly improving. You will find hereafter the previous releases with detail of software improvements.
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Version 6.24 (February 26th, 2021)

New features

Orders can now be placed on the NYSE, NASDAQ, AMEX and SIX Swiss Exchange through Interactive Brokers with no manual configuration
The Tick Flow can now be directly used on the constituents of the main world indices
Instruments can be added to personal lists from the screener and gainers/losers windows using the contextual menu
A new alert notification type using the system notification area has been added

Improvements

The instruments displayed by the stock search field can be selected with the ENTER key
The "single click" selection mode now also applies to the screener and gainers/losers windows
The main world indices are now available in the screener and gainers/losers windows
The rendering of the options strategy chart has been improved
The edition windows for the indicators, signals, rules and strategies have been simplified
The MIC code can now be used to define the market place in the DDE formulas for Excel (example: =Axial|XPAR_FR0000120321!Last)
The default style of the Commodity Channel Index indicator has been improved
The date picker component has been replaced by a more user friendly alternative
The rendering of the % Ruler has been modified to improve the readability when the thickness is increased

Issues

The crosshair on the options strategy chart no longer disappears when the price of the underlying changes
The min/max commissions for Interactive Brokers orders are now properly displayed
The dashed semi-lines no longer impact the refresh rate of the charts
The color of the selected text in the options table has been fixed on macOS

Version 6.23 (September 10th, 2020)

New features

Orders can now be placed on the Eurex Switzerland derivatives (SMI, SLI, SMIM)
The CBOE volatility indices (VIX) have been added
The technical indicators of the main chart can now be temporarily hidden without being deleted (from the settings popup or with a CTRL+click on the indicator legend)
New display of portfolio positions in the portfolio management module:
- 'Long' and 'short' position are now in the same table
- New columns have been added: Average Cost, P&L and Settlement

Improvements

The candlesticks have been improved when the density of data is high
The Ichimoku Kijun, Tenkan et Chikou lines can be disabled
The Bollinger Bands can now be displayed without filling the space between the low and high lines
The maximum history depth of end of day data manually downloaded has been increased to 40 years
The money flow is now exportable to Excel through the DDE link
The LYNX/Interactive Brokers orders placed from TWS are now all visible and cancellable from Axial Finance
The sectors of the breakdown pie-chart on the portfolio management module are now sorted by value

Issues

Orders can no longer be placed on rolling contracts
The column configuration of the watch list is now preserved when the workspace is exported and re-imported
The application no longer crashes when dotted ellipses are drawn outside of the visible area of the chart
The ask and bid prices of the Euronext derivatives no longer blink

Version 6.22 (April 24th, 2020)

New features

New option chains added for Euro Stoxx 50, NASDAQ 100 (weekly), BEL 20 and AEX
New markets added: Dubai Finance Market, Saudi Stock Exchange and Egyptian Exchange
A validation window has been added for IB/LYNX orders and shows the commission and margin impact
A new 'Money Flow' column has been added to the watch lists and to the real-time screeners

Improvements

Price fields can be modified step by step with the mouse wheel in accordance with the tick size
The remaining volume and the number of remaining trades before the change of bar is now displayed on the price scale of the n-tick and tick volume charts
Price labels in the price scale of the charts now display a number of digits consistent with the current tick size
The main window is now brought to the front when a window is attached
The DDE link with Excel now works with the 64 bits versions of Java
The DDE link is no longer saturated by fast updating instruments (such as Forex instruments)
The maximum history depth of intraday charts has been increased from 1 to 2 years
The maximum history depth of end of day charts has been increased to 40 years
The logo of the broker is displayed on the order window to better identify the active broker
The values of the Heikin-Ashi candles is now displayed when hovering the chart with the cross hair
The Three Candles and DMI+MM28 signals now have the same default settings as the related indicators

Issues

Charts in n-minutes and n-hours have been restored
Channels on the Day By Day analyses have been fixed
Tick by tick charts using the "Philippe CAHEN Extension" indicator are now displayed properly
Chart grids are properly restored on application startup

Version 6.21 (May 16th, 2019)

New features

The backtesting module has been added
Real-time strategies with automatic trading orders from the charts are now possible
The trading portfolio from the "Quote & Price analysis" area has been merged into the portfolio module
Pending orders and prepared orders are now displayed in the portfolio module
The portfolio can now be detached into an independent window

