Important notes:
1) This beta version is installed in addition to the production version of the trading station. It does not replace the production version, so both version can be used simultaneously, in the same time.
2) The beta version is not designed to work on real accounts. It may, and, most probably does, contain defects. Please do not use it on real accounts.
3) The broker support service has not seen this version yet, so, please discuss all questions and report all problems here. Do not call your broker to ask about or to report a problem in the beta version.
Please read the beta-testing license agreement carefully before installing the beta version.
What's New?
Trading Station
- Optional Save of Login
Now you can choose whether to save the entered login in the Login dialog box. The dialog box has the Save Login check box selected by default. If you do not want your login to be saved in the dialog box, just clear the check box before logging in. - Used Margin Column in Open Positions and Summary
A new Used Margin column (Usd Mr) has been added to the Open Positions and Summary windows. It provides the amount of the account equity currently allocated to maintain your open position or positions. - Rollover Column in Summary
A new Rollover column has been added to the Summary window. It provides the amount of rollover interest received or paid for the positions on rollover. - Value of Stop and Limit Displayed in Base Currency in Create Order Dialog Boxes
The Create Market Order and Create Entry Order dialog boxes display Stop and Limit orders distances away from the current execution price in pips by default. From now on, in this same general area, the values of a Stop and Limit orders are displayed in the account base currency. Note that the feature is not available for U.S.-based accounts. - Sorting of Summary for All Columns
Now you can sort data in columns of the Summary window in ascending order, descending order, or in the order of symbols in the Advanced and Simple Dealing Rates windows. - Improved Trading Status Display
Previously, the trading status has only been displayed at the bottom of the FX Trading Station. Now, if the trading is closed, the trading status is also displayed above the top menu bar. - More Default Profile Choices
Now the FX Trading Station provides more default profile choices. The default profiles are based on specific trading styles. The default profiles are intended to save your time when customizing your FX Trading Station. You just choose a profile that best suits your trading style and get customized ready-to-work FX Trading Station. You can choose a default profile in the Open Profile dialog box.
Marketscope
- Support of Indicore SDK 2.2 features
Now Marketscope 2.0 supports main features of Indicore SDK 2.2: view and owner-drawn indicators. For more information about these features, please read this article.
Also, Marketscope 2.0 supports another Indicore 2.2 feature: ability to get account currency.
Read more about owner-drawn indicators:
viewtopic.php?f=30&t=57814&p=87624#p87618
Read more about views:
viewtopic.php?f=30&t=57814&p=87624#p87622 - The Kagi, Renko Candles, and Point and Figure Charts
Now in addition to the Line, Bar, and Candlestick charts, Marketscope 2.0 offers the Kagi, Renko Candles, and Point and Figure charts. - Logarithmic Scale Compliments the Existing Linear One
While working with charts, in addition to a linear scale you can select a logarithmic one, too.
Read more about Logarithmic Scale
viewtopic.php?f=30&t=57814&p=87624#p87608 - Import Strategies, Alerts, and Indicators with One Click
Marketscope 2.0 lets you to drag files to any of its windows. You need not to browse for files to import strategies, alerts, or indicators any more. Just drag the file of your choice from anywhere on your computer or the Web in to Marketscope 2.0 or Trading Station. - E-mail Configurator Wizard Makes Configuring E-mail to Receive Strategy and Alert Notifications an Easy Task
Configuring e-mails to receive notification messages about strategy and alert events has become fast and easy thanks to the newly introduced E-mail Configurator wizard! To start the wizard, on the System menu, click Configure Email. - Choose the Way Indicators Appear on the Chart
Now you can select any of the three available indicator appearances on the chart: Open-to-Open, Middle-to-Middle, or Close-to-Close.
Read more about drawing mode:
viewtopic.php?f=30&t=57814&p=87624#p87624 - Access the Symbol Subscription List Directly from the Chart
Now you can subscribe to a new symbol or unsubscribe from an existing one directly from the chart.
Read more about Symbol Subscription:
viewtopic.php?f=30&t=57814&p=87624#p87607
- Customize Fibonacci Time Zones Levels More Precisely
You can customize Fibonacci Time Zones levels with greater accuracy by adding fractions to whole numbers. - New Format of Templates, Snapshot and Layouts
The internal format of templates, snapshot and layout has been changed to simplify the development of the platform in the future. It is recommended to re-save all your templates, snapshots and layouts in a new format. - New Design of Indicators and Strategies Dialog Boxes
Now Add Indicator, Add Strategy and Manage Extensions dialog boxes have more user friendly interface. - Templates Menu
The templates menu has been removed from the File menu. Now it is available on the top menu bar. - The fix of the issue terminal:execute an ELS order returns only one request ID
- Support for Printing of Optimizer Results
Now all Strategy Optimizer views support print and print preview abilities. - Non-slippage Mode in Strategy Backtester and Optimizer
Now Strategy Backtester and Strategy Optimizer provide a new setting: non-slippage mode.
Non-slippage mode allows to eliminate the slippage completely and to execute conditional orders at their order prices.
Read more about non-slippage mode:
viewtopic.php?f=30&t=57814&p=87624#p87614 - Optimize on Larger Time Range of Data
Available time range of data to be used for the optimization increased. Now the time range of one instrument may be up to 27 years. Note that if you choose more than one instrument, their combined time range still may not exceed 27 years. - Saving of User Defined Size of Wizard Windows
Now Strategy Backtester and Strategy Optimizer keep the user defined size of wizard windows. - Support of Exotic Crosses During Backtesting
Now you can backtest on specific combination of instrument and account currency, when two additional instruments are required for calculating settings. For example, previously, when backtesting on HKG33 with GBP account, you got the error saying that HKD/GBP or GBP/HKD instruments are not found. Now this problem is resolved.
The download link for the beta version:
http://fxcodebase.com/bin/beta2013II/FX ... allDev.EXE