Trader68 Improvements

Release 3.1.3 (09/14/11)

Fixes and Improvements

(Interface)

Added account capital available offset for adjusting capital available for position sizing.
Added ability to delete portfolios with open positions/orders when not connected.
Added ability to lock contract months traded to not be updated by broker availability.
Added tool tips to row status to display futures contract roll information.
Changed "Disabled" status to "Not Enabled" to better clarify Autotrading not enabled.
Fixed problem with missing sound files.
Fixed Online content button to highlight when new software versions are available.
Fixed disabled Auto-move, Auto-exit options to not be checked when not available.
Fixed Portfolio and Asset Details Dialogs not sizing properly on all computers.
Fixed pop-up message about Collective2 agreement appearing at wrong time.
Fixed intermittent problem with Portfolio Details Dialog corrupting Signal Generator settings.
Fixed Cancel button not working from Asset/Portfolio/Account dialogs.
Fixed number of digits displayed for prices of Futures contracts with fractional tick sizes.
Fixed Custom Signal Generator Settings not displaying system names correctly.
Split confirmation of copying market hours/exchanges from other safeguards.
Reduced reporting of available funds and liquidation value discrepencies.
Added EUREX exchange holiday tables.

(Processing)

Fixed auto-synchronization closing positions with pending market exit orders.
Fixed auto-move to resolve opposing positions in market.
Fixed handling of signal generator order statuses while order being replaced.
Fixed market hours listed on Interactive Brokers website as ending at 23:59.
Improved messages indicating when auto-move is disabled or not available.
Improved handling of delayed fill information for market orders.
Improved portfolio selection for external orders.
Improved reporting when deferring position matching for incoming fills.
Updated default margins for futures symbols.

(Simulations)

Added support for report generation to Excel 2010.
Fixed problems with Replicate Portfolio and historical simulation Copy for Trading.
Fixed problem with simulations generating email messages when informational messages enabled.

(Interactive Brokers)

Added auto-download of updated Futures margins.
Fixed intermittent problem with FA account details not being available.
Fixed problems with reconciling symbols with wrong exchanges.

(Collective2)

Added reporting of subscription usage in subscription count warning messages.
Added warning that position size scaling should not be duplicated on website and in Trader68.
Fixed problem with system sync cache issuing exception message.
Fixed problem with signal polling stopping due to connection being lost and immediately regained.
Fixed problem handling system names changing or no longer being available.
Fixed problem with adding tracking assets for FOREX positions when entry signal not received.
Fixed problem with filled stop and limit entry orders not reversing fills on cancellation.
Fixed problem failing to place order when overriding orders to use limits and not having price available.
Fixed intermittent problem with futures symbols not resolving base symbols.

(TradingSolutions)

Added end-of-day processing messages.
Added tool tips to row status to display bar processing status.
Fixed intermittent problem when reloading data after waiting for field calculations.
Improved detection of when to import new data.

Release 3.1.2 (06/29/11):

(New Features)

Added color-coding of Account Summary and Asset Grid statuses.
Added sounds for messages and statuses requiring attention.
Added digest emails to summarize multiple order generation and execution messages.
Added additional status text to indicate autotrading while market closed or assets out of sync.
Added support for retrieving prices when Interactive Brokers maximum ticker limit reached.

(General)

Improved performance.
Added option to round order sizes up to a minimum value.
Added order confirmation if stop or limit price significantly out of range.
Fixed problems with signals being marked stale prematurely.
Fixed problem with multiple e-mail messages failing.
Fixed problem with failed e-mail message notifications not being resent until next restart.
Fixed problem with orders being reconciled as missing immediately after submitted.
Fixed problem with Requires Attention being displayed for assets no longer shown in portfolio.
Fixed problem with changes to broker information not updating active tick data registrations.
Fixed signal generator limit and stop prices not being rounded to broker minimum price fluctuations.
Fixed short name generator to restrict short names to 10 characters.
Fixed entries for Good Friday in holiday table.
Fixed autotrading on startup sometimes not starting autotrading on faster computers.
Fixed appearance of huge cash balance and liquidation values when trading futures under IB.
Extended limit order conversion to market orders to include stops and profit limits.
Improved position reconciliation logic to include potential for missed broker fills.
Improved message associated with orders pending market open.
Improved message associated with orders being clipped due to maximum/minimum size rules.
Improved e-mail messages during account disconnection.
Changed portfolio and account order clipping to be based on available funds rather than allocated funds.
Updated futures routing tables.

