AmiBroker 4.81.0 Beta Read Me

June 8, 2006 18:49

THIS IS A BETA VERSION OF THE SOFTWARE. EXPECT BUGS !!!

Backup your data files and entire AmiBroker folder first!

INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS

IMPORTANT: This archive is update-only. You have to install full version 4.80 first.

Just run the installer and follow the instructions.

Then run AmiBroker. You should see "AmiBroker 4.81.0 beta" written in the About box.

See CHANGE LOG below for detailed list of changes.

CHANGE LOG

• Database structure changed to hold new fundamental data - quarterly EAT/EBT/Sales figures, Code and Nominal value have been replaced by new fields.
  
  Despite these changes files are still backward and forward compatible - so it can be read by any other AB version, the only minor inconvenience is that if you load new file into old version (pre-4.81) of AmiBroker you will see weird numbers in old "Finances" dialog as well as in "Shares out." and "Book Value" fields.
  
  
• Implemented new View->Information property page featuring extra fundamental data fields
  
  
• OLE: added new fundamental data fields to Stock object
  
  Stock object has now the following properties:
  
  string Ticker;
  Collection Quotations;
  string FullName;
  boolean Index;
  boolean Favourite;
  boolean Continuous;
  long MarketID;
  long GroupID;
  float Beta;
  float SharesOut;
  float BookValuePerShare;
  float SharesFloat;
  string Address;
  string WebID;
  string Alias;
  boolean IsDirty;
  long IndustryID;
  long WatchListBits;
  long DataSource;
  long DataLocalMode;
  float PointValue;
  float MarginDeposit;
  float RoundLotSize;
  float TickSize;
  long WatchListBits2;
  string Currency;
  string LastSplitFactor;
  DATE LastSplitDate;
  float DividendPerShare;
  DATE DividendPayDate;
  DATE ExDividendDate;
  float PEGRatio;
  float ProfitMargin;
  float OperatingMargin;
  float OneYearTargetPrice;
  float ReturnOnAssets;
  float ReturnOnEquity;
  float QtrlyRevenueGrowth;
  float GrossProfitPerShare;
  float SalesPerShare;
  float EBITDAPerShare;
  float QtrlyEarningsGrowth;
  float InsiderHoldPercent;
  float InstitutionHoldPercent;
  float SharesShort;
  float SharesShortPrevMonth;
  float ForwardDividendPerShare;
  float ForwardEPS;
  float EPS;
  float EPSEstCurrentYear;
  float EPSEstNextYear;
  float EPSEstNextQuarter;
  float OperatingCashFlow;
  float LeveredFreeCashFlow;
  
  
• AFL: new function GetFnData() - allows accessing fundamental data
  
  SYNTAX: GetFnData("field")
  RETURNS: number
  
  "field" can be one of the following:
  
  "EPS"
  "EPSEstCurrentYear"
  "EPSEstNextYear"
  "EPSEstNextQuarter"
  "PEGRatio"
  "SharesFloat"
  "SharesOut"
  "DividendPayDate"
  "ExDividendDate"
  "BookValuePerShare"
  "DividendPerShare"
  "ProfitMargin"
  "OperatingMargin"
  "OneYearTargetPrice"
  "ReturnOnAssets"
  "ReturnOnEquity"
  "QtrlyRevenueGrowth"
  "GrossProfitPerShare"
  "SalesPerShare"
  "EBITDAPerShare"
  "QtrlyEarningsGrowth"
  "InsiderHoldPercent"
  "InstitutionHoldPercent"
  "SharesShort"
  "SharesShortPrevMonth"
  "ForwardDividendPerShare"
  "ForwardEPS"
  "OperatingCashFlow"
  "LeveredFreeCashFlow"
  "Beta"
  "LastSplitRatio"
  "LastSplitDate"
  
  
• ASCII importer: added support for new fundamental data fields :
  
  $FORMAT command now supports additional fields:
  
  DIV_PAY_DATE
  EX_DIV_DATE
  LAST_SPLIT_DATE
  LAST_SPLIT_RATIO
  EPS
  EPS_EST_CUR_YEAR
  EPS_EST_NEXT_YEAR
  EPS_EST_NEXT_QTR
  FORWARD_EPS
  PEG_RATIO
  BOOK_VALUE (requires SHARES_OUT to be specified as well)
  BOOK_VALUE_PER_SHARE
  EBITDA
  PRICE_TO_SALES (requires CLOSE to be specified as well)
  PRICE_TO_EARNINGS (requires CLOSE to be specified as well)
  PRICE_TO_BV (requires CLOSE to be specified as well)
  FORWARD_PE (requires CLOSE to be specified as well)
  REVENUE
  SHARES_SHORT
  DIVIDEND
  ONE_YEAR_TARGET
  MARKET_CAP (requires CLOSE to be specified as well - it is used to calculate shares outstanding)
  SHARES_FLOAT
  SHARES_OUT
  PROFIT_MARGIN
  OPERATING_MARGIN
  RETURN_ON_ASSETS
  RETURN_ON_EQUITY
  QTRLY_REVENUE_GROWTH
  GROSS_PROFIT
  QTRLY_EARNINGS_GROWTH
  INSIDER_HOLD_PERCENT
  INSTIT_HOLD_PERCENT
  SHARES_SHORT_PREV
  FORWARD_DIV
  OPERATING_CASH_FLOW
  FREE_CASH_FLOW
  BETA
  
  
  (see Formats\aqfe.format and Formats\aqfn.format files for example usage)
  

  
  
• Removed Stock->Information and Stock->Finances dialogs (this functionality is replaced by View->Information - new dockable property window)
  
  
• AFL: new function StrReplace( string, oldsubstring, newsubstring )
  
  
• Fixed crash occuring sometimes if "Symbol->Watch List->Type-in" symbol was longer than maximum allowable length (allocated to: 4.80.2)
  
  
• Foreign() function changed. Now by default missing data bar OHL fields are filled using previous bar Close and volume is set to zero.
  It is possible to turn old behaviour (filling missing bar OHL fields using previous bar OHL fields and copying previous bar volume) if you use
  Fixup parameter set to 2.
  Foreign("MSFT","O", 2 ); // old-style (pre-4.81) fill
  
  
• Scaling-in profit% calculations modified to use total cost instead of max. pos value
  
  
• ships with AmiQuote 1.90 featuring automatic download and import of fundamental data from Yahoo Finance. See AmiQuote\ReadMe2.html for the details.
  

• Changed %profit calculation when scaling-in is used to use maximum number of shares ever held as a “base” of %profit calculation - this leads to “most conservative” % figures, compared to using just initial entry value.
  
• Prec() function improved so it does not show rounding errors when working on integer

• fixed problem with Easy Alert window not accepting new alerts in some circumstances
  
• included new IB plugin version 1.6.2 (FC issue #54)

If you experience any problem with this beta version please send detailed description of the problem (especially the steps needed to reproduce it) to bugs at amibroker.com