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RightEdge 2008 Edition 1, Build 374 Available

billb — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 18:21:34 GMT

When running a live system, live data will not be started until after the system has been initialized. This way the system won't miss any live data that is sent by the live data plugin.
Partial fills will not cause "special" orders (profit targets, stop losses, and trailing stops) to be cancelled and resubmitted. This should fix bugs where the position manager would attempt to cancel a partially filled order, or it would reset the trailing stop when it was partially filled.
Dll-only (exported) systems should now run correctly
Added logging of overfills to the output window
Fixed a bug that would happen when an order was filled on a closed position. The overfill handler would be called recursively many times and the position size would double each time.
Updated Open E Cry plugin to support OEC API 3.2
Added "Save Optimization Results" setting which will prevent the optimization results from being saved to disk if it is disabled. This can save space but the detailed results will not be available from the optimization result screen.
Improved handling of historical data pacing violations in the TWS plugin.

Outage

billb — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 11:11:21 GMT

Due to last night's severe weather, we experienced an outage overnight. We appear to have the issue resolved and apologize for any inconvenience.

RightEdge 2008 Edition 1, Build 368

billb — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 13:45:15 GMT

A quick bug fix build. The following items were addressed in this build.

Fixed download of historical daily bars from IB TWS
Fixed an exception that would occur if you opened a forex position before the first live bar was completed.

RightEdge 2008 Edition 1, Build 367

billb — Wed, 28 May 2008 14:46:11 GMT

A small bug fix build to accommodate some problems exposed running in a non-U.S. environment. These include:

Fixed an internationalization number format issue in the TWS plugin.
Fixed an internationalization number format issue for saving live open positions.

If you're using RightEdge with a U.S. locale, the update is not necessary.

RightEdge 2008 Edition 1, Build 366 Available

billb — Fri, 09 May 2008 10:18:26 GMT

This is an interim build that's a free upgrade for everyone. Here are the release notes for this build.

Added IQFeed historical and realtime plugin.
Added support for detecting disconnections from broker or live data services, and automatically attempting to reconnect.
This can be controlled from the live tab of the RightEdge options. There is also a ConnectionStateChanged event in SystemData, and BrokerConnected and DataConnected properties to determine which services are connected.
The broker can now override the account state that is passed to it by RightEdge. See the documentation for IBroker.SetAccountState for details.
Added ability to add blank space to the right of the last bar on charts. To do this, scroll to the end of the chart and then drag the right third of the chart's x axis to the left.
New build type in the project tree called "Embedded Resource". This behaves like Visual Studio where an external resource such as a graphic file will be embedded directly into the generated assembly.
The historical data download window will automatically close on success when it is running as a result of the /U command line option.
Messages written to the standard output stream (ie using Console.WriteLine) by live data and data retrieval plugins will be shown in the output window.
Fixed an exception that would occur when running an optimization that included a symbol with no data.
Fixed an exception that would occur in live systems if using indicators which weren't shown in charts.
If the trial period has expired, RightEdge will now show a dialog informing the user of this instead of crashing.
Fixed autocomplete/intelliprompt for projects with multiple source files.
Removed a few cases where output would unnecessarily be sent to the console.
Fixed a bug where if there was an error saving the project file (for example if it was read-only or renamed) you could not exit RightEdge.
Fixed a bug that would occur if a chart without much data was zoomed way out and then the bars per page was reset.
Added a check so that RightEdge will not open project files created with later versions of RightEdge.
Fixed BarUtils.HighestHigh and BarUtils.LowestLow when using RLists with empty bars in them.
Increased width of date/time columns in live system window.
The status bar text will show if there was an error building the system.
Exported DLL only trading systems were erroneously re-creating BaseClasses.cs/vb when opened.
ClosePosition now returns a ReturnCode.
Fixed a bug where Position BarCountExit and Order BarsValid would be decreased during the lead bars when running in live mode and loading open positions.
Fixed bug where you could zoom in too far in a chart.
Fixed exception when there are fewer bars than the default number of bars visible and you try to display a chart from the symbol results.
If you have multiple system classes, the system class name will now be used to determine which one is used.

RightEdge 2008 Edition 1 Available

billb — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 19:12:14 GMT

The release of RightEdge is now available. In order to facilitate our rapid release cycle so that we may deliver features and fixes faster, we've adopted a new versioning scheme. Please see the relevant portion of the Purchasing FAQ for detailed information.

In a nutshell, our customers really appreciate our rapid release cycle. To continue delivering features as fast as we can crank them out, RightEdge will now be released in editions. If a perpetual license is purchased, bug fixes as well as the next edition will still be available free of charge. For lease subscribers and subscription holders, nothing changes, except for that you get features faster.

All existing customers may update to RightEdge 2008 Edition 1 at no charge.

A note to our previous evaluators. We have reset the trial clock on the RightEdge trial. Everyone who has previously downloaded and used the trial to expiration will have a fresh 30 days.

Changes since build 362:

Fixed problem where using the paper trader in live trading for more than one symbol would produce incorrect fills.
PnL will be displayed to two decimal places in the live system position lists.
Added PositionID property to BrokerOrder class. PositionManager will set this to the ID of the associated position before calling IBroker.SubmitOrder.
Added ability to export system breakdown results.
Added link to open sample systems to start page.
Fixed importing forex symbols where symbol name came from filename.
Fixed a problem where changing the symbol information would not prompt you to move the data to the new symbol in some cases.
Fixed a problem that would occur if there was more than one pending order for a pending position and one of the orders was cancelled.

RightEdge 1.2 RC2 Build 362

billb — Sun, 30 Mar 2008 14:07:00 GMT

Again, another small set of issues addressed. If you're not encountering them, build 361 or even 360 are just fine. Here's a recap of what has been addressed since 360.

Fixed error preventing RightEdge from running from a fresh install.
Fixed hourly system breakdown
Fixed problem with running multiple instances of RightEdge.
Added buttons to existing position window to select or deselect all. Unavailable positions will be unselected by default.