(Interface)

Added "Test E-mail" button to e-mail options panel.
Added "Set Up Generator" button to add system panel.
Added ability to create new opposing positions from Move Position dialog.
Added Portfolio Name to Order and Trade displays.
Added ability to force submission of orders pending constraints.
Added brief delay before connection problems flagged as requiring attention.
Added tooltip to overall status for addition information when attention required.
Added reporting of specific reasons why delete requests cannot be filled.
Added ability to change/turn off sounds from Windows Control Panel.
Added ability to force reconnection while pending automatic connection retry.
Added Move Order option to Open Orders grid.
Added confirmation if manual order is outside of minimum or maximum order size for asset.
Fixed asset detail not being displayed when asset name entered on asset grid.
Fixed availability of New button on Manual Order screen when no assets defined in portfolio.
Fixed broker details periodically not being loaded/displayed.
Fixed Manual Order selected instrument sometimes not updating to match asset grid selection.
Fixed Relative Offset Price not being displayed correctly for Closed Orders.
Fixed Open Orders panel being placed over Asset Grid when closed/reopened.
Fixed Add New System system list not updating when signal generator changed.
Fixed Asset Grid sort not updating live.
Fixed Asset Grid sort not maintaining consistent order for assets with same symbol at broker.
Fixed "hide assets if inactive" setting. Fix may require full number of days after update to take effect.
Changed display of cents-denominated prices to match broker.
Changed display of million-plus tick volumes to have M suffix.
Changed Account Summary to display accounts and portfolios in alphabetical order.
Changed assets/portfolios to not flash if turn off autotrading for assets that cannot access required market prices.
Changed display of stale values to be in grayed italics instead of being hidden.
Changed message display to not scroll when viewing older messages.
Improved formatting of price values.
Improved synchronization between displayed status, blinking, and big status.

(Collective2)

Improved Collective2 connectivity and added congestion monitoring.
Added additional warning if manual orders are placed in Collective2 portfolio.
Added default ability to auto-move reconciled positions to sync out of market with Collective2.
Fixed price scaling on stop and limit prices of Futures contracts.
Fixed Account Creation wizard not advancing when Collective2 system list not available.
Fixed problem handling cancelled limit/stop exit orders already filled by broker.
Fixed problem with orders received simultaneously incorrectly getting placed in same OCA group.
Fixed synchronization with Collective2 to not sync out of market when entry limit orders filled by broker but not by C2.
Fixed minimum size versus signal generator sizing.
Fixed acknowledgements not retrying if failed.
Changed rounding, minimum, and maximum order sizes to apply to exit orders.

(Interactive Brokers)

Added support for white-label Trader Workstation called "Lynx Handelsplatform".
Added button to connect new account to Financial Advisor demo account.
Fixed problem connecting to IB/TWS build 918.4, dated 6/8/11.
Fixed problem with accounts not connecting due to Interactive Brokers data farm message change in late March.
Fixed problem with accounts remaining in Connected, Reconciling state.
Fixed problem with Account Creation wizard overriding account type based on account name without warning.
Fixed problem with Financial Advisor controls being empty when not connected.
Fixed problem with broker reconciliation producing extra debug messages when no currency reported.
Fixed problem with broker reconciliation defaulting to current exchange rather than default general exchange.
Upgraded to TWS API 9.64.

