NinjaTrader 6.5 Beta Change Log

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NinjaTrader Version 6.5.0.10 Beta Release - March 4, 2008
Improved 2119: TradeStation Email Interface - Workspace multiplier parameter now accepts fraction values (0.5 for example)
Improved 2151: TradeStation Email Interface - Exceptions in the TS generated email are now trapped and logged
Improved 2122: TD AMERITRADE adapter - Message is logged if live account is not enabled for "Express Trading"
Improved 2169: IB adapter - ATM strategies now generate stop/targets for FX instruments when the entry order is filled (ensures IB does not route orders to IBIDEAL on small partial fills)
Improved 2172: External DataFeed - TradeStation index instruments are now supported
Improved 2175: External DataFeed - Better volume values in NTExternaDatafeed
Improved 2167: Backup - Workspaces are now saved implicitly on back up
Improved 2168: Backup - Restore process adjusts references if config file was not recovered
Changed 2121: eSignal adapter - Mapping for SI instrument
Changed 2121: eSignal adapter - Synthetic FX volume now set to 100,000 instead of 1
Changed 2178: Instruments - Instrument Reset only works if disconnected
Fixed 2125 & 2130: Charts - Pivots and WoodiesPivots indicators did not work correctly in some cases
Fixed 2129: Charts - Abort button did not work for historical data requests to IB
Fixed 2139: Charts - Abort button is disabled with IQFeed historical data request since not abortable
Fixed 1254: Charts - Multiple executions on the same bar were not always plotted correctly
Fixed 2156: Charts - Historical tick based charts were not reloaded correctly producing problems when switching between real-time and market replay connection
Fixed 2170: Charts - Application could crash on running over midnight in some cases
Fixed 2157: Chart Trader - Position line was not draw to the y-axis
Fixed 2131: NinjaScript - Import/Export process now references correct user custom installation folders
Fixed 2145: NinjaScript - Time stamp of imported file was not correctly set
Fixed 2152: NinjaScript - BarColor and BackColor were not always reset correctly after removing an indicator from the chart
Fixed 2173: NinjaScript - Exceptions were thrown when TraceOrders was enabled if an empty bar series existed
Fixed 2181: NinjaScript - FloatSeries and IntSeries could cause memory leaks
Fixed 2134: Direction Edition - Strategy menus are removed
Fixed 2141: Chart Trader - Missing orders types on context menu
Fixed 2142: TD AMERITRADE adapter - Performance glitch on requesting transaction data
Fixed 2147: OpenTick adapter - Did not unsubscribe from market data correctly resulting in unnecessary log entries
Fixed 2149: Yahoo adapter - Updating splits and dividends did not always work as expected
Fixed 2155: Zen-Fire adapter - Some NYBOT instruments were not properly handled
Fixed 2177: eSignal adapter - Only use GMT time stamps
Fixed 2144: Workspaces - Better handling of corrupt workspace files
Fixed 2162: Backup - Restore failed as some directories did not exist on a fresh NT installation
Fixed 2179: Stock List Import - Exception if there were duplicates
Fixed 2153: Market Replay - Application could crash when working with replay files that crossed midnight
Fixed 2161: Application could crash if currency instruments were selected/deselected in some cases
Fixed 2138: Application could hang on simultaneous requests to historical and real-time market data

