AmiBroker 4.

90
new features overview
by Tomasz Janeczko,
Amibroker.com

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

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

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)

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

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

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);

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

Web Research window

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

Web Research: Pre-defined

sites

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

Web Research: Navigation

Web Research: userdefinable sites

Tools->Customize, Web Pages tab

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.

New
Account Manager - feature
s
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

AM: Creation of new

account
To create new
account use
File -> New
Account
menu or New
toolbar button

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.

AM: Settings

AM: Entering trades

AM: Transaction log and

position list

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).

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

Bar Replay: user interface

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

New AFL functions

Say() - text-to-speech conversion

FFT()
SetChartBkGradientFill()
SetSortColumns()
GetPerformanceCounter()
RequestTimedRefresh()
and few others...

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.

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)

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.

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.

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 );

AFL:
GetPerformanceCounter()
allows high-resolution performance
timing
GetPerformanceCounter(True);
for( i = 0; i < 1000; i++ )
{
k = sin( i );
}
elapsed = GetPerformanceCounter();
"Time [ms] = "+elapsed;

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

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.

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

Thank You
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http://www.amibroker.com