Improvements

Orders can be transmitted from the table of options
The trading orders log book has been added to the main menu
The port used by the Interactive Brokers API is now detected automatically
The Fibonacci/Gann/DV tools have been moved one menu level up in the chart toolbar for a faster access

Issues

In the gainers/losers window, the previous close price is no longer corrected twice the day a dividend is detached
Dublin exchange's indices are properly displayed again after the merger with Euronext

Version 6.20 (18 mai 2018)

New features

New chart showing the FCE contract Estimated Price Range based on the current Implied Volatility
New "STOCK" technical indicator in the main chart to overlay price charts of other instruments
CME options have been added:
- Equity Index (S&P 500 , E-mini S&P 500, E-mini S&P Midcap 400 & E-mini Nasdaq 100)
- Forex (Euro 2PM Fix, British Pound 2PM Fix, Australian $ 2 PM Fix & Canadian $ 2 PM Fix)
- Interest Rates (GE Eurodollar)
- Agriculture

Improvements

The fields from the table of Pre Opening prices in the Watch List can now be exported to Excel through the DDE link
A personal list of stocks can now be created with the result of a backtesting in "Stocks comparison" mode

Issues

Numbers entered with a comma or an apostrophe as the thousands separator are now properly parsed
Fixed a display issue with the Gains & Losses chart in the Portfolio module
The percentage of variation from the previous displayed in the title bar of intraday charts is now consistent with the variation from the Watch List
Personal stocks created by the user can no longer be deleted if used in a portfolio position
Fixed a performance issue with the Order Book in histogram form

Version 6.19 (7 février 2018)

Improvements

The depth of the order book table has been increased from 10 to 20 levels

Issues

The instruments priced in USX are now properly taken into account in the portfolios
The issue affecting the Workspace menu with Java 8u161 has been fixed
The tick sizes on the order book histogram has been fixed for some instruments

Version 6.18 (January 2nd, 2018)

New features

Renko graph has been added to the indicators list
Three Line Break graph has been added to the indicators list
Data from the options table can now be exported into an Excel sheet

Improvements

In the watch list, a new column shows the price variation between the last price and the settlement price
A list of market indices (in addition to a personnal list) can be selected for backtesting a strategy

Issues

The update of the main exchange rates for the portfolio management module has been fixed

Version 6.17 (October 6th, 2017)

New features

Orders can be directly sent from the application for users having an Interactive Brokers account.
Weightings for the Euronext indices (CAC 40, SBF 120, BEL 20 and AEX) can now be displayed from the 'Tools -> Euronext indices weightings' menu.
Real-time alerts when crossing up or down an horizontal level can be set on secondary indicators in charts.

Improvements

Drawings on charts can now be locked to avoid unwanted moves
For Euronext stocks, the pre-open price is shown in the Order Book window.

Issues

The cost price calculation for Future or Option positions in the Portfolio has been fixed.
Changing the exchange in a floating 'Option Chain Table' window now works properly.

Version 6.16 (May 24th, 2017)

New features

The Abidjan "Bourse Régionale des Valeurs Mobilières" (BRVM) is now available
Futures contacts and options from Euronext Commodities are accepted in the Strategies and Portfolios modules

Improvements

On intraday charts, the time scale does no longer show holidays when the exchange is closed

Version 6.15 (February 28th, 2017)

New features

New technical indicator "EndPoint Moving Average"

Improvements

The Stochastic indicator can now be computed with different types of moving averages
Options from the options table can be dragged and dropped into the Strategy screen, the Portfolio screen or a chart window
Orders can be sent directly from Axial Finance to the broker Lynx
Negative values can now be displayed on the charts (for example, for interest rates or spreads)
The chart mobile cursor can remain displayed at a fixed position by pressing the ESCAPE key
The chart mobile cursor indicates values of all the curves displayed in the secondary indicator areas
The last update date of the fundamental analysis data can now be set by the user

Issues

Backup files saved before the version 6.14 can now be restored
On Mac OS X, the Pricer window is correctly sized

Version 6.14 (December 22nd, 2016)

New features

DAX Options are available in the Options chains module
The Options chains screen can be detached in an independant window
In the Watch List, the new tabbed pane "Volumes" allows to graphically compare the traded volumes and detect the most important ones
New technical indicator "Awsome Oscillator"
The JL Cussac technical indicators (Three Candles and DMI+MM28) are available for forex

