02/20/04

To those upgrading to 1.22. Note that you can only upgrade from 1.21b to 1.22. You can only upgrade from the last version that requires a full install. When in doubt, just do a full install, and then just copy your AT.xml and the registration file from your old working installation to the new installation.

02/19/04

New feature in version 1.22. One of the most requested feature I receive is playback speed control and it is now available in version 1.22 using SierraChart for playback data display. (QuoteTracker is not supported). Speed control is supported for AutoTrader, Ensign, CME and Random data source. You can fast forward the playback 2x, 5x, 15x and 30x. If you do not subscribe to Sierra Chart, I recommend you to do so and do not forget to mention that I referred you :).

Have you made a bad trade and wish you can turn back time to do the trade again? Well now you can using AutoTrader Playback. You can reverse the direction of Playback at any time at 1x, 2x, 5x, 15x or 30x speed to roll back the chart. Yes, you read it right, the bars displayed in Sierra Chart will actually unwind and rollback in real time! Once the chart returns to the bar that you want, you can resume normal Forward playback. This is useful in your strategy testing so you can try the same chart data using different strategies and find out which one works best for the chart pattern.

In addition to Fast Forward and Fast Rewind, you can also Single Step Forward or Single Step Backwards one tick data at a time. You can also restart the playback from the beginning with the click of a single button. You have complete control of playback.

Download or upgrade to version 1.22 now to see for yourself the new AutoTrader Playback speed control feature. Please consider making your donation so you can become a registered AutoTrader user to support further cutting edge development of new features such as this.

Important Notes:
You do not need to click Yes to the TWS Proxy prompt when you start playback, as Sierra Chart does not need to be connected to AutoTrader anymore using TWS API.
The Playback symbol is hard coded to IBM in order to accomodate Trial users of Sierra Chart. Open the file IBM.mnd when you start Sierra Chart program.
There is currently no Volume information and that will be added in the next release.

Please email comments to autotrader@sling.to and email bug reports to autotrader-bugs@sling.to

02/16/04

Changes to version 1.21b

• This version requires a full install. You can copy your old AT.xml file to the new installation to migrate your preference settings. You also need to copy the data folder if you want to view reports of your live trade history.
• For current QCharts users, you can now trade your Interactive Brokers account from QCharts using QCharts 5.1 Beta and this version of AutoTrader.
• I added the Graphite Metal Large Print Theme into the full install. For those who want large font, you can select this theme under GTK Themes to use larger font size for the display.
• Fixed a bug in number format difference for non-U.S. systems. Java localizes the numbers used in the program, so German traders using Windows set to German locale will use a default number format of 123.456.789,00 instead of the U.S. 123,456,789.00 format, causing the program to freeze. This problem is now fixed, and German traders who could not setup to trade EUR can now do so.
• SmartTrack bug for sell at ask tracking fixed. It will now track if ask price goes down, the limit order price is now updated to match the new ask price.
• Fixed the playback mode. Playback will now close all connections when it is done or when you click on the disconnect button. This means you do not need to restart AutoTrader anymore in order to start a new playback.
• TWS has a bug that it sends bad order status to client programs for orders that did not originate from them. AutoTrader will catch and ignore these bogus order status messages from TWS.
• Updated Target Order recalculation for scale in, the Target is only updated if it is better than the current target. The Target and Stop recalculation when you scale in is as follows:
  For long position - Target Offset 0.5 Stop Offset 0.75 Initial Entry 1000.00
  Initial Target is 1000.50, Initial Stop is 999.25
  Scenario 1: Position is winning, and add at 1000.25,
  Target is updated to 1000.75, Stop is updated to 999.50
  Scenario 2: Position is losing, and add at 999.75
  Target stays at 1000.5, Stop is updated to 999.00

If you are currently a registered AutoTrader user and subscribe to eSignal, email me if you are interested in using eSignal as your market quote feed for AutoTrader.