Current Release Notes - VT Trader 1.9

Previous Releases

Release Notes 1.9.3
Release Notes 1.9.2
Release Notes 1.9
Release Notes 1.8.6
Release Notes 1.8.5
Release Notes 1.8.3
Release Notes 1.8.1
Release Notes 1.8
Release Notes 1.7.8
Release Notes 1.7.7
Release Notes 1.7.5
Release Notes 1.7

New Features:

VT Trader installation routine and program/file system has been modified to make VT Trader better Windows® Vista compatible “out of the box”; Windows® XP file system changes:
WinXP_1) C:Program FilesVT Trader -> VT Trader’s installation folder; files in this folder can be accessed by any user, but they are “read only”; VT Trader’s main .exe file, .dll files, “read only” settings/sounds/localization files, standard indicators, and standard trading systems, etc. are located in this directory

WinXP_2) C:Documents and SettingsLocal SettingsApplication DataVTSystemsVT Trader -> This directory and its subdirectories contain all of the user’s settings files, detailed log files, desktop templates, etc.

WinXP_3) C:Documents and SettingsMy DocumentsVTSystemsVT Trader -> This directory and its subdirectories contain all of the user’s custom indicators and trading systems files

WinXP_4) C:Documents and SettingsAll UsersApplication DataVTSystemsVT Trader -> This directory contains all common VT Trader files such as VT Trader’s cached chart history files

Windows® Vista file system changes:

WinVista_1) C:Program FilesVT Trader -> VT Trader’s installation folder; files in this folder can be accessed by any user, but they are “read only”; VT Trader’s main .exe file, .dll files, “read only” settings/sounds/localization files, standard indicators, and standard trading systems, etc. are located in this directory

WinVista_2) C:UsersAppDataLocalVTSystemsVT Trader -> This directory and its subdirectories contain all of the user’s settings files, detailed log files, desktop templates, etc.

WinVista_3) C:UsersDocumentsVTSystemsVT Trader -> This directory and its subdirectories contain all of the user’s custom indicators and trading systems files

WinVista_4) C:ProgramDataVTSystemsVT
Standard indicators can no longer be edited by the user; upon making changes to a standard indicator and attempting to save, the user will be prompted to save the indicator as a custom indicator under a new name; If the user elects to save their changes, the modified, newly saved indicator will become a new custom indicator with a modified Name, a modified ShortName, and a unique file name (same as ShortName) in the folder designated for VT Trader custom indicators; Furthermore, since standard indicators can no longer be edited there is no need for the user to be able to import or export those files using the Import Environment and Export Environment tools so their corresponding options have been removed from those tools; All of this was done to make VT Trader more multi-user and Windows® Vista friendly; As a result of this change, the [Set as Default] button located in the Indicator Properties window, when attaching a standard indicator to a chart, has been removed as well.
New Alert functionality has been added to the following drawing tools: Trend Line, Horizontal Line, Gann Line, Gann Fan, Gann Grid, Horizontal Fibonacci Lines, Angled Fibonacci Lines, Fibonacci Arc, Fibonacci Fan, Standard Deviation Channel, Standard Error Channel, Raff Regression Channel, and Equidistant Channel; the new alert functionality includes the ability to define the data “source” for the alert, the “alert timing” (Breakout Intrabar w/ 3 different intrabar alert options and/or Breakout On Close), and the “alert options” (enable and define the alert message + enable and define the alert sound).
Standard trading systems can no longer be edited by the user; upon making changes to a standard trading system and attempting to save, the user will be prompted to save the trading system as a custom trading system under a new name; If the user elects to save their changes, the modified, newly saved trading system will become a new custom trading system with a modified Name, a modified ShortName, and a unique file name (same as ShortName) in the folder designated for VT Trader custom trading systems; Furthermore, since standard trading systems can no longer edited there is no need for the user to be able to import or export those files using the Import Environment and Export Environment tools so their corresponding options have been removed from those tools; this was done to make VT Trader more multi-user and Windows® Vista friendly.
New Logging system implemented; Archived logs are encrypted and always enabled; Additional Notes: “Logs will consume ~20MB of hard drive space per day on average; In order to help restrict the amount of spaced used by logs a new option called “Delete Logs Older Than n-Days” has been included in the Navigator Window>Options Bookmark>Properties>General>General Properties>Communication Bookmark (default is 7 days); The “Enable Logging” and “Log Level” options have been removed from Navigator Window>Options Bookmark>Properties>General>General Properties>Communication Bookmark since they are no longer necessary.