Improvements

In the Options chains module, the number of options around the money can be limited
The "Yearly" frequency can be selected to display quotes in a chart
The number formatting in secondary indicator scale is more precised
In the Time and Sales window, a new column indicating the day (in addition to the time) can be selected
The technical indicator VWAP is now shown together with several standard deviation curves
The technical indicator Pivot Point is computed according to several methods (Standard, Fibonacci, Camarilla, Woodie's and DeMark's) and "Time Frames"
The technical indicator "Comparator of cycles" is replaced by the new indicator "Seasonal indicator" displayed in the main chart
In the window managing Personal Lists of stocks, the mnemo code id added besides the stock name
At Application launching, the popup window informing in case of old Java version is limited at one time per week

Issues

Unreliable recording of the email address used to notify real-time alerts by email
Unreliable recording of the Grid of Charts content at application closing
No suppression of indicators association in a chart when an associated indicator is deleted from the chart legend

Version 6.13 (June 28th, 2016)

New features

The spread betwween two consecutive Future contracts can be shown in a column of the dynamic table
The last value of the technical indicators in the chart are now displayed in the vertical scale
Two new technical indicators "Linear Regression Curve" are computed from RSI or Stochastics %K
New technical indicator "Moving Average of RSI" (code MMRS)
New technical indicator "Markers Highest & Lowest" showing on the chart the higest and lowest prices is available
In case of delayed real time prices, a specific marker near the stockname shows the relevant number of deferred minutes

Improvements

The median curve of the high/low Bollinger Bands can now be displayed
The date of the last trade can be shown in the dynamic table
The column selection popup of the dynamic table now remains open while selecting/deselecting the columns

Version 6.12 (March 31st, 2016)

New features

A set of charts can be positionned on a grid of n lines by p columns
The size of the characters in charts, dynamic tables, screeners, winner/loser rankers, order books, lists of trades and Tick Flow can be customized from the general menu
New technical indicator "Comparator of Cycles"
Two new predefined lists of istruments with the main International Indices and the major Forex pairs are now available
The Tick By Tick chart displays green or red markers when the last traded price reaches the ask or bid price

Improvements

In the options table, the options chain is selected by the mnemonic code instead of the underlying name
The type of the real time alerts on prices set in a chart can be changed from the contextual menu
Minification/restoration of detached windows can be performed independantly or simultaneously with the main application window (Preferences settings)
Minification/restoration of detached windows can now be performed by group of windows of the same type (Preferences settings)
The Points & Figures indicators displays boxes with their corresponding price height
The real-time screener now works before the market opening and during weekend days based on the last known daily price

Version 6.11 (November 9th, 2015)

New features

The rolling contract for the future CAC is now available (symbol FCE!)
The text size on the charts is now configurable from the Preferences menu
Portfolio's positions can be exported to an Excel or text file
Broker fees for orders can be specified when the order is defined
A new column with the order average cost has been added to the portfolio table
The variation displayed on the right of the last price in the charts can now be computed relatively to an horizontal level

Improvements

Real time alerts on expired future contracts are automatically deleted
For real time alerts on level reached, a different sound can be selected for stocks and future contracts
The Dynamic Table is now automatically sorted in real time according to the selected column
In the dynamic table, the columns in the volume and preopen tables can be customized
The menu of the dynamic table has been simplified
In the dynamic table, the performance of the progress bar showing the current traded volumes has been improved
The number formatting in the vertical scale for secondary indicators has been improved
Minimizing/restoring the main window now triggers the minimization/restoration of the other windows of the application
The prices in the dynamic table now blink with a color depending on the variation with the previous trades instead of the previous close price

Issues

The trade list no longer displays the indicative price before the opening hour (with Interactive Data market data)
The color pickers have been fixed to work with Java 8
The real time screeners configured with a weekly or a monthly frequency now work properly
The personal indicators in tick by tick or n seconds frequencies are totally drawn in all cases

Version 6.10 (July 7th, 2015)

New features

The new indicator with the code POI allows to use pre opening realtime quotes in programming Signals and Screening Rules.
The realtime Screener can now work before opening (1 hour before) with Rules using the previous indicator.

