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XLQ Version History
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Version |
Date ( - All
licenses,
-
included with xlqPlus license) |
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4.3 |
5 January 2010 |
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This version contains numerous changes concentrating on
performance and stability. (directly working and testing
with a number of users since the release of 4.2, this
version addresses various issues and changes have been made
offering a notable improvement in speed, stability and
interaction). Certain users have reported processing and
/ or calculation times reduced by more than half. |
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xlqxh... calculations have been
moved to background processing. This offers improved opening
times and interaction with excel. While calculations are
still being performed, the results in excel will show #xlqcalc,
the center of the Q will remain red, and messages will be
displayed in the xlq status views showing how many
calculations still need to be done, with excel being
refreshed on completion |
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New status views for day data. Backfill status messages will
now show how many symbols still need processing |
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Supports Microsoft Excel 2010 32 bit (I am working on
supporting 64 bit) |
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4.2 |
20 October 2009 |
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Changes to historic data management initiated
over the last few versions have been finalized, allowing for
numerous improvements including faster processing and
access, reduced memory overhead and overall optimized
performance.
(As a result the historic data files
have changed, and the old data is no longer compatible and
will not be converted to the new version. Any data required
will be automatically re-retrieved. All personal data files,
excel spreadsheets and xlqCompanion remain compatible) |
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New data specific historic formulae
(week and month data also supported):
- InteractiveBrokers:
xlqhNoOfTrades, xlqhWAP (weighted average price)
- IQFeed: xlqhOpenInterest
- Yahoo: xlqhUnadjustedClose |
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Support for US market historic data (day and week) from
Google. If there is a symbol conflict with a non US stock,
the symbol needs to include the exchange, e.g. CA needs to
be entered as NASDAQ:CA, BSX as NYSE:BSX. |
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xlqintra... intraday data are now based on timed
intervals. |
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Interactivebrokers (IB) intraday backfill has been
improved, also backfill messages are now shown in the status
view.
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xlqName now returns name from IB. |
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IB: xlqExpirationDate, xlqDaysToExpiration and
xlqStrike now return values for future options.
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Much faster processing of IQFeed data, including better
backfill handling. |
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Allows limiting of intraday backfill data from IQFeed to
specific hours, such as market hours or including 1 hour
pre/post market etc.
|
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IQFeed related formulae xlqExtTradingLast and
xlqExtHoursChange have been removed and replaced with
xlqMarketHoursLast and xlqMarketHoursChange. xlqPrice
and xlqChange will now show both market and non market
hours trades. During afterhours xlqExtTradingDifference
will show the difference between the last market hours
trade and the last afterhours trade.
|
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New status view for iqfeed day data (intraday
backfill).
|
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Supports Windows 7.
|
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Signed with new digital certificate.
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Numerous other changes.
|
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Documentation and xlqDemo have been updated. |
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4.11 |
30 April 2009 |
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Fixes all reported problems since the release of xlq 4.1,
including: |
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-
when using custom file paths with no ending /. |
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-
when using very long symbols. |
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-
when deleting symbols in the stock manager. |
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- with data
retrieval with certain preference settings modified.
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- when using
COM interface function xlqHistValue4.
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4.1 |
14 April 2009 |
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Numerous changes and optimizations applied to historic data
processing and handling. |
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Support for 22 new fields in AAII Stock Investor Pro (update
aaiiDemo, new fields are listed at end of Summary page). |
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New historic formula xlqxhAveTrueRange2 (+w+m) return a
weighted ATR (as per Wilder), xlqxhAveTrueRange is a SMA. |
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New intraday formula xlqxiSMA, xlqxiEMA, xlqxiAveVolume,
xlqxiAveVolumeEMA, xlqxiAveRange, xlqxiAveRangeEma,
xlqxiAveTrueRange, xlqxiAveTrueRange2, xlqxiAveTrueRangeEMA,
(also xlqxiSMATP, xlqxiSMATPMD, added before but was
undocumented, i.e. simple moving average of typical price
and Mean deviation of the smatp). |
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Xlq
preferences completely revised, now property sheet
based, includes descriptions when choice is selected.
Simplified update settings and categorized by data
source.
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Fix problem
in xlqCompanion where historic source preference not
always used.
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Documentation and xlqDemo have been updated.
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4.0 |
13 November 2008 |
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The fastest version of xlq by far. This version introduces
the new core to xlq's data processing engine allowing for
much faster updating and simultaneously reducing processing and resource requirements.
