VT Trader Release Notes 1.7.7

New Features:

Heikin-Ashi price values are now available as standard price type selections for existing indicators and trading systems as well as from the Indicator Builder Editor and Trading Systems Builder Editor windows. The Heikin-Ashi Price values are defined as (and can be referenced using) haOpen, haClose, haLow, and haHigh and can be abbreviated as haO, haC, haL, and haH in the Formula Editor.

Renko Chart Type added
Each brick is drawn in the direction of the prior price move only if a fixed amount (i.e. the box size) has been exceeded. The bricks are always equal in size. To formulate Renko bricks, today's close price is compared with the high and low prices of the previous brick. When the close price rises above the top of the previous brick by the specified box size or more, one or more equal height, up bricks is drawn in the next column. If the close price falls below the bottom of the previous brick by the specified box size or more, one or more equal height, down bricks are drawn in the next column; additional information can be found in VTtrader Help Manual (version 1.1 - Navigator Window>Chart Type Toolbar)

Code Parameters feature implemented
Can be found in Indicator Builder and Trading System Builder Formula Editor options screen; when enabled, it displays a "hint" in the formula tab while the user is typing the name of a built-in function. For example, if the user types "mov(" the Code Parameters hint window will display [DATA ARRAY,PERIODS,METHOD]; this allows the user to know what input types the function requires without having to find the function in the Paste Functions screen or Help Manual provided that the user is generally familiar with the function and VT programming language.

New default VTtrader Destkop Arrangement for JPN language.

Comment Feature added
// Symbols can be used to comment out full lines of text in the Indicator Builder Formula Editor and the Trading Systems Builder Formula Editor. Full lines of text having // placed directly before them at the left margin will be shown as a comment using the same default grey color of comments using the { }. Placing // symbols to make comments after the last line of executable script code is not permitted. The scripting engine will ignore any commented lines of text. Additional information can be found in the VTtrader Help Manual (version 1.1 – VTtrader Programming Language>Comments)

4 new indicators included: (Details for each can be found in their respective Notes section using the Indicator Builder)

• Laguerre Relative Strength Index
• Moving Average Envelope
• Trend Continuation Factor
• Trend Trigger Factor

Feature Improvements:

• Navigator Window position, size, and compacted state is saved and restored with Desktop Templates; the AutoHide setting is not saved and restored with desktop templates because it is a global setting that can be adjusted from the General Properties area in VTtrader.
• Indicator Builder and Indicator Properties Window now have correct behavior for displaying Line Styles. If narrowest Line Width is chosen, all Line Style options are available; however, if any line width larger than the narrowest line is chosen, only the solid line, histogram, and dots line styles are available.
• Trading Systems Builder and trading system output variables using “indicator enabled” now have correct behavior for displaying Line Styles. If narrowest Line Width is chosen, all Line Style options are available; however, if any line width larger than the narrowest line is chosen, only the solid line, histogram, and dots line styles are available.
• Point and Figure charts can now be scrolled away from the right edge of the chart window
• Modified Cross() function to return 0 (zero) value if 1(or both) arguments = NULL (avoids NULL values in script calculations involving this function)
• Modified sum() and cum() functions to totalize 0 (zero) instead of NULL value if a NULL argument or parameter is found (avoids NULL values in script calculations involving these functions)
• Modified Moving Average indicator to allow for a negative Vshift % (vertical shift) value; this will allow the user to display to moving average below the current price line in a similar fashion to shifting the moving average above the current price line.
• Modified Commodity Channel Index indicator to allow the user to choose to use and display 2 different calculation methods for the CCI; The MetaStock-Equivalent formula is the calculation that has always been included; the new calculation method is that of the author’s (Lambert) original formula methodology. The indicator notes were updated to detail these new changes.
• Modified VT-Trailing Stop System to include an “Error” variable to prevent 0.0000 input price for Open Position
• Modified VT-Moving Averages of Relative Strength Index System (added RSI price selection, MA Type selection)
• Modified VT-Simple MACD System (changed input variables Displays Names to be more self-descriptive)
• Server connection and reconnection algorithm improvements
• Navigator Window>Options Bookmark>Properties>General Properties>Communication Bookmark>Auto-Reconnection Time-Out value changed to 1 (minute) as default setting