RightEdge 1.2 RC2 - Take 2

billb — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 12:10:05 GMT

We know a lot of folks use multiple instances of RightEdge. Build 360 inadvertently broke that. As a result, we released 361 to address this quickly. If you're using 360 and you don't need multiple instances of RE, you're fine with 360. If you do use multiple instances, you'll want to download build 361.

RightEdge 1.2 RC2 Available

billb — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 08:59:30 GMT

Here's a list of what's new/changed over build 358.

Trades with neither a profit or a loss are now not counted as either winning or losing.
Improved simulation and optimization speed.
Binary data store now creates data storage directory if it does not exist.
Added an Enabled property to SystemStatistics class.
Fixed a bug with the system statistics average profit % calculation as well as potentially other stats.
Fixed buy and hold statistics for forex symbols.
Fixed automatic position sizing for forex symbols.
Fixed a bug loading interest rates when there were no interest rates in the range of the system start and end dates.
Changed various size properties from ulong to long.
Fixed issue where if account equity was negative a position could be opened with a negative size.
Fixed bug where non-DnD indicators would not update in live charts when running a live system.
Fixed trade labels moving one bar to the right in live systems.
System results position list will no longer show pager when paging is not enabled.
Removed note in service setup indicating you could leave password blank and be prompted later.
Added command line option to run an optimization. Use /O:optimization_file_name, where the optimization file lists the parameter name, low value, high value, and number of steps in tab or comma separated format.
Improved intelliprompt handling for generics and collections of generics

RightEdge 1.2 Release Candidate Available

billb — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 17:25:12 GMT

Here's what's new

Winning Percent and Average Bars Held fixed in Symbol Results
Symbols with different expiration dates will now be regarded as different even if the dates are in the same month.
Sending output messages to the status bar works in simulation mode
Fixed SystemData.InLeadBars property
Fixed bug where Console.WriteLine() when called from within a system with a non-string argument was not working correctly.
Added option to automatically accept saved open positions when starting a live system
Added an option in the importer for bar timestamp in the data file to be the time at end of the bar instead of the start.
Allow importing data in descending date order
Saved live positions now working when using the paper trader.
IBroker.SetExistingOrders changed to IBroker.SetAccountInfo
Constructor overloads that specify the input series have been added to the series input indicators.
PositionManager.SubmitOrders property removed
When saving chart settings, the default name will be the name of the last chart settings applied or saved.
PositionManager.OrderSubmitted event is now of type EventHandler<OrderUpdatedEventArgs>
Added option to run full simulation before starting a live system
OutputManager.OutputLines is now a read only list, but you can use OutputManager.Clear() to clear the output lines.
Fixed bug where submit order dialog has too many items in symbol dropdown after stopping and restarting a live system.
Added option to specify what classes the autogenerated base classes derive from.

RightEdge 1.2 Beta Build 357 (Magnum) Released

dplaisted — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 17:55:19 GMT

A new build of RightEdge has been released:

When running live systems with lead bars, RightEdge no longer stays in lead bar mode until the first live bar is completed.
Support for code snippets added.
Check for updates menu item removed, added notification of new versions to Start Page.
System initialization (bar loading step) has been sped up.
Systems can output messages to the RightEdge status bar.
Trailing stop improvements - Trailing stop can now be specified as a percentage or as a fixed price point by setting the TrailingStopPrice property. When using the paper trader, the StopPrice of the order will be the current price, and an OrderUpdated event will be raised whenever the stop price changes.

Thanks,
Daniel

RightEdge Build 356

billb — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 07:04:19 GMT

A quick update.

Common.dll in plugins directory fixed.
Fixed error validating opening a position with a stop order.
Paper trader now trades on ticks when running in live mode

RightEdge 1.2 Beta Build 355

dplaisted — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 20:43:11 GMT

We have released an update to the RightEdge 1.2 Beta. The new version is build 355 and is available from our Download Page.

For a list of changes made since RightEdge 1.1, see the updated release notes. If you have not yet converted your trading systems to RightEdge 1.2, please see the RightEdge Development Guide thread and the RightEdge Trading System Conversion Guide.

The major changes since the previous beta (build 351) are support for manual trading, position and order persistence for live systems, and trading inside bars (or on the close) for simulations. Below is more detailed information about the changes:

· Support for trading inside bars or on the close of a bar in simulation.

o A TradeInsideBars property has been added to SystemData. If enabled, the open price of the bar will be processed first, then the low and high, then the close. This makes it possible to have the profit target or stop loss filled on the same bar that a position is opened. BarOpened and BarClosing events have been added to SystemData which allow you to write logic that runs just after the open or just before the close (if the TradeInsideBars property is enabled).

· Open Position and Pending Order Persistence

o In RightEdge 1.1, positions opened by a live system could be persisted between runs, but pending orders would not be persisted.

o Now, when you stop a live system, both open positions and pending orders will be saved to a file named LiveOpenPositions.xml in your trading system project directory.

o When you start a live system, if there are any saved positions, you will be prompted to select which ones are still active.

o A new method called SetExistingOrders has been added to the IBroker interface so that RE can give the broker plugin the list of orders that should still be active.

o The IService.Connect method now takes a parameter of type ServiceConnectOptions which lets the plugin know if it will be used for historical data retrieval, live data, or for broker functions.

o When you connect to TWS using the IB plugin for broker functions, the plugin will determine whether each of the orders that were saved as pending is still active, cancelled, or filled. If the order was cancelled or filled while disconnected, the plugin will raise the OrderUpdated event so that your system will be notified of the change. Fill information for previous days may not be reported by TWS, so if the order was filled on a previous day while you were disconnected, it might be reported as canceled instead of filled by the plugin.

· Discretionary Features
From the user interface you can now open a new position, cancel existing orders and close existing positions from within Live System pane. See the Manual or Discretionary Trading topic in the help file under the "How Do I?" section.