All processing via Excel, xlqCompanion and xlq's com
interface are improved |
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The fastest Excel processing by far
(see new videos). xlq's excel interface has been optimized
allowing xlq to provide almost streaming updates. In
addition to faster updating and processing, xlq allows for
faster recalculations, reduced delays, including faster
opening and closing of spreadsheets. |
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Automatic smart updating of US and Canadian symbols from
non-streaming data sources. xlq will only update data as it
is changing, avoiding unnecessary updates afterhours. Update
settings have also been changed to offer better performance
with less bandwidth usage. |
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Built with the latest c++ and supporting libraries from
Microsoft (as a result xlq will no longer work with versions
of windows earlier than Windows 2000) |
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New formulae
xlqhWeightedPrice (+ week and month versions), being (O+H+L+C)/4
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New
BollingerBands formulae
xlqhBollingerBandsUpper, Middle, Lower, B, and Width (+
week and month versions)
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Xlqxh
versions of the BollingerBands formulae allowing
multiple period ranges as well as calculations into the
current day
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xlqxi
versions of the BollingerBands formulae for intraday
calculations.
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Bollingerbands may be calculated on close, open, low,
high, typical or weighted price.
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Can
calculate a bollingerband on a fractional stddev
multiplier such as 2.1.
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New
preference settings for bollingerbands, defaults are 20
periods, 2 stdDev multiplier, using weighted price.
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Lsma and
drawdown/up may now also be calculated on weighted
price.
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New
xlqxhStdDev and xlqxiStdDev to calculate a
standard deviation over a
number of periods (close, open, low, high, typical or
weighted price may be used)
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New range
formulae (allowing you to specify the date range as real
or relative dates and not number of periods) for the
following:
xlqrhTotalVolume (+w+m)
being the sum of the volume for the specified periods
e.g. =xlqrhTotalVolume("msft",-6,-2)
xlqrhAveVolume being the
average for the specified periods.
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Tested and fixed
compatibility issues with
Vista 64. (xlq runs as 32 bit)
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Modify to
use long InteractiveBrokers symbols such as for corn
future options, e.g. “C OZC MAY 09 4300[ECBOT,FOP,USD]”
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Ensure
compatibility with InteractiveBrokers TWS version 888
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Signed with
new digital certificate.
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Fixed
problem where excel could hang on exit
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Fixed a
problem where xlq would not save day data on exiting if
started by another program
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Numerous
other changes.
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Documentation and xlqDemo have been updated.
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3.9 |
2 May 2008 |
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18 formulae covering Stochastics %k and %d (Fast, Slow and
Full) for day, week and month. |
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xlqxhStochastic... formulae allowing multiple period ranges
as well as calculations into the current day. |
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xlqxiStochastic formulae to calculate the
Stochastics %k
and %d (Fast, Slow and Full) on intraday bars.
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Add
Williams
%R calculation (xlqh, xlqxh, and xlqxi versions)
covering day, week, month, different period ranges and
intraday bars.
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New xlq
preference options to specify the default period
settings for Stochastics and Williams%R
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Support new
InteractiveBrokers interface.
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Update to ensure compatibility with Yahoo historic data
changes concerning handling of invalid symbols.
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Additional
checks to ensure symbol is valid.
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Misc.
internal changes.
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Documentation and xlqDemo have been updated.
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3.8 |
22 February 2008 |
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xlqxhMaxLSMA (+ week and month versions) - Returns the Max
of Least Square Moving Average for all periods between the 2
period ranges specified. The LSMA will be calculated for
each and the maximum value for each result is returned. The
3rd period parameter specifies on what data the lsma is
calculated, i.e. 0 = close, 1 = open, 2 = low, 3 = high or 4
= typical price. |
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xlqxhSlope (+week and month version) being the slope of the
lsma calculation. |
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To better differentiate range formulae
new range formulae will have the syntax xlqrh…, e.g.:
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xlqrhDrawDownFromHighest (+w+m) - return the % drawdown
from the highest value in the period range to the end
value. The 3rd period parameter specifies on what data
the drawdown is calculated, i.e. 0 = close, 1 = open, 2
= low, 3 = high or 4 = typical price. When Close is
specified, the drawdown will be from the highest close
in the range to the last close of the range. For the
other values, it will be from the highest value to the
low, e.g. from the highest high in the series
to the low of the last period.
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xlqrhMaxDrawDownFromHighest (+w+m) - Calculates the %
DrawDown as above for each period in the range, and
return the highest (MAX) value calculated within the
series.
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xlqrhDrawUpFromLowest (+w+m) – similar to
xlqrhDrawDownFromHighest but returns the % drawup from
the lowest value in the period range to the end value.
When Close is specified, the draw up will be from the
lowest close in the range to the last close of the
range. For the other values, it will be from the lowest
value to the high.
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xlqrhMaxDrawUpFromLowest (+w+m) - Calculates the %
DrawUp as above for each period in the range, and return
the highest (MAX) value calculated within the series
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Add new
sheet to xlqDemo showing a nice example of using the
above formulae.
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+ is now
allowed in IQFeed symbols correcting a problem with not
being able to show symbols such as +cl# (crude oil),
+ho# (heating oil) for day and historic.
|
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Fix problem
with IQFeed weekly and monthly historic data (if you use
their week and month data, delete the symbols in the
stock manager to re-retrieve the values)
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Optimize
handling of IQFeed intraday backfill retrieval.