(Simulations)

Improved support for importing new data series during simulation.
Fixed problem with Portfolio Equity reports displaying stop/limit tallies on wrong bar.
Fixed problem with cancelled stop pairs resulting in redundant stops being generated.
Fixed problem with asset values not appearing in Excel report histograms.
Fixed problem with TradingSolutions not automatically downloading additional data to data series.
Changed Start button to read "Resume" when action would start from middle of simulation.

(TradingSolutions)

Removed "TradingSolutions: Not Installed" from main status display.

Release 3.1.1 (02/04/11):

(General)

Improved handling of problems during startup and maintenance.
Improved handling of futures contracts after they are expired
. Improved handling of moved and corrupted user databases.
Improved reconcilation when out of sync with both broker and signal generator.
Improved speed at startup when stale prices present.
Improved status email messages.
Fixed problem with non-US language settings reporting problem updating symbol routing.
Fixed problem with messages associated with date scanning of daylight savings time shift hour.
Fixed reconciliation of empty broker positions to net-empty positions.
Fixed problem rolling into contracts with existing positions.
Fixed problem referencing custom signal directories on different operating systems.
Fixed problem with cancelling out of initial run leaving database unusable.
Removed PFG Best account creation until all connectivity issues can be resolved.
Updated holiday tables through 2011.

(Interface)

Improved status display for assets with autotrading disabled and multiple errors.
Fixed problem with Online Content button not highlighting when new content available.
Fixed problem with dialogs querying if changes should be saved when no changes have been made.
Fixed docked window adjustments sometimes crashing program.
Fixed display problems associated with larger scale fonts window setting.
Fixed instrument grid resetting to top after instrument deleted from display.
Fixed problem with New System Wizard not maintaining current selection from Add New System page.
Added Monitor New Asset to Account Summary context menu.

(Collective2)

Added ability to turn off auto-exit for syncing with Collective2.
Added default ability to auto-move reconciled positions to sync with Collective2.
Added message note that server may report "out of market" position due to user settings.
Fixed Collective2 synchronization auto-creating assets when auto-create disabled.
Fixed Collective2 synchronization auto-exiting assets due to incorrect base symbol.
Fixed incorrect sizing of exit orders scaled on Collective2.
Fixed incorrect order number references on some Collective2 messages.
Fixed delayed reporting of multiple simultaneous fills.
Fixed problem with multiple futures contracts not correctly routing to same asset settings.
Fixed debug messages reporting position not found when all positions for system closed.
Fixed handling of replacement orders within OCA groups.
Fixed handling of single-share partial exit orders.
Improved handling of unrecognized cancelled signal ID's.
Reduced calls to Collective2 when it is configured but not being traded.

(Interactive Brokers)

Fixed problem with price being displayed for limit price on non-limit orders.
Fixed problem with reading NYSE YG contract details to allow non-integer contract sizes.

(TradingSolutions)

Fixed problem with single futures contracts not setting up properly. Fixed problem with futures contracts not receiving signals. Fixed problem with Solution Service assets not registering properly. Fixed problem with available signals not updating when Primary Signal changed. Fixed problem with TradingSolutions systems not being display alphabetically. Improved speed of acquiring list of primary signals from large work directories.

Release 3.1.0 (11/15/10):

(General)

Added safeguard option to defer signals arriving after hours until market open.
Improved support for placing orders when market prices not available.
Improved support for resolving routing symbols, especially futures.
Fixed problem with transaction records not being stored.
Fixed problems with broker reconciliation looping on incorrect values.
Fixed problem with "Broker Registration Failed" state not automatically retrying connection.
Fixed problems with TradingSolutions and Custom Signal bar-based processing.
Fixed problem with day orders not being cancelled if left pending after market close.
Fixed problem with database growing due to old messages not being pruned.
Fixed problems with market hours not being handled correctly across time zones.
Added time zone designation to messages for clarity.