NinjaTrader Version 6.5.0.9 Beta Release - February 13, 2008
Added: TD Ameritrade support (adapter in beta). If you would like to test this please send an email to sales at ninjatrader dot com to request a license key.
Added 2087: NinjaScript - NinjaScript objects can now be debugged at run time using MS Visual Studio
Improved 2114: Charts - Y-axis will not autore-scale as much when changing the scale manually. This is STILL not fixed scaling.
Improved 2093: Charts - Pivot indicators can now optionally calculate prior day HLC values from daily bars if the provider supports it. Any NinjaScript objects referencing the Pivot or WoodiesPivot indicators code will break as there are new method signatures.
Improved 2076: Interactive Brokers adapter - Better real-time trade event handling for T&S and volume reporting
Improved 2083: Interactive Brokers adapter - Optimized the historical data request processing
Improved 2088: Interactive Brokers adapter - Supports historical data for expired futures contracts
Improved 2090: Market Analyzer - "# bars to look back" parameter set to zero will no longer load historical data
Changed 2097: TT adapter - Execution times are now time stamped with local PC time
Changed 2105: Zen-Fire adapter - Reverted to NT6 login failed handling
Changed 2114: Interactive Brokers adapter - Added database mappings for ZK, ZL, ZM, ZE etc..
Changed 2108: Collective2 - Orders generated externally to NinjaTrader are excluded from C2 processing
Fixed 2104: MBT adapter - Could crash on some Vista installations
Fixed 2063: Charts - Data Box and Mini Data Box did not update as the chart scrolled
Fixed 2067: Charts - Format Data Series settings were not reflective of the chart from where it was called
Fixed 2077: Charts - Application could crash on pressing enter on the quick access instrument field with a blank field
Fixed 2080: Charts - In Chart Trader the "Stop limit offset" parameter did not work as expected when set to a value of zero
Fixed 2082: Charts - Chart Trader PnL stopped updated as the current bar was scrolled off the chart to the right
Fixed 2092: Charts - Session break was incorrectly calculated on minute based time frames and sessions spanned midnight
Fixed 2094: Charts - Y-axis scale was incorrect on interest rate futures if chart was zoomed out too much
Fixed 2099: Charts - Custom indicators could disappear from a chart based on unexpected user programmed settings
Fixed 2100: Charts - Horizontal lines could suddenly have a slope after some time has passed
Fixed 2101: Charts - WoodiesCCI indicator did not correctly recognize a crossover when CCI was exactly a value of zero
Fixed 2064: Market Replay - Strategies did not correctly execute after rewinding the replay
Fixed 2102: Market Replay - Alert parameter "RearmSeconds" diod not work as expected
Fixed 2059: NinjaScript - WaitUntilFlat option did not work as expected
Fixed 2084: NinjaScript - Strategy tab in Control Center displayed incorrect position avg price for "WaitUntilFlat" running strategies
Fixed 2062: NinjaScript - Calling CancelOrder() mutiple times on the same order could throw assertions
Fixed 2091: NinjaScript - FirstBarOfSession property was never set to true for Range bars and any custom bar types
Fixed 2086: NinjaScript - Calling the Add() method in a strategy with an indicator on indicator did not correctly plot on the chart
Fixed 2069: NinjaScript - ExitOnClose handling no longer terminates a strategy in real-time operation. CRITICAL CHANGE
Fixed 2074: NinjaScript - Changed Output window implementation to be more memory friendly
Fixed 2079: NinjaScript Import - Strategy only assemblies would not import
Fixed 2095: FX Pro and Basic Entry - Press "BE" button would also ammend any entry stop orders to break even price
Fixed 2075: Grids - Application could crash on removing a grid row
Fixed 2078: Grids - Resolved some grid issues

NinjaTrader Version 6.5.0.8 Beta Release - January 26, 2008
Improved 2053: Interactive Brokers adapter - Custom price formatting to address formatting issues such as ZS futures contract
Changed 2054: Indicators - BarTimer indicators no longer displays negative values
Fixed 2055: Workspaces - Restoring workspaces in some situations could crash the application
Fixed 2029: Strategy Wizard - Selecting "Falling" would crash the application after installing .NET 2.0 SP1
Fixed 2045: Backup - Resolved some memory issues with data backup process
Fixed 2058: NinjaScript - Application could crash as backtest orders went live on a simulation account

NinjaTrader Version 6.5.0.7 Beta Release - January 24, 2008
Added 2033: Control Center - Help > About now includes the version number of the .NET runtime
Improved 2040: MBT adapter - Added additional low level traces
Improved 2048: FuturesBetting adapter - Now supports migrated CBOT to CME products
Changed 2028: NinjaScript - The new .NTNS extension introduced in the prior release has been reverted
Changed 2034: TT Credit Processing - IB FX excluded from calculations
Changed 2035: Patsystems adapter - Exceptions caught on processing orders and executions now throw an alert instead of just a log
Fixed 2041: Zen-Fire adapter - Positions could have been incorrectly reported over a holiday
Fixed 2029: Charts - Removing the label property of an indicator and then open the DataBox would terminate the indicator
Fixed 2045: Charts - Data spike on last bar resulting from problem with merging data
Fixed 2047: Charts - Market data was not always subscribed in rare situations
Fixed 2027 & 2044: Workspaces - File > Workspace > Save As did not always work as expected
Fixed 2039: Workspaces - Two workspaces could be merged together in some situations
Fixed 2042: Workspaces - Save As on the Default workspace behaviour was not consistent
Fixed 2031: NinjaScript - BarsInProgress did was not synchronized correctly in a multi-series strategy with a daily and intraday series
Fixed 2030: NinjaScript - Stop loss and profit target price were not always rounded to TickSize
Fixed 2032: NinjaScript - Potential race condition that could lock up the application on internal order management
Fixed 2023: NinjaScript Editor - Compiler references dialog did not re-size correctly