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Futures and
Options historic data from InteractiveBrokers will now
show volume information.
|
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Change
minimum xlqxh... period value to be 2 (used to be 3).
|
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Modify
update frequency menu option in excel to enter value in
seconds and allow to store value.
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Add
disconnect xlq menu option to excel, which can be used
when no formulae are being used.
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xlqhSymbolsToProcess is now volatile.
|
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Fix problem
with insufficient additional periods being retrieved for
calculations.
|
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Misc.
internal changes.
|
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Documentation and xlqDemo have been updated.
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3.7 |
19 September 2007 |
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Update to ensure compatibility with MSN historic data
changes concerning handling of invalid symbols. |
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Update handling of Yahoo day data to ignore recent zero
value returns (could result in values changing between value
and #N/A in excel). |
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New intraday
formulae (function the same as their existing xlqxh…
equivalents, but on intraday data (when an interval is
set)
xlqxiCCI
(Commodity Channel Index)
xlqxiSMATP
(SMA of Typical Price)
xlqxiSMATPMD
(Mean Deviation of SMATP)
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New COM
formulae for intraday xlqIntraValue2, allowing the
handling of the 2nd numeric parameter required for xlqxi
formulae.
|
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New historic
formula xlqhLSMA and weekly and monthly equivalents,
being the Least Square Moving Average. The LSMA is also
known as the linear regression value, moving linear
regression and regression oscillator. In preferences it
is possible to choose the period range (default = 25),
and whether the value is based on the close, open, low,
high or typical price (default = close).
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An xlqxh
version of the LSMA, i.e. xlqxhLSMA and weekly and
monthly equivalents, in addition to the period range, a
2nd parameter specifies whether the calculation is based
on 0 = close, 1 = open, 2 = low, 3 = high or 4 = typical
price.
e.g. =xlqxhLSMA(“msft”,-1,25,4, ”msn”) will return a 25
day lsma based on the typical price.
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New
preference settings for InteractiveBrokers
- You may now choose for all times to be returned in
Eastern US time (not default).
- You may now choose to have xlq ignore any data
streamed afterhours (not default).
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Xlqxh
formulae will now accept period ranges up to 730 periods
(used to be 365)
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Modify
preference settings for historic calculations for better
readability.
|
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Documentation and xlqDemo have been updated.
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3.6 |
15 August 2007 |
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Update to ensure compatibility with recent MSN historic data
changes (which could result in the current partial trading
day being included in the historic data). |
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New preference setting for Yahoo! historic data “Adjust Open
/ High / Low per Ratio”.
By default not enabled. When enabled, their normally
unadjusted Open, High and Low will be adjusted by the ratio
between the unadjusted and adjusted close. The values will
not reflect the real O/H/L adjusted for splits and
dividends, but will provide a close equivalent of a high
/low/close including these adjustments. |
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All programs
have been signed with a new digital certificate.
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xlqXh..
versions of the adx calculation, i.e. xlqxhDMIpositive,
xlqxhDMInegative, xlqxhDX, xlqxhADX (and their weekly
and monthly equivalents). Allowing the period range to
be specified in the calculation, allowing the
calculation of multiple adx’s, as well as using 0 for
the period to have the data calculated into the current
trading day
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Messages
from InteractiveBrokers are now included in the status
view for historic data retrieval.
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Historic
range formulae will now return #error if date parameters
are inverted or invalid.
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Documentation and xlqDemo have been updated.
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3.5 |
12 June 2007 |
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xlqhMACDHistogram (being the difference between the macd and
the macd trigger) |
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xlqxhMACD, xlqxhMACDTrigger, and xlqxhMACDHistogram and
their weekly and monthly equivalents.
These formulae will allow you to specify the periods within
the formulae, taking an additional 2 parameters covering the
2nd ema, and the trigger,
e.g. =xlqxhMACD("msft",-1,12,26, 9, "msn") for a 12/26
period macd and a 9 day trigger.) |
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In the COM
interface, a new function xlqHistValue4, will allow you
to use xlqxhMACD by specifying the additional parameters
needed.
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xlqhTypicalPrice being the (high + low + close) / 3
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xlqhsmatp,
xlqhsmatpmd and xhqhCCI and their weekly and monthly
equivalents. These formulae, all part of
CCI (Commodity Channel Index)
calculations will use the period setting in xlq
preferences (by default 20)
xlqhsmatp = the sma of the typical price
xlqhsmatpmd = the mean deviation of the smatp
and xlqhcci the final calculation of the cci
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xlqxhsmatp,
xlqxhsmatpmd, xlqxhcci (+ week and month variations) are
the same as above but you may specify the period range
within the calculation.
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All the
above xlqXh… formulae will allow you to use a period of
0 to include the calculation on the last price
information from the corresponding day source.
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The
interface with excel has been optimized. This is the
first step in a number of changes, but the effect should
already show a notable improvement.
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Improved
intraday processing.
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Updated
compatibility with yahoo-eu and yahoo-uk [Note yahoo-uk
will be removed in a future version as yahoo-eu returns
the same results]
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The historic
database will be modified on the first run of version
3.5, this will happen transparently, but could mean the
first startup could be slower if you have large
databases.