(Collective2)

Added handling of orders for foreign stock exchanges from Collective2.
Improved Collective2 connectivity handling and status messages.
Improved handling of out-of-sync Collective2 positions.
Fixed problem with signals being skipped if new asset settings could not be immediately resolved.
Fixed problem handling order OCA groups.

(Interactive Brokers)

Added warning and instructions if FOREX position smaller than mini-lot being held.
Improved Interactive Brokers connectivity handling and status messages.
Fixed problem with "Broker Registration Failed" state not automatically retrying connection.
Fixed problems handling orders stopped by Trader Workstation order precautions.
Fixed problem with Order Event Warnings being displayed for non-English versions of TWS.
Fixed problem with Trader Workstation not being recognized as being open after August TWS update.
Fixed problem with prices being incorrectly scaled for multiple references to a futures contract.
Upgraded to TWS API 9.63.

(Interface)

Improved New System control and wizard.
Added large overall status display to toolbar.
Added Online Content toolbar button to link directly to new Trader68 content and releases.
Added Move Position and Close Position options to asset grid.
Fixed problem with pending orders not appearing on asset grid when Trader68 started.
Fixed problem with seconds not being stored or displayed for message timestamps.
Fixed problem with clicking on header of empty report column sorting rows randomly.
Fixed problem with Trading ribbon bar panel collapsing in Simulation mode.
Fixed problem with "Clip Order Sizes" not appearing on computers with alternate font sizes.
Fixed problem with asset settings being lost when Portfolio signal generator changed to Unset.
Fixed problem with dialogs getting stuck in "Loading" state if filters changed too quickly.
Fixed problem with stop update interval spinner not updating display value.
Fixed problem with changes being lost without confirmation when close gadget pressed on some dialogs.
Fixed problem with connection cancel requests not processing promptly.
Fixed problem with report grids not updating correctly if context changes quickly.
Improved status update displays during loading/processing.

(Simulations)

Fixed simulation trade history not being maintained properly.
Fixed simulation control panel becoming disabled when switching out of Simulation mode.
Fixed end date not being saved when changed outside of edit mode.
Improved speed of simulations.

(Subscriptions)

Fixed paid subscriptions not being recognized in all time zones.
Fixed "Level Upgrade Required" being reported during TradingSolutions problems.

(TradingSolutions)

Fixed handling of limits not being reached before end of bars for Relative Limit orders.

Release 3.0.4 (04/16/10):

(General)

Fixed a bug where fills were not being accepted by Trader68 for orders that were submitted from TWS after being declined due to Precautionary Settings being enabled.
Fixed a bug where an asset could not be removed if it had the status message "Broker Reconciliation Failed".
Fixed a bug with stocks orders generated from Collective2, TradingSolutions or the Custom Signal generator with units less that a 100 was being ignored.
Fixed a bug with TradingSolutions installed on 64-bit machines being flagged as "Not Installed".
Fixed a bug where old signals that required confirmation were being automatically canceled if the order was accepted, but not connected to the broker.
Fixed a bug with users unable to use the Free Trial option for certain features.

(Interactive Brokers)

Fixed a bug with Trader68 not reconnecting if the Interactive Brokers account status was "Lost Connection" caused by Interactive Brokers error code #1100.
Fixed a bug with reconciliation for an asset that is already being traded in multiple portfolios.

(PFG Best)

Fixed a bug with values displaying "infinity" for the account.
Fixed a bug where Trader68 was not converting the FOREX Lots into positions correctly.

(Collective2)

Added new system restriction controls mandated by Collective2.

(Interactive Brokers - Advisor Accounts)

Financial Advisor Accounts using Collective2 must have the Allocation Type set to use a Single Account due to new Collective2 restrictions. Other Allocation methods such as Profile and Group are currently not supported in Trader68 while trading a Collective2 system. The Allocation Types Profile and Group will be supported in a future version of Trader68. An individual Collective2 account can trade the same system across multiple accounts as long as Collective2 allows the subscription for all the of the accounts.

