What's New in StockFinder Version 5.0

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Chart Changes:

• One-Click on Condition to instantly Paint, Scan & Sort
• Redesigned Condition Wizard
• Easy one-button access to ALL Indicators and Conditions in Unversal Library
• Indicators that link to other indicators can now be saved without needing to save the chart
• Conditions that link to other indicators/conditions can now be saved without needing to save the chart
• Custom Market Indicators can be saved
• Redesigned Indicator editor.
• Removed old Add Rule Button, replaced with Paint Scheme button
• Conditions on the bubble bar can be used to quickly paint price, sort by or both.

Version 5 is a big leap forward.

- M.K. Los Altos, CA

• Combining Conditions into a combo condition will now remove the combined conditions from the bubble bar.
• Conditions no longer need to remain on the chart to be used in the WatchList for sorts/scans. This reduces the overall number of conditions on the bubble bar
• Conditions no longer need to remain on the chart to be used in painting indicators. This reduces the overall number of conditions on the bubble bar
• Removing an indicator that is used in a condition or another indicator (difference, market indicator) will no longer remove the item that is using it.
• Removing an indicator or condition from the chart no longer removes any WatchList columns that were linked to it
• Removed some chart buttons that were redundant and cleaned up interface
• Drawing tools in the price chart are now saved by symbol (IE they're global) and no longer saved on the chart itself.
• New color options for Background gradient charts
• New chart overlay options for custom overlay values
• New chart rendering methods for crisp and smooth display
• New default chart options allow you to apply chart settings and colors to all new charts.

Drawing Tool Changes

• Drawing tools in the price pane are now saved by symbol (IE they're global) and no longer saved on the chart itself.
• New Drawing Toolbar - Open by default on new layouts and charts
• Drawing Button now has new drop down menu
• CTL+T will toggle drawings on/off
• CTL+D toggles drawing a trendline
• Esc key will now clear the active drawing tool
• Drawing tools now have a set as default link to set a default value for each tool
• Right-Click on the chart will now clear the active drawing tool
• Drawing tools now show a context menu on right click
• Drawing tools no longer show the editor on left click
• Using a drawing tool while the drawings are hidden will now show the tools

True Markers

• CTL-Click on a condition bubble will now toggle a true marker on/off
• New Marker icon on condition bubble when marker is active



• New Display Options menu on conditions to control hash marks, arrows, image markers and other condition display options
• Added a hover mode for hashmark legend
• Added a checkbox on the hashmark editor to always show the legend 
• True markers now scale with the zoom
• True markers now default to their last used setting
• Added marker option and alt click option to click options dialog
• Added show true markers and edit

Paint Schemes and Conditional Coloring

• Conditions can now be combined in to savable entities called Paint Schemes
• Paint Schemes can be applied to any indicator on a chart
• Updating a Paint Scheme in your library will update all indicators that use that Paint Scheme
• Redesigned Paint Scheme editor.
• New Paint Scheme button for the Price history indicator to quickly change the active Paint Scheme on price
• Conditions on the chart can now be applied directly to price history by clicking on them

Watchlist Changes

• You can now scan/filter your watchlist on saved conditions
• Filter or scan conditions can be set to multiple Bar Intervals
• New Sort Drop down for easy WatchList sorting.
• New sorting from Indicators for easy watchlist sorting
• Condition Lights now sort by bars in a row, to bars since true
• New Unlinking of Linked items (columns, conditions) to keep data around after the source is removed (set via the column header or by removing the linked item source)
• Unlinked watchlist columns can have their own bar interval (set via the header right click menu).
• Each column now supports it's own Update frequency instead of a WatchList wide setting (set via the header right click menu) which improves performance
• Each column now supports it's own Sort Frequency to determine how often to re-sort (set via the header right click menu)
• The Sorted column now has a shaded background color. This color can be edited from the WatchList properties
• Columns that are created by the sort pull-down or by sorting from an chart indicator/condition will be replaced by the next sorted item
• The sort column can be repositioned by dragging/dropping to a new location
• When applying a scan or sort, the watchlist will automatically scroll to the top symbol in the list
• Backspace key will now go back to the previous symbol. This can be used more than once to continue going back in history.
• New Add Column button will load a column for any Library Indicator or Condition without needing to load it on the chart.
• Added a tooltip for the Active watchlist, Scan and Sort to see the full name when partially hidden
• Company Name and Exchange can now be toggled for the symbol column on the column header right-click menu.

RealCode

• New PCF like syntax for child calculations: AVG, AVGO,AVGH,AVGL,AVGC,XAVG,XAVGH..., STOC - these can be used on Price, Volume or any imported indicator.
• RealCode can now reference indicators from the Library (including your own saved indicators/RealCode) and no longer need to have the indicator loaded on a chart. This will reduce the overall number of indicators on a chart
• RealCode can now reference conditions from the Library (including your own saved conditions/RealCode) and no longer need to have the condition loaded into a chart. This will reduce the overall number of conditions on a chart
• RealCode now has a context variable available to determine information about the context in which it is executing. This allows you to find out information about a Market Index calculation (number of symbols in the list, first/last symbol) or information about the Chart (Start/End dates, number of bars visible)
• RealCode that references indicators or conditions on a chart can now be saved without having to save the chart
• Added a global memory cache for global variable access
• Additional Properties and Methods are available to call from whithin your code, like chart overlay, labels and more

BackScanner

•  Fixed the Symbol Equity line on short sales to match the results table 
• You can now cancel a Backtest in progress.

General Program Changes

• New Minute data bank - Intraday scanning has increased 5 fold.
• Numerous performance enhancements and tweaks
• You can now change the active watchlist by pressing the / key and typing the watchlist name
• Redesigned many open/load dialogs to use a new Task/Recent/Library drop down.
•  Added News and Data sheet as toggle buttons to the toolbar
• News now loads under the watchlist 
• Redesigned the condition palette to better organise the conditions on your chart.
• Clicking on a news story will now open the article in it's own window.
• General context menu changes and clean up.
• Removed the Blocks.com blogging
• Removed CNN and Bloomberg TV.
• Users can now create and save their own browsers. It supports URLs with the active symbol tag {sym} to load stock specific web pages.
• StockFinder will show scan and sort progress on the Task bar in Windows 7

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