· Added two utility indicators named Highest and Lowest to return the highest and lowest values in a series over the specified period.

· Updated the MB Trading plugin to utililize the latest version of the MB libraries (version 11.x).

· Unable to cancel errors are reported as warnings and not system wide exceptions.

· An error was fixed in the IB plugin where orders on ticks generated an exception.

· Other miscellaneous bugfixes.

Thanks,
Daniel

Announcing RightEdge 1.2 Beta

billb — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 11:14:49 GMT

We're proud to announce the release of our first 1.2 beta. This beta is feature complete and may become a release candidate if no issues are discovered. This release contains all of the changes proposed in the RightEdge Development Guide thread.

An important note to those that are using 1.1. 1.2 and 1.1 should work side-by-side. Hopefully this will ease migration.

The release notes cover all of the changes made for 1.2 as well as the features implemented. Updated end user and developer documentation is installed with the beta.

And we've also created a RightEdge Trading System Conversion Guide to aid those migrating systems from RightEdge 1.1.

Finally, you can download the beta from our standard Download page.

We look forward to your feedback.

Programming Forum Category

Admin — Wed, 26 Dec 2007 08:56:28 GMT

We've added a new category to the forums for programming related questions. This is deliberately a broad category. You may ask any general .NET programming question whether it relates to RightEdge directly or not.

Holiday Hours

billb — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 10:09:05 GMT

Our offices will be closed Monday the 24th and Tuesday the 25th for the Christmas holiday. We'll likely monitor the forums at a reduced frequency and emailed questions may not be reviewed until the 26th.

Have a great holiday.

New Documentation

billb — Sat, 08 Dec 2007 11:53:07 GMT

We've made a number of enhancements to our documentation along with methods of delivery. Our documentation page contains links to all of the available formats. Most notably, we've created a printable manual in PDF format. Most of the information contained is identical to that in the context sensitive help, but this version has been rearranged in chapter format so that it makes more sense in printed form. The end user guide is also available online with searching capabilities. And finally, we've beefed up the online developer documentation with a better look and feel and more inline samples.

RightEdge v1.1 Available

billb — Thu, 06 Dec 2007 17:52:02 GMT

We're happy to announce the availability of 1.1 of RightEdge.

Please see the release notes here for information specific to this version.

1.1 introduces greatly improved forex support. This includes support for cross currency pairs and support. Interest can now be calculated on forex transactions.

Stock traders can now trade stocks in or other items that are quote in a foreign currency.

An Oanda interest rate plugin (no subscription required) to facilitate working in different currencies.

We've also added support for MBTrading (data and broker) and Oanda (rate data only).

We now support FA accounts within Interactive Brokers.

There is a new plugin for IB data using the socket. In subsequent releases, we will likely remove all dependence from IB TWS API versions.

Enhancements to our trading system classes

Additional utility indicators (Bar Performance, Floor, Ceiling, Round, etc). Great for us in drag and drop systems.

and much more ...

Site Maintenance

billb — Fri, 30 Nov 2007 11:43:56 GMT

We may be down for a bit over the weekend while we perform some site maintenance.

New Support System in Place

billb — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 08:05:16 GMT

We've completed a support system implementation that will allow to handle support requests via email or the web site in a much more efficient manner. Additionally, we'll be able to track the history of each request, create cases with statuses, inform you when your case changes, etc.

This should not require any additional work on your part at all. The only thing that we ask is that you submit your support request to the support address (resupport at rightedgesystems) or use the Support Request form on the web site.

We look forward to serving you even better.

RightEdge 1.1 Release Candidate Available

billb — Thu, 01 Nov 2007 16:52:30 GMT

We are proud to announce the availability of release candidate 1 of RightEdge v1.1. You can download the release candidate through our download page. Click here for the release notes which include all of the new enhancements and changes. We hope you'll download this version and report all feedback using our feedback form.

RightEdge 1.1 Beta 1 Available

billb — Fri, 28 Sep 2007 18:29:16 GMT

We're opening up the beta to all registered members. This beta release is nearly feature complete, but we're not there yet. If you're a license holder, you may want to back up your RightEdge.lic file and replace it after the installation. If you're using a trial license, the beta will continue to work with this license. Please contact resupport at rightedgesystems dot com if you're having any difficulties getting it installed.

You can download the beta here.

Now onto the release notes.