Release 3.0.3 (04/07/10):

(General)

Fixed an additional bug reported with the Free Trials being unaccessible.
Fixed a bug with Financial Advisor Accounts not being able to Validate.

Release 3.0.2 (04/06/10):

(General)

Fixed a bug with the Free Trial prompts not being available.
Fixed a bug in New Account Wizard not prompting the Upgrade Panel if a Financial Advisor Account is detected.
Fixed a bug with the Summary of Accounts state to notify for "Level Upgrade Required" for Financial Advisor Accounts.
Fixed a bug with Convert Limit Orders to Market converting based on minutes instead of seconds.
Added additional messages for "Storage Maintenance failure" for troubleshooting.

(Broker)

Fixed a bug with PFGBest reconciling FOREX positions on average cost.
Fixed a bug with PFGBest FOREX positions calculations for Lots not Units.

(Signal Generator)

Fixed a bug with entry signals being marked as closed if the software was shutdown mid-trade.

Release 3.0.1 (04/01/10):

(General)

Fixed registration server to resolve "Invalid Email" error when Log In dialog is prompted.
Fixed excessive 72-hour warning message regarding lost connections with the registration server.

Release 3.0.0 (03/31/10):

New Features

(Broker)

Added PFGBest (FOREX & Futures Brokerage)
Added Historical Simulation
Added Collective2 Order Writer for broadcasting signals to Collective2 to sell or trade with Collective2's third-generation brokers

(Signal Generator)

Added Custom Signal API that allows users to create custom signals through .NET applications.

(Limits & Stops)

Added option for an Additional Stop Loss rule.
Added Trailing Stop Loss
Added Stop Length from Entry
Added Trailing Stop Length
Added Parabolic Stops

(Performance)

Significantly overhauled memory and cpu usage.
Added automatic database maintenance.
Improved performance with communications between Trader68 and TradingSolutions.

(General)

Added new Allocation Settings for Position Sizing.
Added Data Access controls that allow TradingSolutions prices to be used for any broker.
Added new Asset type called "Futures Single Contract" for generating a futures asset that is only meant for a specified contract with no auto-rolling options.
Updated the SafeGuard option for "Ignore signals older than x-minutes" is now changed to prompt for confirmation versus completely ignoring.

(Brokers)

Updated PFGBest API to latest version.
Fixed a bug introduced by Interactive Brokers for Financial Advisor Accounts.

(Signal Generators)

Fixed a performance bug with if TradingSolutions is not installed from using execessive cpu usage.
Fixed a bug with Collective2 where it required all signals to be confirmed even if the SafeGuard feature was disabled.

(General)

Fixed a bug with FOREX orders being sized to zero when the conversion rate is not available and "Clip order sizes to available capital" is checked for the account.
Fixed a bug with not being able to uncheck "Clip order sizes to available capital" checkbox.
Fixed a bug with Collective2 conditional exits being ignored until the entry signal was filled due to a disconnect with Collective2
Added additional information to the error message "Could not set to locked value".
Removed excess debug messages for orders changing states.
Added additional information for error messages related to storage maintenance failing.
Fixed a bug with Manual Order dialog when creating a stop market order that caused the order to have the current price as the stop price regardless of the user-defined price.

(General)

Fixed bug in Futures symbols with one-digit year formatting not being parsed correctly.
Fixed bug with Collective2 Assets and Portfolios being automatically set to auto roll to next contract for Futures.
Added migration to fix current Assets and Portfolios that were set incorrectly.

Release 2.1.9 (11/03/09):

(Broker)

(Interactive Brokers) Fixed problem validating account number for FA accounts. This happened because IB started to send the main account number along with the list of managed accounts.
(Interactive Brokers) Added addtional handling for improving communication between Trader68 and TWS.

Release 2.1.8 (09/23/09):

(General)

Fixed bug with forex orders being sized to zero when conversion rate is not available.
Fixed bug with "Clip order sizes to available capital" option not saving the state of the checkbox.
Fixed bug with "Clip order sizes to available capital" is checked and orders not going to pending price state.
Fixed a bug with orders in pending price state not being able to resolve when price is available and asset is set to "Percent Of Size from C2" for position sizing.

