Current Release Notes - VT Trader 2.0.12.18

ATTENTION WINDOWS VISTA USERS

Before attempting to upgrade to VT Trader 2.0.12.18 you must disable the “User Access Control” (UAC) feature for the active user account to ensure the proper completion of the upgrade. You can do this by following the breadcrumb trail below:

Start Menu -> Control Panel -> User Accounts -> Turn User Access Control on or off -> Press [Continue] button to proceed through the warning prompt -> Remove checkmark from "Use User Access Control (UAC) to help protect your computer” option -> Press [OK] -> Reboot PC

Once UAC has been disabled, you can proceed to upgrade VT Trader to version 1.9.3. You may re-enable the UAC feature in Windows Vista once VT Trader has been successfully upgraded. You’ll need to reboot your PC once more for this change to take effect.

Important Notice

• Due to the new NFA rule 2-43(b) regarding the use of hedging, VT Trader will show/hide (or disable) all “hedging”-related functionality depending on whether or not the client’s account(s) are subject to the new NFA ruling. This includes the “Hedge Position” and “Hedge All Positions” commands in the open positions’ chart labels, the “Hedge Position” and “Close with Hedge” commands in the Open Positions window contextual menu, and the “Hedge” column in the Request Order(s) account table.

New Features:

• Server-based (in the market) Trailing Stop order type implemented; The distance that the trailing stop "trails" behind the current rate (price) is equivalent to the distance between the current rate (price) and the stop order's rate (price) at the time that the trailing stop order is created. An additional trailing stop parameter called the "Minimum Rate Move" has been included in the entry order request window and stop order dialog window. The "Minimum Rate Move" trailing stop parameter determines the number of pips the current rate (price) must advance before the trailing stop rate (price) is updated; the "Minimum Rate Move" is currently set at 1 pip and is not adjustable


• Fibonacci Expansion drawing tool has been implemented; this tool allows you to select points A, B, and C and extends the Fibonacci levels from point C; please refer to the help manual for additional details

Feature Improvements:

• All data containers in VT Trader’s base programming code have been refactored


• Indicator and trading system variable recalculations optimizations have been made


• The window Auto-Hide “roll in/out” effect has been disabled to help reduce VT Trader’s CPU usage


• Market Order Request window and Entry Order request window have modified behavior; The “Lots” text box behavior has been changed; if you have a single account, instead of using the a “Lots” text box, you’ll need to adjust your account’s lot amount using the editable cell in the “Amount” column of the Accounts table; if you have multiple accounts, you’ll see the inclusion of a new selection list called “Define Amounts” – this selection box contains 3 options: “For each selected account”, “For all selected accounts”, and “Using Percent Management (P.A.M.)” – “For each selected account” allows you to edit each account’s individual lot amount using the editable cell in the “Amount” column of that account’s row in the Accounts table; “For all selected accounts” activates the “Lots” text box and allows you to simultaneously edit the lot amounts for all selected accounts in the Accounts table; “”Using Percent Management (P.A.M.)” activates the “Lots” text box and allows you to edit the lot amount that will be divided amongst all selected accounts in the Accounts table; additionally, the “Traders Range” text box has been renamed to “Market Range”


• Entry Order request window “Set Stop” and “Set Limit” options for specifying the stop and limit values have changed; the “Pips” option specifies the number of pips away from the “Rate” (defined in the first text box in the window that the stop or limit will be placed; the “Currency P/L” option allows you to specify the rate for the stop/limit according to the amount of base currency specified and the lot size being traded; whenever one of the respective “Set Stop/Limit ” Rate, “Pips”, or “Currency P/L” values are adjusted the other 2 associated text boxes’ values are updated – for example, if you choose 30 for the “Pips” the Set Stop/Limit “Rate” and “Currency P/L” boxes update their values to correspond to your chosen value of 30 in the “Pips” text box


• Profit/Loss (in pips – relative to lot size) information has been added to the Open Positions Label in “Position Mode 1” and “Position Mode 2”


• Open Positions window’s Stop/Limit contextual menu commands have been modified; they now include 3 submenu commands: “Attach”, “Edit”, and “Remove”. “Attach” displays the “Set Stop for …” (or “Set Limit for …”) form window; this allows the client to add (attach) a new stop loss (or limit) order to the open position. “Attach” is only active if no existing stop (limit) order exists. “Edit” displays the “Set Stop for …” (or “Set Limit for …”) form window; this allows the client to edit the existing stop loss (or limit) order attached to the open position. “Edit” is only active if an existing stop loss (or limit) is attached. “Remove” displays a confirmation dialog window with the text, “Do you really want to remove order [stop/limit order ID]?” “Remove” is only active if an existing stop (limit) order exists.


• Pending Orders window’s Stop/Limit contextual menu commands have been modified; they now include 3 submenu commands: “Attach”, “Edit”, and “Remove”. “Attach” displays the “Set Stop for …” (or “Set Limit for …”) form window; this allows the client to add (attach) a new stop loss (or limit) order to the entry order. “Attach” is only active if no existing stop (limit) order exists. “Edit” displays the “Set Stop for …” (or “Set Limit for …”) form window; this allows the client to edit the existing stop loss (or limit) order attached to the entry order. “Edit” is only active if an existing stop loss (or limit) is attached. “Remove” displays a confirmation dialog window with the text, “Do you really want to remove order [stop/limit order ID]?” “Remove” is only active if an existing stop (limit) order exists.


