AmiBroker 4.90 new features overview

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AmiBroker 4.90new features overview

• by Tomasz Janeczko, Amibroker.com

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AmiBroker 4.90 key improvements

• new Fundamental Data support
• new Web Research window
• new Account Manager
• new Bar Replay tool
• new AFL functions (Text-To-Speech, FFT and
  others)
• enhanced functionality in almost every area

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Fundamental data support

• new fundamental data fields in the Information
  window
• automatic download from free Yahoo Finance site
• access to fundamental data from AFL level

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Fundamental data new fields

• 32 new fundamental (editable) data fields in the
  Information window
• 5 calculated fields (most popular stats P/E,
  P/BV, P/S, P/CF, DY)
• current values only (no history)

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Fundamental data automatic download

• Yahoo Fundamental - Basic data source (free basic
  fundamental data, 200 symbols in one request) PS
  (ttm)EPS Est Current Year, EPS Est Next Year,
  EPS Est Next Quarter, PEG Ratio, Book Value,
  EBITDA, Sales Revenue, Dividend Pay date, Ex
  Dividend date, Dividend Per Share, 1yr Target
  Price, Shares Float, Shares Outstanding

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Fundamental data automatic download (2)

• Yahoo Fundamental - Extra data source (extended
  fundamental data, 1 symbol in one request)
  Forward P/E, PEG Ratio, Profit Margin, Operating
  Margin, RoA, RoE, Rev. (ttm), Qtrly Rev. Growth,
  Gross Profit, EBITDA, (Diluted) EPS, Qtrly Earn.
  Growth, BV, Op. CF, Free CF, Beta, Shares Out.,
  Float, Held by Insiders, Held by
  Institutions, Shares Short, Forward Annual
  Dividend Rate, Trailing Annual Dividend Rate,
  Dividend Date, Ex-Dividend Date, Last Split
  Factor, Last Split Date

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Fundamentals access from AFL level

• GetFnData("field") where "field" is any of the
  following fundamental data field supported.
  AddColumn( Close / GetFnData( "EPS" ) ,
  "Current P/E ratio" ) AddColumn( Close /
  GetFnData( "EPSEstNextYear" ) , "Est. Next Year
  P/E)

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Fundamentals other data sources

• ASCII importer (new field definitions)
• OLE automation interface (new properties of Stock
  object)More information Users Guide
  Tutorial Using Fundamental Data

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Web Research window

• many pre-defined sites
• user-definable sites
• multiple on-line research windows open
  simultaneously
• flexible auto-synchronization options

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Web Research Pre-defined sites

• Profile
• News Commentary
• Analyst opinions
• Analyst estimates
• SEC fillings
• Insider transactions
• Major holders
• Competition / Industry

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Web Research Navigation
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Web Research user-definable sites

• Tools-Customize, Web Pages tab

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Web Research flexible auto-sync options

• Don't sync - means that page should not be
  synchronized with currently selected symbol
• Sync active - means that page should be
  synchronized ONLY when it is currently active or
  becomes active
• Sync always - means that page is synchronized
  with currently selected symbol always, no matter
  if it is active or not.

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New Account Manager - features

• tracking history of all transactions
• tracking open position unrealized profit
• tracking account equity history
• short and long trades, automatic handling of
  scaling in/out
• unlimited number of accounts
• per-account settings/commissions

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AM Creation of new account

• To create new account useFile - New
  Accountmenu or New toolbar button

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AM Funding

• Before you do any trading, you have to fund your
  account. To do so press "FUNDING" button on the
  account manager toolbar, then select "Deposit" as
  operation type, enter the DATE when you have
  funded your account and enter the amount.

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AM Settings
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AM Entering trades
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AM Transaction log and position list
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AM Saving and opening

• To save edits made to account use File-Save (or
  File-Save As to save under new name).
• To open account file, go to File-Open, in the
  File dialog, select "Account (.acx)" from "Files
  of type" combo-box, and select the account file
  you want to load.
• You can create/open multiple accounts at once
  (just use File-New-Account, File-Open many
  times).

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Bar Replay tool

• great learning tool (you can use it to paper
  trade or to get familiar with the behaviour of
  any indicator)
• develop and debug automated trading systems on
  recorded data
• re-playing all symbols' data at once
• fast scrolling
• user-definable playback speed and interval

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Bar Replay user interface
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Bar Replay navigation

• Rewind - goes to the beginning of the range
• Back - goes one step Back
• Stop - turns bar replay OFF (chart are not
  affected by bar reply)
• Pause - pauses current playback or enters pause
  mode
• Play - plays back bars history
• Forward - goes one step Forward
• End - goes to the end of selected range

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New AFL functions

• Say() - text-to-speech conversion
• FFT()
• SetChartBkGradientFill()
• SetSortColumns()
• GetPerformanceCounter()
• RequestTimedRefresh()
• and few others...

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AFL Say()

• added Text-To-Speech capability via Say() AFL
  function. Now AmiBroker can speak out loud any
  text.if( LastValue( Buy ) ) Say(Buy signal
  on Name() at Close ) This is
  controllable from formula level so you can make
  it to speak depending on market conditions,
  signals generated from your formula, etc.

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AFL SetChartBkGradientFill ()

• SetChartBkGradientFill( topcolor, bottomcolor,
  titlebkcolor default )
• Enables background gradient color fill in
  indicators.
• Please note that this is independent from chart
  background color (background color fills entire
  pane, gradient fill is only for actual chart
  interior, so axes area is not affected by
  gradient fill)

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AFL FFT()

• FFT( array, len 0 ) Performs FFT (Fast
  Fourier Transform) on last 'len' bars of the
  array, if len is set to zero, then FFT is
  performed on entire array. len parameter must be
  even.

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AFL SetSortColumns

• SetSortColumns( col1, col2, .... ) Automatically
  sort exploration result list. col1, col2, ...
  col10 -Column numbers are ONE-based. Positive
  number means sort ASCENDING, negative number
  means sort DESCENDING.

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AFL SetSortColumns examples

• // sort by 5th column in ascending order
  SetSortColumns( 5 ) // sort by 3rd column in
  descending order SetSortColumns( -3 ) // sort
  by 1st column (asc) AND
• // then by 2nd column (desc) SetSortColumns(
  1, -2 )

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AFL GetPerformanceCounter()

• allows high-resolution performance timing
• GetPerformanceCounter(True) for( i 0 i 1000 i ) k sin( i ) elapsed
  GetPerformanceCounter() "Time ms "elapsed
  

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Other improvements

• HoldMinDays / EarlyExitDays feature
• 'Every tick' chart refresh capability added
  (Professional Edition only)
• MDI Tabs added as UI enhancement.
• OLE interface enhancements/additions
• On-line knowledgebase and feedback center

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Summary

• New major upgrade of AmiBroker brings some key
  new features and improvements
• The goal for 2007 is to provide one major upgrade
  per quarter, so version 5.00 before summer, and
  5.10 autumn, 5.20 winter.

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Future improvements

• new formula editor
• new Automatic Analysis window design
• Layout sharing
• AFL code wizard

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Thank You

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