(Signal Generator)

(Collective2) Conditional exits were being ignored until the entry signal was filled. This was a problem when we got disconnected with Collective2 or Collective2 no longer sent us the signals after sending it so many times. Trader68 will now generate the order as conditional exit orders before the entry signal filled. The exits orders will then be in a pending conditional state until the entry order is executed.
(Collective2) When multiple stop signals belonging to different entry signals were received from Collective2, Trader68 was only able to handle it if there were no opposing entry order to the entry order to which the stop belongs.
(Collective2) Improved the handling for validating the exits based on the matching opening signals list and condition signal info from Collective2.
(Collective2) Improved the connectivity between Trader68 and Collective2 servers.

Release 2.1.7 (03/27/09):

(General)

Fixed an issue with Trader68 crashing when an Internal Paper Account is created through the wizard.

Release 2.1.6 (02/26/09):

(General)

Fixed price scaling for order executions based on Price Unit Size that are not scaled by the broker automatically.
Fixed problems setting Safeguards while actively autotrading.
Added "Lock" to Future Details and Forex Details to allow or not allowed manual adjustment of Tick Size & Tick Size Dollar. When pip or tick size for Futures and Forex is auto updated by T68, any settings that are dependant on it are also adjusted for the new value.
Added additional displays for tick & pips when adjusting unit sizes.
Fixed error of assets being duplicated in Broker Reconciliation for no reason.
Fixed the Signal Generator option to automatically update the Base Signal Symbol when changing Signal Generators.
Fixed issue where the wrong default assets panel was being displayed after deletion of account or portfolio.
Fixed error in New System Setup Wizard that was not saving Limit/Stop, Position Sizing and Order Detail settings to "From the Signal Generator".
Fixed bug with Maximum Entry Orders per Day setting. The bug in this feature kept signals from generating orders.
Fixed an issue with the order generated from last signal of the day from TradingSolutions for an asset being canceled too early.

(Messages)

Added additional information to "Order Generated" messages for debugging purposes.
Messages relating order cancels are extended to show more descriptive reasons for canceling.

(Broker)

(Interactive Brokers) Extended wait time to 4-minutes from 3-minutes for an order's status. If "unknown" after 2-minutes, Trader68 will request all executions for that asset from broker in an effort to get any missed executions before considering the order canceled at the end of 4 minutes. (Interactive Brokers) Login information is now optional for IB account in Trader68. When no login information is provided Account# is required.

Release 2.1.5 (01/09/09):

(New Feature)

Added a new setting for the Portfolio to automatically hide assets that are inactive. Assets can be hidden globally or individually depending on your needs.

(General)

Fixed a problem where deleted assets were being re-added due to order information for the asset not being properly handled during signal and broker reconciliation.

(Signal Generator)

(Collective2) DAY orders generated are now entered as DAY instead of GTC.

(Interface)

Fixed a problem with recreating the user layout after customization.

Release 2.1.4 (12/18/08):

(General)

Fixed a problem with old contracts being created automatically for futures assets.
Fixed problem with deleting a portfolio and the assets still being registered to the signal generator.

(Broker)

Fixed a problems where Trader68 was not processing Interactive Brokers rejected orders with error code #200.

(Signal Generator)

(TradingSolutions) Fixed problem with Limit and Stop Orders generated by TradingSolutions not being canceled when a new signal arrives.
(Collective2) Fixed problem where Collective2 cancel and fill messages were never getting processed.
(Collective2) Increased timeout limit for Collective2 responses from 10 to 30 seconds.

(Interface)

Fixed a problem with the dockable panels flickering.
Fixed problem with long delay in switching between panels.
Fixed a problem with the setup wizard failing because "None" was selected for autotrade when setting up a new account.

