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[amibroker] AmiBroker 4.50.3 BETA released



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Hello,A new beta version (4.50.3) of AmiBroker has 
just been released.
 
This should be last beta before official release.
It is available for registered users only from the members area 
at:<A 
href=""><FONT 
size=2>http://www.amibroker.com/members/bin/ab4503beta.exe<FONT 
size=2>and<A 
href=""><FONT 
size=2>http://www.amibroker.net/members/bin/ab4503beta.exe<FONT 
size=2>(File size: 643 182 bytes,  643 KB)If you forgot 
your user name / password to the members areayou can use automatic reminder 
service at: <FONT 
size=2>http://www.amibroker.com/login.htmlThe 
instructions are available below and in the "ReadMe" file( Help->Read Me 
menu from AmiBroker )
 
CHANGES FOR VERSION 4.50.3 (as compared to 
4.50.2)
  the formula names with dash '-' character are now properly 
  displayed in the reports 
  fixed problem with Equity/SetForeign (introduced in 4.50) 
  
  MAE/MFE charts X-axis layout improved 
  new report - trade list: profit, pos. size, cum. profit and 
  profit/bar columns use fixed format with 2 decimal places now (no scientific 
  format) 
  EnableTextOutput() works again (thx. Greg) 
  fixed rounding in Stock.NominalValue 
  other minor fixes:+ better CRC calculation method for 
  #include+ sellprice/coverprice are written back with updated prices for 
  stops in case of Equity(1)+ fixed menu-button owner draw painting code 
  (thx. Herman)+ progress window is displayed in single-stock optimization 
  with new backtester too 
 
Best regards,Tomasz Janeczkoamibroker.com 
AmiBroker 4.50.3 Beta Read Me
December 9, 2003 2:09 
THIS IS A BETA VERSION OF THE SOFTWARE. EXPECT BUGS !!!
Backup your data files and entire AmiBroker folder 
first!
INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS
IMPORTANT: This archive is update-only. You have to install full 
version 4.40 first. 
Just run the installer and follow the instructions. 
Then run AmiBroker. You should see "AmiBroker 4.50.3 beta" written in the 
About box.
See CHANGE LOG below for detailed list of changes.
HELP ON NEW FEATURES
New backtest report
New report is hugely enhanced compared to old one. It includes separate 
statistics for all, long and short sides as well as large number of new metrics. 
You can get short help on given figure by hovering your mouse over given field 
name. You will see the description in the tooltip. Short explanations are 
provided also below:
Exposure % - modified since last release 
-'Market exposure of the trading system calculated on bar by bar basis. Sum of 
bar exposures divided by number of bars. Single bar exposure is the value of 
open positions divided by portfolio equity.
Net Risk Adjusted Return % - Net profit % divided by 
Exposure %
Annual Return % - Compounded Annual Return % (CAR)
Risk Adjusted Return % - Annual return % divided by Exposure 
%
Avg. Profit/Loss - (Profit of winners + Loss of 
losers)/(number of trades)
Avg. Profit/Loss % - '(% Profit of winners + % Loss of 
losers)/(number of trades)
Avg. Bars Held - sum of bars in trades / number of 
trades
Max. trade drawdown - The largest peak to valley decline 
experienced in any single trade
Max. trade % drawdown - The largest peak to valley 
percentage decline experienced in any single trade
Max. system drawdown - The largest peak to valley decline 
experienced in portfolio equity
Max. system % drawdown - The largest peak to valley 
percentage decline experienced in portfolio equityRecovery 
Factor - Net profit divided by Max. system 
drawdownCAR/MaxDD - Compound Annual % Return divided by 
Max. system % drawdown
RAR/MaxDD - Risk Adjusted Return divided by Max. system % 
drawdown 
Profit Factor - Profit of winners divided by loss of 
losers
Payoff Ratio - Ratio average win / average 
lossStandard Error - Standard error measures chopiness 
of equity line. The lower the better.
Risk-Reward Ratio - Measure of the relation between the risk 
inherent in a trading the system compared to its potential gain. Higher is 
better. Calculated as slope of equity line (expected annual return) divided by 
its standard error.
Ulcer Index - Square root of sum of squared drawdowns 
divided by number of bars
Ulcer Performance Index - (Annual profit - Tresury notes 
profit)/Ulcer Index'>Ulcer Performance Index. Currently tresury notes profit 
is hardcoded at 5.4. In future version there will be user-setting for this.
Sharpe Ratio of trades - Measure of risk adjusted return of 
investment. Above 1.0 is good, more than 2.0 is very good. More information <A 
href="">http://www.stanford.edu/~wfsharpe/art/sr/sr.htm 
. Calculation: first average percentage return and standard deviation of returns 
is calculated. Then these two figures are annualized by multipling them by ratio 
(NumberOfBarsPerYear)/(AvgNumberOfBarsPerTrade). Then the risk free rate of 
return is subtracted (currently hard-coded 5) from annualized average return and 
then divided by annualized standard deviation of 
returns.K-Ratio - Detects inconsistency in returns. 
Should be 1.0 or more. The higher K ratio is the more consistent return you may 
expect from the system. Linear regression slope of equity line multiplied by 
square root of sum of squared deviations of bar number divided by standard error 
of equity line multiplied by square root of number of bars. More information: 
Stocks & Commodities V14:3 (115-118): Measuring System Performance by Lars 
N. Kestner
Optimization in new portfolio backtester