• Open Position Label’s and Entry Order Label’s Stop/Limit contextual menu commands (in Position Viewing Mode) have been modified; they now include 3 submenu commands: “Attach”, “Edit”, and “Remove”. “Attach” displays the “Set Stop for …” (or “Set Limit for …”) form window; this allows the client to add (attach) a new stop loss (or limit) order to the open position or entry order. “Attach” is only active if no existing stop (limit) order exists. “Edit” displays the “Set Stop for …” (or “Set Limit for …”) form window; this allows the client to edit the existing stop loss (or limit) order attached to the open position or entry order. “Edit” is only active if an existing stop loss (or limit) is attached. “Remove” displays a confirmation dialog window with the text, “Do you really want to remove order [stop/limit order ID]?” “Remove” is only active if an existing stop (limit) order exists.


• Open Position Label’s and Entry Order Label’s Stop/Limit contextual menu commands (in Consolidated Viewing Mode) have been modified; they now include 2 submenu commands: “Attach/Edit” and “Remove”. “Attach/Edit” displays the “Set Stop for …” (or “Set Limit for …”) form window; this allows the client to add (attach) new stop loss(es) (or limit(s)) orders to the consolidated open position or consolidated entry order or to edit the existing stop loss (or limit) order(s) attached to them. “Attach/Edit” is only active if existing stop loss(es) (or limit(s)) are attached; note: if individual positions or orders that make up the consolidated position or consolidated order have different types of stops associated with them, the “Attach/Edit” command for “Stop” will not be active. “Remove” displays a confirmation dialog window with the text, “Do you really want to remove All stop (limit) orders?” “Remove” is only active if an existing stop (limit) order exists.


• Open Positions window contextual menu’s “Close” and “Close Selected” commands have changed slightly; “Close” is available if 1 position is selected otherwise it’s hidden; “Close Selected” is available only if more than 1 position is selected otherwise it’s hidden


• All chart labels’ information is now localized to display in the client’s selected language (* assuming that the appropriate dictionary translations exist)


• Summary viewing mode in charts now includes summary pending order labels vs. normal pending order labels while in Summary viewing mod


• VT Trader’s installation routine now checks the client’s local PC’s operating system localization settings and uses those settings to determine the appropriate default language for VT Trader


• Indicator Order window’s “Indicator” selection list better handles long indicator names


• When Auto-Scroll to Current Price is disabled, the chart now opens to the most current price rather than the first bar loaded into the chart


• Double-clicking VT Trader 2.x’s system tray icon restores VT Trader


• VT Trader’s system try icon now displays a flashing green circular LED when 1 or more trading systems are running in auto-trade mode instead of the entire system tray icon flashing with a red U.S. dollar sign


• VT Trader’s system try icon now displays a flashing red circular LED when VT Trader is in “Offline” mode


• Dow Jones News window has been improved to display a “not available” or “no data” message when there is no news to display


• Old ‘PageControl’ windows components have been updated for better efficiency and further skinning ability


• Input/Output tabs' variable list text box in Indicator Builder and Trading Systems Builder Editor window has been made to auto-lengthen to fill vertical space in the window making it easier to work with long lists of variables


• Indicator labels and trading systems labels can now include multiple lines of data displayed in the label


• Trading Systems Builder>Editor Window>Indicator tab>Real-Time option has been removed since “Complete Bar” mode is the only auto-trading mode currently available


• Trading Systems Builder>Editor Window>Output tab>[Edit] button>Trading tab>EachTick Count option has been removed since “Complete Bar” mode is the only auto-trading mode currently available


• The "Indicator Lock" text in the Indicator Builder and Trading System Builder Editor window>Indicator tab has been changed so that it reads, "Protect from deletion" (w/out the quotes)


• The "Inspect Alias" text in the Indicator Builder Editor window>Indicator tab has been changed so that it reads, "Data Inspection Alias" (w/out the quotes)


• The "Short Name" text in the Indicator Builder Editor window>Indicator tab has been changed so that it reads, "Function Name Alias" (w/out the quotes)


• The "Indicator" tab has been renamed to "General" tab, the "Input" tab to "Input Variable(s)", and the "Output" tab to "Output Variable(s)" in the Indicator Editor window and the Trading Systems Editor window


• The flashing red dollar sign ($) displayed on the VT Trader system tray icon when 1 or more trading systems are running in auto-trade mode has been changed to a flashing green LED


• Indicator and trading systems descriptions (notes) are not localized so they’ll display in the client’s selected language (* assuming that the appropriate dictionary translations exist)


• Polish localization has been updated


• Language “installation” selection has been removed from the installer; due to the way VT Trader now works with localization and language selection, all available languages are required to be installed


• VT Trader splash screen has been updated