Release 2.1.3 (12/03/08):

(General)

Fixed a problem with localization related to the inverted Decimal "," and Thousands "." separators.

(Signal Generator)

Fixed problem with the encoding of the login status from Collective2 regarding special characters.

(Database)

Fixed problem with reading null dates from database.
Fixed problem with backup of database not being made between versions 2.1.2 and 2.1.3.

Release 2.1.2 (12/02/08):

(General)

Fixed the error in how open short postions were applied to the cash blance calculation for portfolio.
Fixed the associated capital used for percent gain of round trip trade history was not taking into account position sizing.

(Broker - Internal Paper Trader)

Will start streaming and request end-of-day data without haveing to use TradingSolutions as Signal Generator.
Fixed problems with orders getting stuck because the paper trader never loaded the bars necessary to process them.
Fixed the entry orders that were getting stuck in Pending Exit state because the exit order for the previous position got canceled.

(Interface)

Fixed Order infomation that was not being displayed in the assets grid.
Signal Generator and Model Name columns are now available to be added to the assets grid.
Fixed an issue with Stop and Limit Prices not being displayed open orders grid.
Fixed an error with Manual Order screen that cause T68 to crash.
Added the ability to chose default setting for the TradingSolutions data provider when setting up a Collective2 system in the Internal Paper Trader using the wizard.

(Signal Generator)

(TradingSolutions) Fixed problem with End-Of-Day data request being done too many times.
(Collective2) Symbol translation list is updated to match the current support symbol list from Collective2 website.

Release 2.1.1 (11/12/08):

(Internal Paper Trader)

No longer waits for next bar for to process orders that should use previous bar prices.
Obtains the last bar for prices as soon as connection is made to data source.
Starts streaming and downloads non-intraday data without having to use TS as Signal Generator.
Signals will be deferred until the broker has had a chance to process bars up to the most recent signal bar.
Fixed issue where trades were not being executed going from a Enter Long to Enter Short or vice versa.

(TradingSolutions Signal Generator)

Automatically obtains the last bar available bar for signal's upon start Autotrading.

(Backend Database)

Fixed issues with Trader68 crashing on Account, Portfolio, Asset Setting dialogs for some users.
Fixed invalid Order Fees and Margin table errors.
Fixed error message "Common field 'Volume' could not be resolved" that pertained to Forex assets.
Fixed issue with "SymbolID not found in LastAvailabeBar".

(Safeguards)

Fixed an issue with "Monitor Market Hours" ignoring all signals when turned on.

Release 2.1 (10/24/08):

New Features

(Brokers)

A simulated broker called Internal Paper Trader is added for doing paper trading. This broker requires TradingSoultions. It uses TradingSolutions bars for prices.

(Broker - IB)

Friends & Family Advisor Accounts (FA) are now supported. When setting up FA accounts in Trader68, the account number must be the FA account not the managed account(s).

(Interface)

Interface is changed to show Real and Paper Trading accounts seperately.

(Interface - Grids)

Order History, Transaction History and Round Trip Trade History will initially only load the last 100 records to increase performance.

(Assets)

Same symbol can be added mulitiple time in an account as long a they are in seperate portfolios. When reconciling with broker, any orders or positions not entered from T68 will be added to a new portfolio named Broker Reconciliation. If the asset is already existing and not listening for signal and portfolio to which it belongs is not listening for signal then new position will added to that asset.

(Assets - Price Scale)

The price magnitudes for Futures Assets can differ between broker and signal provider. Three new fields are added to Futures Details tab of the Asset Detail dialog. Broker Price Scale, Sig. Gen. Price Scale and Historical Price Scale. Historical price scale is currently only used by Internal Paper Trader.

(Signal Generator - TS)

End of Day trading is added for TradingSolutions.

(General)

Imporvements have been made for speed and memory optimization.

(Email Alerts)

A new option for receiving email alerts of selected categories is added. This option is added to Tool->Options screen.