Improvements

The time to update in realtime the chart has been optimized in order to ensure the chart smothness when very many transactions are received instantly.
When the chart menu is hidden, the stock search field available at the chart level can be open.

Issues

Watch list, Screener and Gainers/Losers can be defined by a color code as for the charts so that double-cliking on one of the stock will assign it the same color charts.

Version 6.9 (June 4th, 2015)

New features

The indicator "Historical volatility" (HIV code) has been added in the indicators library available for programming

Improvements

The performance of the DMI+MM28 indicator available to Perceval Finance customers has been optimized

Issues

In real time screeners, the use of screening rules including a parameter of type Stock has been restored

Version 6.8 (March 23th, 2014)

New features

Stocks can now be searched from any chart window (with an option in the Display menu or by hitting CTRL+F on the keyboard)

Improvements

The Gainers/Losers window can also show the value of a technical indicator computed in real time
The price of the multicurve indicators (such as Ichimoku Kinko Hyo) is now displayed on the mobile cursor of the graph
Errors occuring during the importation of quotes files are now reported in the Import window
Shifting a chart by one bar to the right or left can also be performed with the arrow keys

Issues

Duplicating a vertical line in a chart now always works
Bicolor curves (green/red) in the main chart no longer lose this aspect when displaying a high number of quotes

Version 6.7 (June 11th, 2014)

New features

Real time alerts can be defined on the Ask and Bid
The horizontal levels drawn on a future contract can be transferred to the next contract and adjusted with a spread (see the chart menu)

Improvements

The list selected in the dynamic table is now independent from the exchange selected at the global level
The performance of "Three Candles" and "DMI+MM28" indicators has been optimized
The cells of the pre-opening table are now blinking when a value is updated
Java 7 and 8 can now be used on Mac OS X to run the application

Issues

The Advance Decline Line, Advance Decline Ratio, Breath AD indicator and Hughes Momentum Oscillator have been fixed
The SAR indicator used in a script is now identical to the SAR indicator drawn in a chart
Replacing the opening or the closing rule of a strategy with a rule from the library does no longer jeopardize the backtesting
Cloning an horizontal line of a secondary graph no longer creates a line on another graph
Typing the symbol of a future contract in a chart the day it expires now selects properly the next contract

Version 6.6 (June 11th, 2014)

New features

New technical indicators:

Relative Force Mansfield
Relative Force Dorsey
Volume Weighted Average Price (VWAP)
Donchian Channnels
Traders Dynamic Index

New added signals in the library PRXInfPRXSignal and PRXSupPRXSignal to facilitate gap detection at opening with the real time screener
End of day prices for UCITS and user's created stocks can now added or modified manually

Improvements

The "Ask & Bid" indicator is now drawn with two horizontal lines moving in real time
The display mode "Mountain bicolor" is now available for several indicators shown in secondary graphs
The rules editor can be accessed directly from the real time screener
Exporting/Importing the indicators, signals, rules and strategies is now performed from the relevant editor instead of the general menu
More data are included when exporting portfolios to an Excel or text file
A column with the mnemonic code is available in the dynamic table
Chart pictures can now be sent by email

Issues

When opening the first real time screener, the CAC 40 index is chosen as the default list of stocks
The selection of the cells to be linked to an Excel sheet has been fixed

Version 6.5 (June 11th, 2014)

New features

The application data can be stored automatically on the Ariane Software server and restored on the other computers used
New technical indicator "Density of trades" during the current trading day

Improvements

Quotes adjustment with the dividends can now be configured for all the charts from the Preferences menu
Real time alerts can be deactivated from the popup window opened when the alert occurs
A button has been added on the subscription management window to open the subscription renewal page on the axialfinance.com site
Dividends are now take into account in the real time screeners and the winners & losers windows
The dynamic table no longer has to remain open to use the DDE link in an Excel sheet

Issues

Resolved an issue causing the real time screener to freeze in some specific cases
Selecting a stock in a real time screener now properly changes the stock in the linked order books and trade lists
Fixed the green dot marking abnormal volumes in the dynamic table

Version 6.4 (April 21st, 2014)

New features

A new chart window shows in real time the Forex performance based on currency indices
New technical indicator "Three Candles" available for Perceval Finance (JL Cussac) customers