The "Currency Symbol" in the RightEdge options has been changed to "Account Currency". This needs to match the "Asset Currency" from the Symbol Information of each symbol, except for forex pairs which are based on your Account Currency.
Forex symbol setup has been improved. You can enter the symbol names in the format "EUR/USD", and the Asset Currency in the symbol information will be set to USD. This means you can enter multiple forex symbols at once from the add symbol dialog, and you can distinguish between forex pairs with the same base currency. You will still have to set up the tick size, contract size, and initial margin in the Symbol Information. The Interactive Brokers plugin has been updated to work with forex symbols specified this way.
New Utility Indicators are Available
- Bar Performance - Displays price movements as percentages.
- Floor - Retrieves the floor of an input value.
- Ceiling - Retrieves the ceiling of an input value.
- Consecutive - Tracks the consecutive movements of a series.
- Round - Rounds an input value.
- Absolute Value - Retrieves the absolute value of an input.
MB Trading Real Time Data and Broker Plugin Available. MB Trading customers will be able to retrieve real time data or perform broker functions through MB Trading. Please note that MB Trading only allows one connection per machine.
Interactive Brokers plugin now supports FA accounts. This is a setting within the IB broker plugin. Simply set the account code for the account to enable this functionality.
Profit calculations have been corrected for forex pairs where your account currency is the base currency. Attempting to trade a forex pair which does not include your account currency will now be treated as an error. This is because the profit would need to be converted to your account currency, but the exchange rate is not known.
Paper trader has a new option to use the bid and ask price to calculate fills. If enabled, it will look at the bid and ask values for a bar to determine the spread. To use this option, the bid and ask prices for the bar should be the bid and ask prices at the close of the bar. If the bid and ask are zero, it will use the normal prices. If they are nonzero, it will use the difference between the close and the bid and ask to calculate bid and ask values for the OHLC values. The bid values will be used for sell transactions, and the ask values will be used for buy transactions.
A SubmitOrder method has been added to PositionManager. This method will allow you to submit an arbitrary order for a position. You can specify the number of bars the order should be active for. This method returns a ReturnValue<string>, which will hold the order ID of the order if it was successfully submitted. A CancelOrder method has also been added to PositionManager, which allows you to cancel a pending order.
When collecting live data, the aggregated bars will now include the bid and ask prices, if available.
You can now use an Enum type as a constructor argument for your indicators.
RightEdge has always allowed you to have more than one open position per symbol, if you want. This allows you to have seperate exit criteria (profit targets, stop losses, etc.) for positions that were opened at different price points. However, the broker doesn't make this distinction. If you have two positions open for 100 shares each, the broker sees your current position as 200 shares long. When dealing with simple equity trading, this distinction doesn't matter much. However, when dealing with short positions, forex symbols, or symbols with a margin requirement, the profit and loss calculations can be different depending on whether you are calculating them for multiple seperate positions or a single combined position. Because of this, the position manager has been modified to keep track of the combined positions for the purposes of profit and loss calculation. We are calling these positions the broker positions. If you subscribe to PositionManager's OrderFilled event, you can access the corresponding broker position using the BrokerPosition member of the OrderFilledEventArgs object.
The Paper Trader has a new setting to allow position reversal. This will allow a sell or cover order which is bigger than your current position size to be filled, opening a position in the opposite direction with the remaining shares. In other words if you are long 100 shares on a symbol, you could submit an order to sell 300 shares, and you would end up short 200 shares for that symbol.
Position manager has improved support for position reversal and orders that are filled on a closed position. When either of these happens, we say that a position has been overfilled. By default RightEdge will throw an exception when this happens. You can use the PositionOverfilledAction property and the PositionOverfilled event (both members of PositionManager) to modify this behavior. See the developer documentation on these items for more information.
Oanda interest rate plugin added. This allows you to download historical interest rates for different currencies.
We have added two properties to the SystemData class. The SymbolBars property gives you a list of bars for each symbol, without any empty bars. Because of this the lists for different symbols can have different lengths. The SystemBars property gives the list of bars for each symbol, with empty bars included. So a given index should correspond to the same date/time for all the SymbolBars lists. The old BarCollections property has the same value as the SystemBars property, but it is now obsolete. We think the SystemBars property is clearer to understand, so we recommend using the it instead. The lists for each symbol are now of type IList<BarData>, instead of type List<BarData> as before. This is done to avoid storing two lists for each symbol. We have written a wrapper class that implements IList<BarData> that is more efficient. You may have to replace List<BarData> with IList<BarData> in your code.

RightEdge 1.0, Build 322 Available

billb — Sun, 12 Aug 2007 21:11:05 GMT

RightEdge 1.0, Build 322

Mandatory Updates

This build contains a mandatory upgrade for the Open E-Cry plugin. If you use Open E-Cry, please download build 322 right away.

Other Plugin Updates

We've upgraded our Interactive Brokers plugin to build against 9.20 of the Interactive Broker's API. If you don't know which version of the TWS API you have, please visit IB's API page at http://individuals.interactivebrokers.com/en/control/apicontrol.php?ib_entity=llc.

In-Place Updates Beta

We plan on continuing our rapid releases to address issues and also deliver features faster. As a result, we've built an in-place update application that will query our servers for any files that are newer. You will receive the list of files and then have the ability to download and apply these updated or new files without having to uninstall or reinstall. This application is accessible from the Help->Check for updates menu within RightEdge.

Searchable Online Developer Guide

There is now a search feature available in the online version of the developer guide. There are some other aesthetic tweaks to the help both locally and online.

Note To License Holders

We discovered that the trial license file was marked as "Vital" in the previous installation and may be installed over top or removed during an uninstall. We've since corrected the problem, however, it may be necessary to go to your customer page and re-apply your purchased license. You can log into your customer page at http://www.rightedgesystems.com/Customers.aspx.

We have also added some features to the Customer area of the web site. When you're signed in to the web site, you'll be able to change your password, email address and contact information. Please visit this secure page here. https://www.rightedgesystems.com/Secure/ManageUserInfo.aspx

Bugs Fixed Since Build 321

1108 RESO FIXE Optimization help topic missing images
1101 RESO FIXE Make Position labels movable again.
1104 RESO FIXE Sort of "Return (Dollar)" throws an exception
1106 RESO FIXE Add configurable decimals at the symbol level
1112 RESO FIXE Create an indicator help topic outdated
1092 RESO FIXE Exception in live system with saved open positions
1097 RESO FIXE Editor colors are ignored in VB
1103 RESO FIXE Export the equity-curve-data to Excel
1091 RESO FIXE Add setting for RTH data in IB historical data
1096 RESO FIXE Percentage wrong on parameter tab
1081 RESO FIXE In System Results->Position List->Bars Held column doesn'...
1113 RESO FIXE Add Search to online developer guide

Installation

After the successful download of RightEdge, double click the RightEdgeSetup.msi file. Follow the steps in the installation wizard and once the files are copied to their final destination, RightEdge is ready to use.

Uninstallation

It is highly recommended that RightEdge is uninstalled before installing this refresh. In addition to running the uninstall (located in the Start/Remove Programs in the Control Panel), it is recommended that the RightEdge program folder is completely removed. After running the uninstall, use Windows Explorer to navigate to the RightEdge folder (the default folder is located in C:\Program Files\Yye Software) and delete this folder.

Reporting Problems

Trial users do have support options during their trial period. Please see our support options here. Gold subscribers have our full support resources available to them.

The RightEdge Development Team

Updated Demo Videos

billb — Wed, 08 Aug 2007 11:15:30 GMT

We've added a drag and drop trading system video to our video section. This video walks through the basics of drag and drop trading systems and includes using actions.