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Documentation and xlqDemo have been updated.
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3.4 |
16 February 2007 |
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Update to ensure compatibility with recent Yahoo historic
changes. |
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Support for InteractiveBrokers historic (daily and weekly)
data. (this includes for options data) |
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The
following existing day formulae now work for
InteractiveBrokers: xlqOpen, xlq52WeekHigh,
xlq52WeekLow, xlqAverageVolume, xlqHistoricVolatility,
xlqOpenInterest
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The
following new formulae now cover data from IB (not
available from other sources)
xlq13WeekLow, xlq13WeekHigh, xlq26WeekLow,
xlq26WeekHigh, xlqImpliedVolatility
xlqOptionCallOpenInterest, xlqOptionPutOpenInterest,
xlqOptionCallVolume, xlqOptionPutVolume
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New status
views covering both historic and day data from
InteractiveBrokers.
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Add a new
page to xlq preferences for InteractiveBrokers, allowing
for a setting to choose whether afterhours market data
is included or excluded from intraday / historic data.
By default the data is included.
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Allow for a
bigger font to be used in xlq and xlqCompanion grids. To
enable the alternate font, choose xlq preferences and
select the file / save / other page, and enable the
option “use bigger font…”.
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Built with
the latest updates for c++ and misc. related libraries.
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Additional
changes ensuring Vista compatibility.
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Miscellaneous other changes.
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3.3 |
6 December 2006 |
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Supports Excel 2007
(note!: Earlier versions of xlq are not compatible with the
new .xlsx file format. You will also need to be using the excel
2007 final release (or at least the beta 2 technical refresh
(B2TR)) for xlq to function correctly.)
XLQ continues to support versions of Excel starting from
Excel 97. |
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Supports Windows Vista
(note!: Various issues have been addressed making xlq
compatible with windows Vista, including allowing it to be
run as a standard user.
Also under Vista, the default data directory will now be
c:\Users\[user id]\AppData\Local\xlq, and no longer in the
“program files…” directory. This does not change for prior
versions of windows.)
XLQ continues to support versions of Windows from Windows
98. |
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New historic
range formulae xlqhHighestVolume, xlqhLowestVolume,
xlqhHighestVolumeDate, xlqhLowestVolumeDate as well as
their weekly and monthly equivalents. Equivalent columns
/ fields have been added to xlqCompanion based on the
purchase date.
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Added
references to xlqxhAveVolume and xlqxhAveVolumeEMA (and
their weekly and monthly equivalents) to xlqDemo.xls.
The formulae have been around for a while but not
mentioned in the documentation.
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Due to
recent changes concerning ecn data, yahoo-ecn as a
source has been removed. Excel and com will report any
reference to yahoo-ecn as an invalid source (a global
replace will allow you to re-assign yahoo-ecn to another
source if needed) xlqCompanion will automatically
convert any reference of yahoo-ecn to yahoo-rt.
Afterhours data is not currently accessible via the
yahoo sources. If you require afterhours data iqfeed, or
interactivebrokers should be used. For the same reason
xlqPricePerEarningsMkt and xlqMarketCapMkt no longer
function with any Yahoo sources (xlqPricePerEarnings and
xlqMarketCap should be used instead).
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Improved
error handling in excel, including avoiding potential
crashes.
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Improved
historic processing, avoiding current problems where
looping could occur
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Improved
handling of invalid symbols for historic processing. If
after a couple of attempts / days, no historic data can
be retrieved for a symbol, it will be blocked from
further processing, improving start up times and overall
program performance. When blocked, in the stock manager,
the status will include the text “BLOCKEDFORUPDATES”.
Such symbols can be left to avoid reprocessing in the
future. If you want to try and retrieve data for a
symbol again, delete the entry in the stock manager.
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New formula
xlqVWAP, currently supporting data from iqfeed.
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Fixed
problem with sorting in xlqCompanion.
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Miscellaneous bug fixes as per user feedback.
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3.2 |
9 August 2006 |
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Important update to ensure compatibility with recent Yahoo!
changes. Resolves problems with Yahoo! real-time
subscription returning sometimes delayed / sometime
real-time. |
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Programs signed with new digital certificate extended
by 1 year. |
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Fixed
formatting problem in certain columns in xlq views (and
xlqCompanion).
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3.1 |
25 July 2006 |
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XLQplus now allows you to work with up to 5 different AAII
Stock Investor Pro databases simultaneously, allowing for
numerous back testing possibilities. If you do not have old
AAII SIP disks, AAII subscribers can download data going
back to 2003. You need to specify the location of the
different directories in xlq preferences. |
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In xlq’s COM interface, a new function xlqAAII2 has been
added which allows you to specify the database value. (using
xlqAAII defaults to dataset 0). |
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aaiiDemo.xls has been updated allowing you to change the
database value on each page. |
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Updated xlq to reflect recent network changes which could
cause historic data retrieval to possibly slow down and /or
continue to process invalid symbols. |
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Fixed problem with InteractiveBrokers intraday backfill data
when a frequency of x minutes specified. |
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New formula = xlqhSymbolsToProcess(source) allowing you to
see how many historic symbols still need to be processed.