(Asset - Obtain Settings)

A new tab call "Obtain Settings" is added to Asset Detail dialog. This defaults setting for futures and symbol information from broker. You can use this tab to copy settings to the asset.

(Asset - Broker Settings)

Exchange and Currency settings are moved to a new tab call Broker Settings. This tab also contain settings for FA Accounts.

(Orders)

A new option is added to "Convert Limit To Market" feature that will allow the option to do convertion minutes before market close. The market hours settings under Safeguards for the asset must accurate for this for work correctly.

(Signal Generator)

Trader68 does not support same C2 system for multiple portfolios regardless of account. The portfolio detail screen allowed do this. This bug is now fixed.

(Signal Generator - C2)

Trader68 encoutered problems with XML responses from C2 without the proper encoding tag. A fix for this is added.
Having special characters in C2 system names caused Trader68 to not read the system names properly and skip signals. This problem is fixed.

(Broker - IB)

Order were at times considered Canceled in Trader68 immedialtely after submission to broker. Fill that came in after this were not accepted. This bug is now fixed.

(Assets - Unsupported Types)

Trader68 had issues with accounts having position in asset types not supported. Trader68 will ignore any order information for asset types not supported.
P&L from unsupported asset types is part of "Misc. Adj." column of the Account Summary grid.

(Assets - Futures Auto Rolling)

Futures auto rolling settings are redesigned for more flexiblity.

(Assets - Forex)

P & L for some for non-US base curreny pair were shown in reverse. This is now fixed.

(Assets)

Changing Stock, Futures or Forex Defaults on Account Detail and Portfolio Detail dialogs will now issue a message alerting copy defaults button should be used to copy the changes to assets.

(Asset - Safeguards)

Ignore signal older than (n)minutes feature had a bug that could've caused C2 exit short signals to be not processed if they were too old. This feature was only meant for entry signal not exit signals.

(Orders)

Subscribtion to quotes is not required for placing orders that does not require postion sizing.

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Release Notes v2.0 (07/03/08)

New Features

(Safeguards)

A new tab called "Safeguards" is added to Asset Dialog. This tab is also found under Stock, Forex and Futures Defaults tabs on Porfolio, Account and Default Trade Settings Dialog. On this tab you may setup up market hours. You can choose to process or ignore signal out side market hours. Also, you can auto exit postions before market close. Monitor Bid Ask Spread safeguard feature allows you ignore signal based on the threshold you set. Using safeguards, you can restrict the number of entry orders allowed per calendar day. You can choose to ignore Collective2 signals that are older than you specify. Order Confirmation allow you the option to confirm orders for the circumstances you choose.

(Futures Details)

A check box called "Units in cents converted to dollars" is added to the futures detail tab of the Asset Dialog. This should be checked for assets for which the price in cents are converted to dollars by the broker. This setting helps determine if the price from signal generator has to be adjusted.
Auto Rolling section of this tab is revised to add feature for using last trading day information from broker. You may you use an offest number of days from the last trading day to perform auto rolling of contracts. The exit date for instruments will be set based on the auto rolling information. You may override last trading date and exit date in the grid on the Instruments tab of the Asset Dialog.

(Broker)

Trader68 now uses Interactive Brokers API version 9.51

(64 bit)

Trader68 can now be used on 64 bit Windows Operating Systsems.

(Signal Generator)

Trader68 does not support same C2 system for multiple portfolios regardless of broker account. The portfolio detail screen allowed do this. This bug is now fixed.

(Order Entry)

Orders for futures had rounding issues, when position sizing was not set to "From Collective2". It did not round price properly to the tick sizes. Also, the manual order screen was rounding prices down to two decimal places. These issues are now fixed.

(Collective2)

In the previous version Trader68, automatically ignore signal older than 5 minutes. This is now a user setting under Safeguards. However, there was bug in how it determined the age of the signal. It did not consider time zone differences between date posted send by Collective2 and the local time zone. This is now resolved. /

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