You can now play the demo videos inside of the browser. The embedded player requires Flash, but has excellent quality.

RightEdge 1.0 Released

billb — Wed, 01 Aug 2007 09:53:23 GMT

Announcing RightEdge v1.0

We are proud to announce the final release of RightEdge v1.0. We appreciate the interest that you have shown in the past. We are particularly appreciative of the hard work and feedback from our beta testers. Please view our press release for the official word.

We have also made pricing information available.

A free, fully functional 30-day trial is available for download.

Our Thanks To You - Free Upgrades

We know there's a stigma attached to any 1.0 product. We've demonstrated that quality and ultra responsiveness to your questions and comments are at the top of our list. We'd like to further that by offering a free Gold Support upgrade ($149USD) with any perpetual license purchase through October 1st. With our upgraded package you receive first in line service and additional support options such as phone support. In addition, you receive all major upgrades free of charge throughout the lifetime of the Gold Support term (12 months). To receive your free Gold Support upgrade, simply enter the coupon code "trailblazer" when you purchase the RightEdge product with Gold Support.

Moving Forward

We've made a significant step in delivering our first version. To build a solid foundation we've kept our focus razor sharp. This involved more focus on quality and architecture than features. However, with our first release under our belts, we're happy to have the ability to focus more on features and enhancements. Based on your valuable feedback, we've compiled our list and will be unveiling more information over the coming weeks.

Bugs Fixed Since Release Candidate 2

1077 RESO FIXE Crash when backtesting related to paper trader setting
1078 RESO FIXE Backtesting is missing trades in certain situations
1082 RESO FIXE Allocation is currency when it should be % on parameters tab
1075 RESO FIXE Parameters tab shows incorrect parameter values for optim...
1049 RESO FIXE Adding indicators to system, unexpected behavior
1080 RESO FIXE Buy/sell labels do not appear in live mode
968 RESO FIXE Output pane messages not picked up in Startup()
992 RESO FIXE Using Bar Data Editor leaves symbol data file open
1018 RESO FIXE Watchlist toolbar: missing tooltip on far right button.
1031 RESO FIXE "line styles" in dialog do not match...
1044 RESO FIXE Add system properties to system results parameters tab
905 RESO FIXE Give better feedback on why a position is not opened.
912 RESO FIXE Optimization fixes
858 RESO FIXE hitting Ctrl+F multiple times will bring up multiple find...
1026 RESO FIXE Can add the same symbol twice
711 RESO FIXE When new symbols are added, they aren't sorted.
812 RESO FIXE Out of memory on output pane
868 RESO FIXE If no real time provider is selected and the user attempt...
1085 RESO FIXE Allow pending open position orders to last for more than ...
997 RESO FIXE In data importer, check if data frequency matches specifi...
1002 RESO FIXE DisconnectedContext MDA when retrieving historical data f...
1087 RESO FIXE Buying power doesn't change if "Use broker buying power" ...

We look forward to a long and productive relationship.

The RightEdge Development Team

RightEdge Pricing Plans Finalized, Lease Purchase Option!

billb — Thu, 26 Jul 2007 08:44:06 GMT

RightEdge pricing and plans available have been finalized and we're pleased to announce the addition of a lease purchase option! The perpetual license for RightEdge has been fixed at $499USD. This will entitle the license holder to all minor updates for free. Upgrade "protection" can be purchased in the form of a subscription which also offers advanced support options as well as priority response.

The lease purchase option allows you to use RightEdge on a month to month basis for a cost of $50USD per month. However, one notable difference from a standard lease is that the lease fee is not thrown away each month. 50% of the lease cost can be applied towards a perpetual license in the future.

The purchasing FAQ addresses each of the options in detail.

Site Upgrade

billb — Mon, 23 Jul 2007 17:42:35 GMT

There will be some occassional down time over the next few days as we upgrade the site in preparation for the 1.0 release.

Release Candidate 2 Available

billb — Thu, 05 Jul 2007 14:13:37 GMT

RightEdge Release Candidate 2, Build 316

Almost there ...
The release candidate is an important milestone for RightEdge. We are now putting forth a build that we intend to release if no serious defects are turned up by our quality assurance testing or any beta testers. Please download our release candidate and please report any problems that discovered right away.

All Fixes

Release Candidate 2 is all bug fixes. We've fixed things rather sparingly to make sure that we do not break anything inadvertently before release. Anything of critical priority that we could reproduce was addressed. Thanks to all of you who report problems and take the extra time to provide us with the information that we need.

What's Coming
With the release candidate available, we plan on making RightEdge available for purchase within the next week or two. However, we're not resting on our laurels, we still have a number of items that we'd like to address. Those items that are not critical enough to hold up the release, but deserve attention in the near term.

Expect to see some polls on our forums very soon to spark discussion on the top priority features for post 1.0.

Bugs Fixed Since Build 313

1054 RESO FIXE Sorting Problem in Release Candidate
1037 RESO FIXE Keep historical data when symbol information is changed
1058 RESO FIXE Max Drawdown is incorrect
1057 RESO FIXE Crash on charts if print spooler is disabled
1063 RESO FIXE Installation updates
1064 RESO FIXE Volume for first bar retrieved from IB is total daily volume
1062 RESO FIXE 2 bars in the same minute
1065 RESO FIXE input series missing when plotting an indicator
1061 RESO FIXE Crash / project file useless on interop reference
1067 RESO FIXE IB historical does not work for 2 or 5 minute bars
1068 RESO FIXE Live system use broker reported buying power
1072 RESO FIXE Sharpe ratio calculation is wrong
1070 RESO FIXE Show system output even when an exception is thrown
1071 RESO FIXE Improve memory usage for optimization runs
1074 RESO FIXE Default backtest broker is not set

Installation

Uninstallation

Documentation

RightEdge creates a program group in the Start Menu. There are three items in the list, RightEdge, Getting Started Guide and RightEdge Developer Guide. It is highly recommended that you take a look at the Getting Started Guide to learn the basics of navigating around the software and understanding key features. Use the RightEdge Developer Guide to help build systems from code. The RightEdge Developer Guide is available online at http://www.rightedgesystems.com/Documentation/DeveloperGuide/index.html.