This can be useful especially for macros etc, that have made
historic requests to ensure the data has been retrieved.
Using the formula with no source specified will return the
total no of symbols to process for all sources. |
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Modify xlqhLastUpdate. If no symbol is specified, it
will now return the time of the last update for the
source specified. If in addition no source is specified
it will return the last update for historic data for all
sources.
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New day formulae =xlqLastUpdate, like its historic
counterpart it will return the time of the last update
for the specific symbol / source.
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Fixed a
problem where xlq could crash if trying to view data for a
source that is not used. |
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A new option has been added to xlq Preferences / Excel
options allowing you to disable the enhanced functionality
that xlq uses in Excel 2002 and later. i.e. it will cause
xlq to treat Excel 2002 and later as if it were Excel 2000.
In certain cases where you are running a lot of vba macros
it could provide a performance improvement, but in most
cases using this option would cause a slowdown in Excel. If
you change the setting, you would need to restart excel for
the change to take effect.) (NOTE** If you are using the
current beta of Excel 2007, you would need to enable this
option at least until the next Excel beta. Microsoft are
busy working on the underlying problem.) |
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3.0 |
13 March 2006 |
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Support
for streaming real-time (and intraday backfill) data from
InteractiveBrokers. Covering equities, options, futures,
forex, etc. etc. for more than 50 markets. Data is free if
you have an account with them, and their trading commissions
are extremely competitive. |
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Various
improvements have been made with IQFeed both within xlq, and
by iqfeed themselves. This version uses the new client
software of IQFeed, i.e. version 4.1.1.1 |
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Numerous internal program changes reducing cpu usage and
optimizing day processing. |
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The
various views of xlq have been given a facelift, now using
toolbars as opposed to dialog buttons. As well as allowing
you to un-pin the window, leaving only the header shown. |
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The
various grids such as the day list view, have been improved,
allowing you to refresh the view, keeping your current
position, sort order etc. making it much easier to use and
quickly monitor stocks by %change etc. |
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Xlq’s day
and intraday views will no longer require any additional cpu
usage and will show changes as the data is streamed. |
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Fixed
a problem in excel 2002 and later where under certain
situations the data was not updated on opening the xls.
|
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All
xlq programs and supporting libraries have been ported
to and are now built with the latest version of c++.
|
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In excel
2002 and later, it is now possible to slow down updates up
to a 2 minute interval (rather than 20 seconds) if
required. |
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Fixed a
problem with dmi calculations accidentally introduced in
2.91. |
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Fixed a
problem with the saving of .csv files where the symbols
contains a \. |
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Fixed a
problem in xlqCompanion, which would crash if try to open an
invalid file (or deleted file from the most recently used
list). |
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Changed
intraday csv files to store order as ohlc and no longer ochl. |
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Add
additional error handling to excel 2000 and earlier. |
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A message
will now be shown notifying when a support license is about
to expire. |
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Changed
documentation and references to the license names, which are
now xlqPlus and xlqLite. XLQ now only refers to the program
and concept, and not to the licensing or features included
with a license. |
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2.91 |
15 September 2005 |
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Corrects
a problem with corrupt data from Yahoo! when a company names
includes a comma |
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Corrects a problem with excel 2000 and xlqaaii formulae |
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Corrects a problem in
xlqCompanion where last column does not update. |
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2.9 |
9 September 2005 |
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12 new historic formulae
covering RSI calculations, i.e. xlqhAveGain, xlqhAveLoss,
xlqhRelativeStrength, xlqhRSI and their weekly / monthly
equivalents. |
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Possibility to change default period range for the rsi
calculations in preferences, by default 14. |
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New historic formulae beginning
with xlqxh allowing you to specify the range within the
formulae, with the format
=xlqxh…(symbol,
date ref., period range, source). The calculation is done
"on the fly", and not pre-calculated as per the xlqh
formulae. Weekly and monthly versions also exist (xlqxhw /
xlqxhm)
e.g. =xlqxhRSI(“msft”,-1,21,”msn”) will return the
21 day RSI for Microsoft from MSN. |
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It is possible to use a period
of 0 with the xlqxh formulae allowing for the continued
calculation results to be returned on the current days data,
either to return the sequence during market hours, or allow
you to work on calculations at day end before historic data
becomes available. |
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The 36 new xlqxh formulae
include xlqxhEMA, xlqxhSMA, xlqxhAveRange, xlqxhAveRangeEMA,
xlqxhAveTrueRange, xlqxhAveTrueRangeEMA, xlqxhAveVolume,
xlqxhAveVolumeEMA, xlqxhAveGain, xlqxhAveLoss,
xlqxhRelativeStrength, xlqxhRSI and their weekly / monthly
equivalents. |
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These new formulae (and their
xlqh equivalent) will also
ensure sufficient additional historic data is retrieved to
calculate the values,
i.e. if a
200 day average is chosen, the additional 200 days of data
will be retrieved in addition to the earliest date required. |
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xlqCompanion
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Fixed
problem
with missing dates for historic options data via IQFeed.