Improvements

Open positions for all or selected portfolios can be exported into an excel or text file
The total portfolio value (available cash + liquidative value) is shown
Pc ruler variations can be shown in percentage or in money, points, pips according to the instrument
All popup windows opened by real time alerts can be closed in one clic
From a real-time Screener or a Winner/Loser Ranker, a graphical chart can be opened for the selected stock
A stock resulting from the Search Field can be directly added into a personal list of stocks
The stock Data Sheet can also be opened from the graphical chart
Sounds for real-time alerts can also be selected from the alert programming window
According to chart window preferences, all detached graphical frames can be simultaneously iconified or deiconified (only for PC's)
For secondary technical indicators including several curves, it is possible not to show some of them

Issues

The deletion of the indicator associated with another indicator can be effective in all cases
Pips computation for some pairs resolved

Version 6.3 (February 5th, 2014)

New features

New technical indicator "Historical Volatility"
New technical indicator "Alligator"
New technical indicator "Hull Moving Average"
The area between two indicators of the the main chart can be colored
Sound warnings can be customized by type in the Preferences menu

Improvements

The colors of the Ichimoku indicator can be customized
The Fibonacci levels can be modified and disabled
The Euronext activity sectors is displayed in the Fundamental Analysis module, and recommendations can be entered
Display with the chart H/V Marker of the variation with regard to the last price : in % for Equities, in points for Futures or in pips for the Forex
Display with the chart Ruler of the price variation between two points : in % for Equities, in points for Futures or in pips for the Forex
Searching an instrument by typing its symbol in the chart is no longer dependent on the selected exchange
Erasing the drawings in a chart can be done layer by layer
The last price is now displayed in the title bar of the chart
The number of external parameters of a personal indicator is no longer limited
The update frequency of the RSS feeds can be customized
The number of decimals for the Forex pairs is shown in 1/10th of pip
The broker selection has been simplified
The window to send orders to the broker has been improved
New types of orders to InteractiveBrokers have been added
For the broker InteractiveBrokers, the trading portfolio now displays an account summary
New stocks entering the Real Time Screener are highlighted for a few seconds
The stocks displayed in the Real Time Screener can be marked
A sound warning can be played when an order is sent to the broker and when the execution is confirmed
A new function is available for programming indicators: PERIOD_SEC(), gives the frequency in seconds of the relevant chart

Issues

RSS feeds updates are properly scheduled when the application starts
Moving the line of the prepared orders on the Forex charts has been restored

Version 6.2 (October 22nd, 2013)

New features

News window populated with items from RSS feeds
New column in the dynamic table displaying the price variations since January 1st
New technical indicator "Mogalef bands"
New technical indicator "Vertical bands" displaying colored vertical bands in the main chart according to the market trend computed by an indicator at user's disposal
New technical indicator "Wave of Raghee Horner"
Inter marking of the vertical position of the mouse prices popup between charts linked by the same color code

Improvements

Decreasing of the computation time when backtesting a strategy in an intraday chart
Choice in chart preferences to show the mouse prices popup in full or reduced format
Memorization of default choices for the notification modes of real time alerts
Improved the usability of the rule editor

Issues

Updating of prepared orders in the trading portfolio is now possible
Use of personal indicators and signals including parameters of the type Stock
Counting down of the number of Order books in histogram form
Emailing notification for alerts when important volumes are detected in the Dynamic table
Automatic transmission of orders to Interactive Brokers from a strategy running in real time

Version 6.1.7 (July 22nd, 2013)

New features

Daily volumes for the CAC 40 index are now computed and displayed
New functions are available for programming :
- ASK et BID : returns the best ask and the best offer
- DAY_OPEN, DAY_CLOSE, DAY_HIGH et DAY_LOW : returns the daily open, high and low when working in intraday
- HRSEC : returns the time in seconds elapsed since midnight
- store() and restore() : saves and fetches global variables

Improvements

The size of the characters in the dynamic tables can now be increased
The default display of the Day By Day analysis, the prepared orders and the current positions can be configured in the Preferences menu
The backtest start window now displays the actual time frame considered
Increased the number of transactions used to build the range bar charts

Issues

Fixed the trigger signal of the TRIX indicator
The Chikou line of the Ichimoku indicator is now refreshed in real time
Indices are back to the top of the dynamic tables regardless of the sorting order used

Version 6.1.6 (March 7th, 2013)

New technical indicator "Double RSI"