Reporting Problems

Beta testers have our full support resources available to them. For the short term, it is recommended that you post any problems to our public forums so that others may benefit from the solution provided. You may also use our support URL to send a message directly to our support staff at http://www.rightedgesystems.com/support.aspx. We can also provide others means of support (telephone, instant messenger, etc) on a case by case basis.

We look forward to your feedback.

The RightEdge Development Team

RightEdge Release Candidate 1 Available

billb — Tue, 19 Jun 2007 17:46:18 GMT

RightEdge Release Candidate 1

Almost there ...
The release candidate is an important milestone for RightEdge. We are now putting forth a build that we intend to release if no serious defects are turned up by our quality assurance testing or any beta testers. Please download our release candidate and please report any problems that discovered right away.

Trading System Samples (and more!)

At long last, we're confident that things are going to change infrequently enough that we've finalized our sample plugins and trading systems and included them in this installation. We've made a shortcut to the samples folder in the RightEdge program group. The samples included demonstrate how to create all of our various plugin types in addition to a number of sample trading systems. We'll be adding more to demonstrate more of our feature set.

Expect to see some polls on our forums very soon to spark discussion on the top priority features for post 1.0.

Bugs Fixed Since Build 308

1027 RESO FIXE Fix SaveBars method in SQL data storage plugin
1023 RESO FIXE Update the plugin Visual Studio templates
1028 RESO FIXE SeriesCalculatorBaseWithValues sample error
983 RESO FIXE Investigate series "spike" on live systems
1032 RESO FIXE No open and close data for QuoteTracker
1035 RESO FIXE Allow spaces in symbol names
1041 RESO FIXE Colors not honored on text object
1043 RESO FIXE Backtesting broker is not saved (or restored?)
1047 RESO FIXE Documentation error in Getting Started
1046 RESO FIXE Orders are submitted against papertrader regardless of br...
1045 RESO FIXE Dates are clipped in system results charts
1039 RESO FIXE Start and end date and lead bar issues
1034 RESO FIXE Issues copying indicator back and forth between chart and...
827 RESO FIXE Implement X_TRADER plugin.
1042 RESO FIXE Volume does not seem to match between IB historical and live
1040 RESO FIXE "Delete and Purge" Issues
975 RESO FIXE Stop orders not filled at correct price in paper trader
897 RESO FIXE IB may reject orders and user has no way of knowing why
1012 RESO FIXE Equity curve chart needs work
1053 RESO FIXE Remoting exception in live system

Installation

Uninstallation

Documentation

Reporting Problems

We look forward to your feedback.

The RightEdge Development Team

FAQ Posted

billb — Mon, 18 Jun 2007 09:55:04 GMT

An FAQ has been compiled and released to the site. We plan to add to this FAQ as time passes and the questions continue to form patterns.

Please review the current FAQ and let us know if you find any problems or feel a topic should receive clarification or more information.

If you'd like to see a topic added to the FAQ, please submit your question to the support URL (http://www.rightedgesystems.com/support.aspx).

RightEdge Beta 4, Build 309 Available

billb — Fri, 08 Jun 2007 17:21:05 GMT

A quick update to fix some annoying problems discovered since build 308, including an update to the OpenTick plugin.

Downtime this weekend

billb — Wed, 06 Jun 2007 17:11:07 GMT

The site may be unavailable for approximately one hour over the weekend while we perform some software upgrades on the server.

Build 308 Available

billb — Wed, 30 May 2007 18:48:01 GMT

RightEdge Beta 4, Build 308

Improvements

We now support Trading Technologies X_Trader.

Google Historical Support

Google has added the ability to download daily historical data from their beta financial site (http://finance.google.com). RightEdge can now interface with this resource for historical daily data.

Changes
In the spirit of breaking things before release to ultimately produce a more flexible architecture, we have a number of changes to some of the core functions. Below is a list of those changes as well as some sample code to allow you to quickly fix any of your systems.

The ProfitTarget, StopLoss, and BarCountExit properties have been removed from SystemData. They are now properties of PositionManager. BarCountExit has been renamed to PositionTimeOut.

// Old code
SystemData.ProfitTarget = 0.05;

// New code
PositionManager.ProfitTarget = 0.05;

The OpenPosition calls have been removed from SystemData. They are accessible from PositionManager, or there are several convenient overloads in the SystemBase class. Also, you no longer need to create a unique ID and pass it to the OpenPosition method if you want to know the ID of the new position. Instead, OpenPosition now returns an object of type ReturnValue<string>. Using the Success property of this object you can tell if the call to OpenPosition was successful. If this property is true, the Value property will be the ID of the new position. If not, then the ReturnCode property will contain information about why the call failed. Note that a successful call to OpenPosition only means that an order has been sent to the broker, not that the position has actually been opened. The broker may reject the order, or the order may simply not get filled (for example if the limit price is not hit).

// Old code
string id = PositionManager.GetUniqueID("POS");

if (SystemData.OpenPosition(symbol, PositionType.Long, OrderType.Limit, price, id))
{
// Store or process position ID here, if necessary
}

// New code
ReturnValue<string> retVal = OpenPosition(symbol, PositionType.Long, OrderType.Limit);

if (!retVal.Success)
{
// Add message to output window with the reason the position could not be opened
SystemData.Output.Add(OutputSeverityLevel.Warning, retVal.ReturnCode.Message, symbol);
}
else
{
string id = retVal.Value;

// Store or process position ID here, if necessary
}

The ClosePosition, AddToPosition, and RemoveFromPosition methods have been removed from SystemData and are accessible from PositionManager. ClosePosition is also part of the SystemBase class.