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Fixed a
problem with historic updates for IQFeed, with the centre of
the Q remaining red. |
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Fixed a
problem in excel in the situation where vba routines change
cell values, then use the result. |
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Redesigned
thread management with improved resource usage. |
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All
programs signed with new digital certificate. |
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xlqDemo,
the documentation and the getting started guide have been
modified. |
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2.81 |
18 April 2005 |
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Corrects a problem with
closing workbooks in Excel 2000 on Windows XP (without
closing Excel) |
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All programs have had their digital certificates resigned to
ensure they can be "authenticated" |
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2.8 |
14 April 2005 |
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Support for streaming realtime
data, intraday backfill and historic day/week/month data for
US and Canadian Equities as well as options and futures from
IQFeed.net |
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50
new formulae covering IQFeeds detailed quotes including
Range, Spread, % Off Ave. Volume, Change from Open, Exchange
of last trade, Extended Trading changes, Bid and Ask change,
Volatility, no. of trades today, calendar year high and low
with dates, 52 week high / low dates, Dividend info,
Institutional %, Beta, Current Assets / Liabilities, Long
Term Debt, last 2 split ratios and dates, SIC, Root Options
Symbols and Leap Symbols, Net Asset Value, Open Interest,
Strike, Settle, Delay, Average Maturity, 7 day yield,
Expiration Date. |
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It is now possible to access
data in AAII Stock Investor Pro without knowing the symbol,
i.e. using !x for the symbol will return the x’th symbol in
alphabetical order allowing for numerous research
possibilities e.g. =xlqaaii(“!1”,”name”). |
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A new xls is included with the
install (aaiiMacro.xls), which contains a vba macro which
will query the AAII database for all symbols matching
certain criteria (in the example stocks in the health care
sector with a beta value greater than 1.5), and populate a
new worksheet with the results. The example macro is also
included in the help file under the section Within Microsoft
Excel / Using xlq with vba. |
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xlqCompanion
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New columns / fields
supporting the new formulae as above. |
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New buttons on the toolbar allow for easily moving
rows up, down or to another tab. |
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Sold items now appear with a blue background |
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When an alert is set, the programs Q icons,
including on the task bar, will also be shown in red
allowing you to watch for alerts even when the
program is in the background or minimized.
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Alerts are no longer triggered for sold items. |
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The summary view is
now a dockable view placed as a tab along with the
fields view (which you can undock or reposition
elsewhere, hide etc.) |
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The summary view has been split into sold, unsold
and realized sections, with the total now being of
unsold + realized. |
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Fees are no longer included in the cost, and sell
fees may be included in the G/L calculation of
unsold items. |
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Various bugs have been fixed, including deleting a
row by removing the symbol in the fields view and
changing the historic source in the fields view.
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Intraday processing redesigned
to avoid overhead and resource usage. |
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4
new intraday formulae covering the High, Low, Open and Close
for an interval |
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Intraday now stored in text files (.csv) which may be used
directly / via excel. |
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Possible to save day / intraday
data at regular intervals and to create backup files. (date
files not compatible with prior versions) |
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Opening a workbook containing
xlq formulae will now be faster in Excel 2002 and later. |
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Documentation has been updated
and now also includes an example of using xlq with the perl
programming language. |
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New Getting Started with XLQ pdf
included with install. |
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Misc. bug fixes including
problem with reconnecting after internet disconnect |
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2.7 |
6 October 2004 |
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Completely rebuilt xlq's
communication structure making xlq a lot faster with less
resource usage. (i.e. xlq, xlqCompanion, excel and COM). |
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Redesigned the way xlq works with excel, especially for
Excel 2002 and later, dramatically reducing calculation
times and improving performance. A new xlq menu is now
available in excel 2002 and later. |
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All XLQ programs are now signed with digital certificates
allowing them to run on computers and excel configured for
heightened security. |
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XLQ's Day View has been changed.