Improvements

The color of the Ichimoku cloud changes according to the relative position of Senkou A and B curves
The threshold of the Zig Zag indicator can now be set in maintenant être paramétré in hundredth of percents
Sorting of rows of the real-time Screener can be done by clicking on the column header
The "Indicator" column of the real-time Screener is now independant from the table reordering criteria
The width of the real-time Winner/Loser Ranker can be reduced while maintening good colums visibility
Widths of real-time Screener and Winner/Loser Ranker columns are restored when changing workspace
Initialization time at opening of real-time Screener and Winner/Loser Ranker has been reduced
A group of cells in the dynamic table can be selected to be copied by the DDE link

Issues

The working of DDE link is no longer dependant of the computer environment variables configuration
The drawing of vertical scale graduations is now in accordance with the actual price variations when scale graduations are very near

Version 6.1.3 (September 6th, 2012)

New features

New technical indicators: Bollinger %B and Bollinger Bandwidth

Improvements

Orders can be sent to the broker from the contextual menu of the list of stocks.
The realized gain is now displayed in the trading portfolio for the broker Dubus.
Orders partially executed by the broker are taken into account by the strategy driven trading.
Duplicating a graph preserves the strategy applied on it.
The price level for an horizontal line drawn on the graph can be entered manually.
The display time of the band type indicators has been optimized.
The trading zone on the order book with the histogram presentation is preserved on switching the workspace.

Issues

The latest update no longer keeps downloading on launching the application.
The column layout of the real time screener is preserve on switching the workspace.
Sorting the result of the real time screener by the value of an indicator now works properly.
Moving the price scale no longer affects the percentage displayed on the variation lines.
Fixed the durations displayed in the window defining the default settings for the graphics.

Version 5.3.5 (August 3rd, 2011)

Improvements

The depth of the order book has been increased to 10
The update rate of the real time stream has been increased
The number of decimals displayed for indicator thresholds has been increased

Issues

A display error on the resistance/support indicator in non automatic scale has been fixed
An issue occurring on fetching the end of prices of the CME has been fixed

Version 5.3.4 (April 20th, 2011)

Issues

Portfolio lines related to custom values are now properly printed
The layout of the stratey editor window has been fixed on Mac OS X
Text size on the charts price scale has been corrected on Mac OS X
An issue occuring on importing a price file for a custom value has been fixed

Version 5.3.3 (January 25th, 2011)

New features

New indicator: Relative Strength (%), replacing the Relative Price indicator
Two signals have been added to check the Relative Strength against a threshold

Improvements

Custom indicators can be displayed with dots
The selected index is now displayed in the dynamic table among its constituents
A date-time field has been added to the exported prices file
Improved the accuracy of the price scale for the penny stocks

Issues

Fixed the error message occurring sometime with the subscription to the Euronext Paris stocks

Version 5.3.2 (November 12th, 2010)

Improvements

Custom indicators and signals can use global variables
Forex instruments are now available through the DDE link
The result of a screening operation can be exported into an Excel file
The graphical representation of the Tom Demark sequential indicator has been improved
The window for programming indicators and signals can be extended
The configuration of the market indicators is now independent from the exchange selected on the stock list

Issues

Cash input and output orders are properly restored when a portfolio is imported
Items drawn on secondary graphs couldn't be deleted, it's possible to do it again

Version 5.3.1 (September 3rd, 2010)

New features

New functions to help developing custom indicators:
- ISIN() : Returns the International Securities Identification Number of the instrument being evaluated
- MNEMO() : Returns the mnemonic code of the instrument being evaluated
- CODE_AXIAL() : Returns the Axial Finance identifier of the instrument being evaluated
- PERIOD() : Returns the periodicity (i.e "5m" for 5 minutes, "1h" for one hour, "D" for one day, etc)

Improvements

The intraday time scale on the backtest graphs has been improved

Issues

Downloading intraday historical prices with just a Forex subscription now works properly
The intraday backtest graphs are displayed properly for the Forex instruments
The average line on the backtest graphs can be disabled once again

Version 5.3 (July 2nd, 2010)

New features

FOREX in real time with Tick Volume
New indicator Tom DeMark sequential indicator

Improvements

Relative Force Indicator in intraday charts
New column 'Objectives' in the Alert table of the Trading tools module
Drag & Drop facilty of stocks from the list of reference into the Alert table of the Trading tools module
Automatic downloading of EOD quotes