Disable Streaming Quotes” option created in created in Navigator Window>Options Bookmark>Properties>General>General Properties>Communication Bookmark; disables VT Trader’s ability to receive the incoming market price quotes from the user’s broker; Disabled by default.

"Enable Q.O.S. Statistics Submission Service" option created in Navigator Window>Options Bookmark>Properties>General>General Properties>Communication Bookmark; allows VT Trader to send “quality of service” statistics to the user’s broker; Enabled by default.

"Enable TalkBack Error Submission Service" option created in Navigator Window>Options Bookmark>Properties>General>General Properties>Communication Bookmark; allows VT Trader to send error statistics to the user’s broker; Enabled by default.

"Disable New Version Updates" option in Navigator Window>Options Bookmark>Properties>General>General Properties>Communication Bookmark; allows the user to disable VT Trader’s ability to check for updates when initializing the application; Disabled by default.

Volume-Adjusted MA Type added to mov() function parameters (MA Type option) and Moving Average indicator;

Feature Improvements:

Improved Connectivity LED's logic

Improved Connection Resiliency
Inspect Window has undergone major changes; It’s now called the “Chart Inspection Window”; It can still be opened using the Chart Window Toolbar, however, it now has its own link in the Navigator Window>Trading Bookmark as well; The new Chart Inspection Window has its own contextual menu, properties window and default properties. Please refer to the help manual for additional details. Note: with these improvements, the “Use Colors in Inspect Window” and “Output Variables Precision Display in Inspect Window” options have been removed from the Navigator Window>Options Bookmark>Properties>General>General Properties>General Bookmark

VT Trader no longer auto-saves the active desktop template upon exit if the chart windows are displaying the “Charting Service Unavailable” message; this was done because in previous versions of VT Trader if a desktop template was saved in this state any objects applied to open chart windows were not being saved upon exit and re-login

VT Trader setup package displays language according to Windows® operating system native language selection
Chart History Cache stored on user’s PC is now compressed and stored in .zip files
Drawing tools (all of those with “alert” functionality) alerts can now be used with indicators that are “owned” by (included in and displayed by) trading systems
“Run Connection Trace Route” Window has been redesigned and uses better components and more for trace route; See help manual for details.
Several minor enhancements and revisions have been made throughout the VT Trader graphical user interface (GUI)
Font preview background colors in various “Properties” Windows have been made more user-friendly; the background color will be either black or white depending on the chosen color of the font
Forex Resources windows are now displayed in the center of the monitor
Indicator Builder Window is now initially displayed on the monitor where the Navigator Window is located in a multiple monitor environment
Trading Systems Builder Window is now initially displayed on the monitor where the Navigator Window is located in a multiple monitor environment
Indicator Editor Window and is now displayed at the center of the monitor where its parent window is located in a multiple monitor environment
Trading Systems Editor Window is now displayed at the center of the monitor where its parent window is located in a multiple monitor environment
Order confirmation windows and the Activity Log now better identify if the order being requested is a “hedged” order
Price Alerts handling improved; alerts now display and trigger at respective BID/ASK prices based on BID/ASK chart type
Price Alerts Dialog Window that displays when a drawing tool triggers an alert has been modified; the previous behavior was: if an alert’s checkmark box was enabled the alert will be removed (cancelled) after closing the Price Alerts Dialog Window and if the checkmark box is not enabled the alert will continue to function after closing the Price Alerts Dialog Window; this logic has been reversed, so that now the alerts continue to function after the dialog window is closed if their checkmark box is enabled and the alerts are removed after the dialog window is closed if their corresponding checkmark box is disabled
Open Positions Window>Contextual Menu>Close Selected>Close Positions Window>Account column sometimes displayed AcctID’s instead of account names – FIXED.
Navigator Window>File>Print Preview and Navigator Window>File>Print Active Chart menu options are not disabled if a chart window is not currently the active window in VT Tradert
Fibonacci Horizontal Lines, Fibonacci Vertical Lines, Fibonacci Angled Lines, Fibonacci Arc, and Fibonacci Fan tools’ properties have been modified to allow -1,000 - +1,000 range (previous was -500 - +500) for values assigned in the Calculations Bookmark
Comments tool -> font size restricted from 5-200 since larger than 200 font sizes will not properly display in the chart window
Navigator Window header caption now shows server alias name instead of server address
Russian localization updated/fixed (incorrect Russian words were being displayed through various properties windows)
Phone Password string in getData2 response section of detailed request-response log is now masked
add(), sub(), div(), and mul() functions have been removed from VT Trader’s programming language since they do not function (they always returned NULL)