The view is now resizable and the data is now updated
automatically as it changes. |
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Support for proxies requiring a
userid and password. |
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XLQCompanion has a new "Fields" view showing the values for
all fields for the currently chosen symbol. Editable fields
may be changed here as well as in the grid. The data is
updated automatically and the view may be hidden or
repositioned. |
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It is now possible to change the
AAII directory to that of your CD’s Drive letter and use the
AAII Stock Investor Pro disks directly (useful if you wish
to extract data from previous years / quarters). |
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Misc. bug fixes including for
weekly msn historic data. / XLQ preferences have been
modified to cover the new functionality. |
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2.61 |
26 April 2004 |
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Corrects a problem with the
2.6 installation where for some users the automatic
connection between excel and xlq was not established. (No
changes to actual programs) |
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2.6 |
20 April 2004 |
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Support
for MSN MoneyCentral delayed "day"
data. |
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Support for
AAII's Stock
Investor Pro package for using the data in excel via xlq
formulae (and via xlq's COM interface) i.e. over 2800 data
points for around 8000 companies offering all the financial
and fundamental data you could probably need (includes
historic financial statements, estimates, valuations, ratios
of all kinds as well as sector and industry data. (Requires
a subscription with AAII) |
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Updated documentation,
including a new aaiiDemo.xls showing the AAII data available
and example usage. |
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xlqCompanion has been optimized offering much better
performance and reduced resource use. |
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May now move rows and "unsort"
in xlqCompanion via right click menu. |
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xlqCompanion - now possible to enter fractional quantities. |
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2.51 |
2 March 2004 |
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Minor bug fixes (also corrects
problem with reduced trial period on xlqPlus) |
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2.5 |
11 February 2004 |
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24 new historic formulae
covering Directional Movement (including DM+/-, DI+/-, DMI+/-,
DX and ADX) |
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15 additional historic
formulae returning 2nd custom EMA and SMA, Last Update, No
of Periods and Earliest Date |
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New look and new grid
technology (including customizing of columns). |
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Updated help (including
xlqCompanion and c# programming example) and xlqDemo |
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New preferences covering 2nd
sma / ema, periods for adx and Yahoo! historic data |
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New xlqCompanion program
allowing for the flexible management of portfolios and/or
for classifying and analyzing data. Allows setting custom
alerts including for TRAILING STOPS. Supports multiple
custom views covering entered and calculated data as well as
support for all xlq day formulae and historic range
formulae. Too many features to mention - consult the help
file. |
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24 new historic range formulae
returning Highest High, Lowest Low, Highest Close, Lowest
Close and dates thereof for day, week and monthly data |
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2.42 |
1 December 2003 |
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Updated to work with Yahoo!
changes. |
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2.41 |
30 September 2003 |
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Updated to work with Yahoo!
changes.
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2.4 |
8 September 2003 |
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Historic Data Processing
completely re-written offering much faster, much better
processing.
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New Status View shows
detailed information concerning historic data retrieval.
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Compiled with the latest
version of c++ and updated libraries.
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Historic symbols currently
being used in a workbook are now retrieved on priority.
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Yahoo and MSN Historic data
are now retrieved simultaneously.
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New installation procedure
using Inno Setup.
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Misc. optimizations and bug
fixes.
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2.3 |
27 May 2003 |
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Support
for MSN MoneyCentral daily / weekly and monthly historic
data.
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Excel
now only connects to xlq if an xlq formula is used.
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6 new
historic formulae allowing for custom daily / weekly and
monthly simple and exponential moving average
calculations.
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11
new "day quote" formulae -
xlqPricePerEarningsMkt, xlqShortRatio, xlqDivPerShare,
xlqPricePerSales, xlqPricePerBook, xlqEPSEstCurrentYear,
xlqEPSEstNextYear, xlqEPSEstNextQtr, xlqPEGRatio,
xlqMarketCapMkt and xlqEBITDA.
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Updated
preferences, with new layout, new historic default data
source, and settings for custom EMA/SMA calculations as
well as possibility to calculate MACD on different period
range.
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Uninstall
now deletes all xlq data files and registry
settings.
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Updated
documentation (includes example using xlq with VB.NET) and
updated xlqDemo (includes new market overview sheet).
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Miscellaneous
bug fixes.
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2.2 |
3 March 2003 |
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New
COM interface allowing xlq formulae to be used with any
program or programming language supporting COM. (help file
includes examples for Visual Basic and C++)
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Intraday
data support (including 10 new formulae). Log intraday
data for multiple symbols, with possibility to customize
frequency, no. of records etc.
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New
intraday view with data refreshed as retrieved.
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May
choose whether historic .CSV files are written in
ascending or descending order.
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Single
left clicking the Q in the task bar will now bring all
active xlq windows to the foreground.
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While
historic data is being updated, hovering the mouse over
the Q will now display the progress (i.e. x of x stocks
updated)
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"Pause
Data Retrieval" will now block retrieval of historic
data.
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Updated xlqDemo and program
help.
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2.1 |
9 December 2002 |
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Redesigned
historic data management, allowing for
the handling of a lot more data with improved processing
logic , as well as reduced memory and resource usage.
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27
new historic formulae for daily / weekly and monthly data
covering 12 and 26 day EMA, MACD (and Trigger), Range,
Average Range, True Range, Average True Range and relative
date index.
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Now
possible to generate .CSV files (comma delimited) for
Historic Data.
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New
Optimized Historic Refresh Option.
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Updated xlqDemo, help and
Historic View.
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2.0 |
26 September 2002 |
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Compatible
with recent Yahoo historic data changes.
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Built
with the latest version of C++ (and additional new
libraries).
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Restructured
internally to provide better workload distribution across
threads, offering faster processing.