Issues

In some cases, graphical objects remained selected when the mouse went out from the chart surface
Number Formatting for the English version

Version 5.2 (February 8th, 2010)

New features

Grouping chart windows in order any stock changed in one window is also changed in the other windows of that group
Magnet effect : Extremities of graphical objects are attracted by highest or lowest price of the nearest bar
Automatic alert notification when last prices cross, enter or go out from levels, canals, triangles aso defined in daily charts
New screen 'Alerts' in the Trading tools module displaying the synthesis of all crosses of Resistance and Support levels, alerts on a selected Signal or Rule, entry or output of tendancy channels, triangular or rectangular areas
Display of an optimization report for backtested strategies
Exportation of execution reports in Excel format for backtested strategies

Improvements

EOD ClickQuotes downloading window
The ratios table in Fundamental Analysis includes two additional data : recommandation and price objective
The order quantity for an opening order of a strategy can be programmed by using a personnel indicator
The window to Manage subscriptions gives the detail of all subcriptions with dates of expiry
The DDE link allowing to export real time data into Windows applications is also compatible with OpenOffice
The programming manual for indicators can be accessed from the Help menu
Personnal lists of stocks can be copied or renamed from the 'Manage personal lists' window
A Mnemo field can be used in file format to import quotes
Characters | and ^ can be used as field separators in file format to import quotes
Exchange rates used in portfolios to update the liquidative value are automatically updated at program start
The inside area of tendancy channels is colored for a better viewing

Issues

Downloading daily quotes from 'FirstQuote' under Mac OS 10.6 (Snow Leopard) is again working
Display of order book windows is no longer slowing the application
A variable parameter of the step by step type can be used several times in the same strategy for backtesting

Version 5.1.4 (October 15th, 2009)

New features

New moving average : Zero Lag
New indicators: 'Swing Pivot' and 'MACD Zero Lag'

Improvements

Two durations have been added to the charts: 1 month and 2 months.
The price level is now displayed along the percent value on the Fibonacci lines.

Issues

Fixed an issue preventing the fundamental analysis data from being properly saved.

Version 5.1.3 (September 14th, 2009)

New features

Real time testing: a strategy can be run in real time on an intraday chart.
Intraday bars are now build with the prices from the next period rather than the prices from the previous period.
On intraday charts with bars of 1 hour or more, the first bar is always placed at the opening hour of the exchange.
The price change since the opening can be displayed in the dynamic table.
New function MACD() returning the value of the MACD oscillator.
New function RANK() returning the number of bars relative to the most recent one.
New function COUNT() returning the number of bars relative to the oldest bar of the selected time interval.
New moving average using the Wilder smoothing.
New indicators: Standard Error, R² and Normalized slope.

Improvements

The ordering of the columns of the dynamic table is now restored when the application is started.
On intraday charts with bars of 1 hour or more, the space between the last bar of the day and the first bar of the next day is now the same as the space between two bars of the same day.
The download progress window opened when the real time stream is enabled has been replaced by a blinking message overlaid on the chart.
The Relative Force indicator handles properly the comparison on incomplete daily prices.
Text objects can be duplicated from an option in the contextual menu.
The vertical scale of the Center of Gravity indicator (COG) is now expressed in percents.
The number of secondary graphs visible has been increased to 5.
Drop down lists presenting the exchanges are all sorted by geographical zone.
The F1 key now opens the help page on the windows with a 'Help' button.

Issues

Searching a stock with a partial name now works properly when the search is limited to the current exchange.
The maximized or minimized state of detached windows is property restored when the application is started.
Chart windows opened from the dynamic table are properly restored when the application is started.