There is no longer a StartDate property in SystemData. Instead, there is now a DataStartDate and a TradeStartDate. The TradeStartDate will be the date you specified as the start date in the system properties, unless there were not enough bars prior to that to make up your lead bars.

The NewBar/NewSymbolBar methods are now called for the lead bars. You can compare the current bar date to the TradeStartDate to see if you should trade or not. Even if you do try to open a position during the lead bars, the position manager will not let you. Of course, there are no guarantees on what happens if you're using the reflection system. Also, if you submit an order directly to the broker it will go through.

The risk assessment plugins, equity curve, drawdown curve, and system breakdown chart have been updated so they only show data from the trade start date onward.

What's Coming
We plan on releasing another build in the next week or so and for this to be our first release candidate. If you encounter any problems at all, please let us know right away.

Bugs Fixed Since Build 304

971 RESO FIXE Ability to turn off RE generated warnings
986 RESO FIXE New indicators will not display on chart
970 RESO FIXE Notification when symbol limits are hit
967 RESO FIXE Update samples and documentation for User Series
987 RESO FIXE Exception in UserSeries
985 RESO FIXE System results exports and information
993 RESO FIXE Balance is wrong on the trading list
789 RESO FIXE Import files on "large" files.
802 RESO FIXE Need to show on system results (or elsewhere) the date/ti...
984 RESO FIXE Add Help for new import feature
998 RESO FIXE Binary data store not loading correct data
878 RESO FIXE Position manager re-submits rejected profit target and ot...
939 RESO FIXE Canceled orders not updating until trade is made
963 RESO FIXE Merge Live System Bars with Lead Bars
1001 RESO FIXE Binary data store does not work with 0 byte files.
938 RESO FIXE IService.Disconnect not called when system is stopped
976 RESO FIXE Orders filled in paper broker not updated in live system ...
1000 RESO FIXE Stochastic Oscillator %D throws an exception
973 RESO FIXE Max open positions issues
974 RESO FIXE Duplicate fills reported in Paper Broker
1013 RESO FIXE Crash in optimization
1005 RESO FIXE Verify that stop orders work correctly with TWS
1004 RESO FIXE Remove position management methods from SystemData
1016 RESO FIXE Shutdown is never called for live systems
1021 RESO FIXE Avg Buy is always 0.00 in position list
982 RESO FIXE Implement position persistence
1015 RESO FIXE Cannot reload trading system after exception
1010 RESO FIXE Lead bars are included in equity curve and other issues
766 RESO FIXE wizard remembers settings between runs
1014 RESO FIXE Open E-Cry API mandatory update

Installation

After the successful download of RightEdge, extract the zip file to a temporary directory and run the Setup application. Follow the steps in the installation wizard and once the files are copied to their final destination, RightEdge is ready to use.

Uninstallation

Documentation

RightEdge creates a program group in the Start Menu. There are three items in the list, RightEdge, Getting Started Guide and RightEdge Developer Guide. It is highly recommended that you take a look at the Getting Started Guide to learn the basics of navigating around the software and understanding key features. Use the RightEdge Developer Guide to help build systems from code. The RightEdge Developer Guide is now available online at http://www.rightedgesystems.com/Documentation/DeveloperGuide/index.html.

Reporting Problems

We look forward to your feedback.

The RightEdge Development Team

Build 304 Available

billb — Mon, 07 May 2007 13:29:10 GMT

RightEdge Beta 4, Build 304

Improvements
A new file import utility has been implemented. We're still in the testing stages, but felt that it was worth allowing folks demanding more power from the importer to begin giving feedback.

A number of live system exceptions were found and fixed. We invite those who have tried live systems and may have encountered these to try again and let us know if you encounter anything.

We have reduced memory usage by over 50% in most cases when running simulations. This is going to be very noticeable to folks who use large data sets.

Trading Results Paging
In cases where the result set was large (10's or 100's of thousands of trades), the memory bottleneck became the grid that displays the trade list. If you are still having memory problems after a simulation has completed, try turning on paging and displaying 50 or 100 trades per page. This option can be found on the "System Results" tab in the program Options.

Changes
A couple of breaking changes. First, we've added an "information" string to the OrderUpdateChanged event. This is passed back by the broker plugin and is typically used when the order is rejected. This space allows the broker plugin to give a "reason" or some additional information as to why. Anyone subscribing to this event will want to update their handler to include this string.

Second, we've made changes to user series to help synchronize those series in the case where empty bars are encountered. As a result, you'll have to change from using "Add()" to using the "SetCurrentValue()" function.

What's Coming
We've reduced the bug count significantly over the last couple of months, thanks to your help. The way things are shaping up, it looks like one more refresh will be in order in the next couple of weeks to knock out the remaining problems that we consider show stoppers. Once these are finished, we'll make a release candidate available shortly after with the remaining small features that we were planning to implement. With the 1.0 API being stable, we'll begin to write sample systems that take advantage of the various features of the product. These will ship with the program and will be available on the web site.

Bugs Fixed Since Build 296

981 RESO FIXE Trading systems not taking trades
979 RESO FIXE Reduce memory usage for simulations with large amounts of...
935 RESO FIXE Live system exception after adding a symbol
947 RESO FIXE System results screen throws exception when sorting on pr...
945 RESO FIXE Price display corrupted in chart price axis
937 RESO FIXE Intellisense crash when using VB and "Handles" keyword
952 RESO FIXE Text object generates an exception
933 RESO FIXE Set Profit target in DnD causes exception
958 RESO FIXE Binary data store not honoring dates for tick data load
959 RESO FIXE Live charts do not respect Maximum Bars Displayed setting
896 RESO FIXE Live System KeyNotFoundException
936 RESO FIXE Formatting changes in live system window
871 RESO FIXE Exception in SystemStatistics
927 RESO FIXE Build succeeded in status bar
953 RESO FIXE SQL Server Northwind database
821 RESO FIXE Add support for partial fills
826 RESO FIXE Implement Open E-cry broker plugin
955 RESO FIXE Bar data editor does not prompt when exiting
965 RESO FIXE Short position not being closed.
964 RESO FIXE Crash on live system with new UserSeries
869 RESO FIXE Exception in live systems
891 RESO FIXE User created series may not be aligned correctly
966 RESO FIXE UserSeries do not plot
969 RESO FIXE Crash opening chart with chart objects from system
816 RESO FIXE Data import should show line number and text of line on e...
749 RESO FIXE Modify data import utility to allow symbol to be specifie...