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New minimum
excel update time setting, ensures that xlq will not cause
excel to recalculate during at least x seconds even if new
data is available.
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New login
option for Yahoo realtime data i.e. to use the settings
directly from Internet Explorer.
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Now
possible to change where xlq data is stored.
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1.9 |
19 June 2002 |
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Support
for Yahoo's realtime subscription data. (new data source
YAHOO-RT)
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3
New Formulae: xlqLastSize, xlqBidSize, xlqAskSize.
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Support
for proxy servers.
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Can
now change the default data source.
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New
Day List View showing all details of all day quotes.
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Enhanced
data retrieval routines, update xlqDemo and documentation.
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1.8 |
3 April 2002 |
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Optimized
Historic Data routines.
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6
new historic formulae for daily / weekly and monthly
change and change percent in the format xlqHChange,
xlqHWChangePercent etc.
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xlq historic
view now shows change and change percent as per these
formulae.
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New
historic preferences dialog to configure data retrieval
options.
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Possibility
to use the Historic day formulae with an offset of 0, e.g.
xlqHClose("msft",0) will return the day quotes
equivalent results, allowing you to include last price /
days close in your trends (i.e. xlqHClose("msft",0)
= xlqPrice("msft").
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Certain
problems that occurred with historic weekly and monthly
data have been corrected.
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Other
minor changes, update xlqDemo and documentation.
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1.7 |
19 February 2002 |
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New configuration
options allowing more control on how xlq interacts with
Microsoft Excel, including:
- toggle whether workbooks are refreshed on opening.
- toggle whether day quote formulae are volatile.
- toggle whether historic formulae are volatile.
- toggle whether excel recalculates when xlq receives new
day data.
- toggle whether excel refreshes when xlq receives new
historical data
- toggle whether xlq is automatically started with excel
2000 (or later)
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Help
file now contains information showing how to use xlq with
vba to create your own formulae and additional analysis
functionality.
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xlqDemo.xls
updated, also including currency examples
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Other
minor changes.
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1.6 |
26 November 2001 |
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Can
now launch and run xlq separately from Excel.
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12
new historical formulae for weekly and monthly historical
data in the format xlqHWClose, xlqHMOpen etc.
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add new 'day
quote' formulae xlqChangePercent,
xlqPreviousClose, xlqPricePerEarnings,
xlqEarningsPerShare, xlqYield, xlqMarketCap,
xlqSharesOutstanding
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Stock manager includes new add and refresh options, as
well as storing last used screen position and size.
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New
options to view all stock data per share, or all historic
(including weekly and monthly) data per share.
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Other
minor changes, update xlqDemo and documentation.
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1.5b |
11 October 2001 |
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Corrects
problems relating to historical data for indices and
mutual funds.
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1.5 |
6 September 2001 |
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Add
new preferences menu allowing configuration of refresh
options per source, including days, time range, and
refresh frequency.
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Add
new option to refresh all or individual sources whenever
needed, even when data retrieval is paused.
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Cater
for tickers with multiple aliases, e.g. 555750.DE
(Deutsche Telekom) may now also be accessed as DTEGN.DE,
correcting differences due to Yahoo changes in Europe.
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Other
minor changes.
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1.4 |
27 July 2001 |
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Add
new day quote formulae xlqBid, xlqAsk, xlqName,
xlqExchange, xlqAverageVolume, xlq52WeekLow,
xlq52WeekHigh.
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Add
data sources YAHOO-ECN and YAHOO-UK.
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Add
stock manager to see when last a stock was updated, the
historical data available and to delete unwanted stocks.
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Add
Pause / Resume option for data retrieval.
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Improved
data retrieval and socket management, including connection
monitoring.
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Improve
file management and error handling (including memory
leaks).
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Historical
data is now refreshed periodically, and no longer only at
startup.
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A
number of other minor changes and bug fixes.
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0.3 |
9 April 2001 (First public Beta) |
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Help
now included with program.
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Tray
icon displayed while running, with menu for help and about
(including registration).
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Add
data sources YAHOO-EU and YAHOO-INT.
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Optimize
memory use.
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Offer
45 day trial period, allow secure online registration.
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A
number of other minor changes and bug fixes.
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0.2 |
11 January 2001 (Non Public Beta) |
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Allow
multiple copies of Excel to access xlq simultaneously.
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Changed
design to be multithreaded.
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Improved
data storage, and optimized data retrieval.
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Create
historical quote formulas xlqHClose, xlqHOpen,
xlqHHigh, xlqHLow, xlqHVolume, xlqHDate, working with data
source YAHOO.
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Sample
spreadsheet now included with installation
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Add
support for Excel 97.
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a
number of other minor changes and bug fixes.
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0.1 |
7 November 2000 (Non Public Beta) |
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Initial
release to selected testers with basic program structure
and data engine designed and main base classes created.
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Create
day quote formulas xlqPrice, xlqChange, xlqHigh, xlqLow,
xlqVolume, xlqTradetime, working with data source YAHOO.
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Supports
Excel 2000 (and later).
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