Version 5.1.2 (Avril 7th, 2009)

New features

A new tab has been added to the dynamic table to follow the bid and ask before the opening
New indicator added: Ichimoku Kinko Hyo
New indicator added: Center of Gravity (COG)

Improvements

The numbers of layers to draw on the graphs has been increased to 6
The display order of the indicator can now be changed by dragging the indicators in the selection window
The lists of ticks are colored according to the evolution of the prices
The drawing speed has been improved when the chart is moved
The time range displayed is no longer reset when the frequency of the prices is changed
The data in the dynamic table are now updated before the opening of the market
The time to download the prices with the ClickQuotes window has been optimized when the option "All personal lists" is selected

Issues

Objects are properly positioned on graphs in weekly frequency
The constituents of the SRD can be changed manually again
The automatic scale in logarithmic mode is better adjusted for values with small variations
The splits are again properly applied to the portfolios
The Keltner bands no longer disrupt the graph when the real time is enabled
Fixed the daily variation in intraday before the activation of the real time stream

Version 5.1.1 (March 2nd, 2009)

Improvements

Updating the EOD prices of the current session is now much faster
The percentage of variation since the previous close price is now displayed on clicking on the graph
The broker log is now accessible from the 'Edit' menu
The display time of the indicators has been improved when the number of bars exceeds the width of the graph
The opening time of the application has been optimized

Issues

Programming errors in a rule are no longer reported as a lack of price data when running a screening
The interface no longer hangs when a value without historical prices is displayed in a window with a logarithmic scale
The graph comparing the backtest of several values has been fixed if one of the values didn't produde any result

Version 5.1 (January 20th, 2009)

New features

The list of stocks for the different exchanges is now updated automatically
Chart windows can be detached from the main screen
The menu of the chart window and time cursor can be hidden to increase the display area
New technical indicator 'Super Trend' to identify the market trend
Transmission of orders for execution to the broker "Interactive Brokers"
Simulation of orders excecuted by brokers to test trading strategies in conditions equivalent to reality

Improvements

Fusion of the lists of stocks previously included in the "Markets" and "Stream" tabs of the reference list
Listing of stocks also available according to main indices composition
Unification of the personnal lists of stocks with the lists from the dynamic table
New presentation of the stock data sheet
The grid of the chart can now be displayed with dotted lines
Added a mode to display the bar-charts in green and red according to the price variation
Windows and dialog boxes can be closed with the ESCAPE key
The last position of the main window is now restored on starting the application
When programming strategies, it is now possible to set up real conditions for execution (in particular with "trailing stops")
A specific module is now devoted to the follow up of the swing trading MCI method
In the table of ratios of fundamental analysis, the selection of lists of companies according to their sector of activity is now possible

Version 5.0.7 (September 24th, 2008)

New features

The rows of the dynamic table are now sorted in real time if a column is selected

Improvements

Labels displayed on the charts are now anti aliased
The automatic scale in logarithmic mode fits better the price curve
Moving the vertical scale in logarithmic mode is now easier (the price level under the mouse pointer remains the same)
The style of the arrow objects has been changed
Objects drawn in logarithmic mode can now be moved if the chart is switched back to a linear scale
Improved the rendering of the line objects created in logarithmic mode and displayed in linear mode
Improved the performance of the 'Winning & Losing stocks' panel

Issues

Modifications of objects visible on several windows are now properly recorded
The application can no longer hang on moving a logarithmic scale
It's no longer possible to move by mistake an object close to the currently highlighted object
The logarithmic scale is properly restored on loading a workspace and on starting the application

Version 5.0.6 (July 18th, 2008)

New features

The market ETCommodities has been added to Euronext Paris
The tick size for some stocks on Euronext has been updated (tick sizes of 0.005 and 0.001)

Improvements

The time to switch to a personal list with a lot of instruments has been reduced
It's now possible to select an instrument from a personal list to run a backtest in the "Stategies comparison" mode
The resistance/support indicators (LVLR and LVLS) no longer return a value for undefined levels

Issues

The Trend indicator now works properly
The DOP indicator for strategy rules now works properly
The STK indicator when used in a personal indicator now returns the past prices when the period range of the chart is increased
Fixed a display issue on intraday charts with a frequency of 4 hours

Version 5.0.5 (May 31th, 2008)

New features

New design for the Fundamental Analysis module
Addition of the Parabolic SAR pre-programmed indicator to be used in Signals and Screening Rules script
Addition of four signals based on the Parabolic SAR to detect the reversals and the direction of the variation
Addition of the Heikin Ashi pre-programmed indicator to be used in Signals and Screening Rules script

Improvements

The intraday chart is now refreshed faster on loading another stock when the real time steam is opened

Issues

Resistance/Support no longer appear out of the main price chart
Files generated by Axial Finance can no longer contain illegal characters on Windows
Heikin Ashi candles are now properly displayed at the beginning of the chart under certain price conditions