Installation

Uninstallation

Documentation

RightEdge creates a program group in the Start Menu. There are three items in the list, RightEdge, Getting Started Guide and RightEdge Developer Guide. It is highly recommended that you take a look at the Getting Started Guide to learn the basics of navigating around the software and understanding key features. Use the RightEdge Developer Guide to help build systems from code. The RightEdge Developer Guide is now available online at http://www.rightedgesystems.com/Documentation/DeveloperGuide/index.html.

Reporting Problems

We look forward to your feedback.

The RightEdge Development Team

Build 296 Available

billb — Mon, 16 Apr 2007 08:08:16 GMT

RightEdge Beta 4, Build 296

A serious number of issues have been addressed since build 292. We are very close to release. In addition to bug fixes, we have now added Open E-Cry as a supported broker interface.

A Note To Live System Testers:

We are working on a few problems in the live system logic that can prevent folks from really giving the auto execution features a good run through. We're aware of these problems, but still welcome your feedback. This part of the program is going to be focused on heavily over the next couple of weeks to get it into shape. To our live system testers, thanks for hanging in there through the bumps.

Bugs Fixed Since Build 293

918 RESO FIXE Short positions seem to always be rejected.
921 RESO FIXE Specify max number of bars to open for charts
917 RESO FIXE Indicators/objects don't do well with black charts
923 RESO FIXE Gap detector system broken
828 RESO FIXE End of stream exception in data storage plugin
894 RESO FIXE Trade list results may be wrong for futures
893 RESO FIXE Rounds lots do not work
906 RESO FIXE Offer overwrite on existing chart settings.
872 RESO FIXE Crash on starting live system after closing live system w...
879 RESO FIXE Binary Store error on symbol purge
908 RESO FIXE Add a method to delete tick data
873 RESO FIXE Update open positions exception
904 RESO FIXE Something is wrong with Buy and Hold
909 RESO FIXE Shares could be rounded to 0
825 RESO FIXE ClosePosition does not seem to be working
769 RESO FIXE Verify that when opening a chart the FREQ from the folder...
845 RESO FIXE Rename 'cash' column on trade list screen (system results...
854 RESO FIXE Check that double clicking a trade on trade list goes to ...
861 RESO FIXE Need images for comment/uncomment in menu to show.
855 RESO FIXE Add toolbar buttons for reducde/increase indent
859 RESO FIXE Equity curve issues
865 RESO FIXE Output sorting oddities
866 RESO FIXE Sorting in Symbol Results goofed.
716 RESO FIXE Make CancelOrder() asynchronous and fix for TWS
833 RESO FIXE Horizontal Line object disappears
834 RESO FIXE Sorting on severity in the output pane
742 RESO FIXE Live data columns get messed up
839 RESO FIXE Symbol name duplicated in Live Data window
819 RESO FIXE need a good way to add / remove symbols to steaming / live
882 RESO FIXE Small text problem on system progress dialog (see attached)
885 RESO FIXE "Other frequency" dialog needs "centerparent" set.
920 RESO FIXE Add support for Stop order type on Buy
851 RESO FIXE Evaluate risk assessment plugins (Sharpe Ratio)
889 RESO FIXE Stop orders do not work for entering positions in paper t...

Bugs Fixed Since Build 292

852 RESO FIXE crash on empty system param properties
735 RESO FIXE Empty bars will generate incorrect system statistics
847 RESO FIXE Live systems should stop on unhandled exceptions
870 RESO FIXE IB volume wrong for futures
867 RESO FIXE Interactive Brokers Plugin cancel order does not work
876 RESO FIXE Add support for Volume, Change, Change Pct, Open, and Clo...
864 RESO FIXE Exception renaming files
840 RESO FIXE Center the Save Trading System dlg to parent
842 RESO FIXE Update sample projects to reflect interface changes
841 RESO FIXE Need help for Save Trading System as
844 RESO FIXE Negative numbers in 'cash' column of trade list in system...
875 RESO FIXE Crash when modifying columns while streaming live data
846 RESO FIXE Canceled positions not removed from pending position list...
883 RESO FIXE No backfill for IB with Futures
850 RESO FIXE Stopping a live system should not stop live data
888 RESO FIXE Max open positions doesn't count pending positions
874 RESO FIXE If there is a crash in assignment of class member or ctor...
895 RESO FIXE Live System Position Manager Exception
890 RESO FIXE Bar Volume is not adjusted for splits

Installation

Uninstallation

Documentation

RightEdge creates a program group in the Start Menu. There are three items in the list, RightEdge, Getting Started Guide and RightEdge Developer Guide. It is highly recommended that you take a look at the Getting Started Guide to learn the basics of navigating around the software and understanding key features. Use the RightEdge Developer Guide to help build systems from code. The RightEdge Developer Guide is now available online at http://www.rightedgesystems.com/Documentation/DeveloperGuide/index.html.

Reporting Problems

We look forward to your feedback.

The RightEdge Development Team

Build 293 Available

billb — Fri, 30 Mar 2007 14:04:12 GMT

We wanted to post it as soon as we felt it was ready. We'll follow up with release notes and documentation changes soon.

Beta 4, Build 292 Available

billb — Thu, 08 Mar 2007 20:31:15 GMT

RightEdge Beta 4, Build 292

Another very quick bug fix. We had inadvertently broken the OpenTick plugin and live systems and also found a problem with the Access data store. This hit enough people that we wanted to release another build out of cycle.