esignal 11.4 March 2012

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1 esignal Release Notes Page 1 of 6 This new version of esignal introduces a host of new features and enhancements for active traders and investors. esignal 11.4 provides new alerts, toolbars, and so much more. Read on to get more details of this release. Features / Enhancements Alerts on Studies The popular line alert feature from esignal 11.2 will be extended to all Built-in and Advanced GET studies in the next version. In the below screenshot, there is an example of a Stochastic crossover that is brought to our attention through a pop-up and a blinking circle in the study pane itself. An alert log is also available to view a history of past alerts.

2 esignal Release Notes Page 2 of 6 Adding an alert is just as easy as a double-click and then putting a check in the type of alert you want to setup. Here, we are adding an alert to both the upper and lower bands of a Bollinger Band study. Depending on market conditions, this could bring to your attention the possibility of a reversal or a break-out. However in either case, the trade condition is important to know about for this system and the new Alerts on Study feature makes it possible to track many more symbols in real-time. Customizable Toolbars Many traders use applications in different ways some prefer hotkeys; some prefer right-click menus, while others like clicking on icons. esignal 11.4 gives a tremendous level of flexibility for setting up your own toolbars exactly the way that you want. This even comes preloaded with a variety of toolbars to get you started. By rightclicking on an existing toolbar and choosing customize, one can choose any command in esignal and create a button for it. The Favorites Bar from 10.6 has merged with this as well. A button can be created for any symbol, interval or combination of both! By putting your most often used symbols and intervals on a custom Favorites Bar, you ll have single click access to them anywhere on your screens.

3 esignal Release Notes Page 3 of 6 Workspaces Many of the requests we ve received since launching esignal 11 have revolved around better management of pages. As a first step, we are introducing Workspaces. This feature allows you the ability to maintain groups of pages and switch between them with a single click. Workspaces can also be exported and imported for use on other PCs. esignal File Share, Dropbox or other cloud file management service is a great way to use this feature!

4 esignal Release Notes Page 4 of 6 Advanced GET Dashboard Apply Advanced GET Strategies and monitor their setups using these easy-to-read indicators. Each gauge acts as a separate chart that automatically looks at the chart and study patterns to look for various buy and sell strategies including Type 1, Type 2, GET Stochastic and XTL. Index Constituents As seen in the above screenshot, esignal 11.4 now provides Index Constituents, a list of symbol components that make up one of indexes at launch. Simply right-click a Watch List and choose Insert List to view what s available. We are continuing to expand the list of indexes available in the future, and this technology allows it to flow in automatically once new ones are available. Multiple Trading Accounts Enable multiple trading plug-ins at once and either select them on the fly when placing a trade or trade with a specific broker by default for a specific asset class. This enables you to create your best-of-breed solution by combining multiple brokers together into esignal. Each broker plug-in is configured individually through the Broker Manager. The Dictionary & Order Defaults tab is where specific symbols or asset classes can be chosen to act as the default when placing a trade. Combining various brokerages and service providers (ISVs) within esignal can lead to tremendous savings and flexibility when choosing your brokers.

5 esignal Release Notes Page 5 of 6 Additional Enhancements and Fixes Below is a list of other changes in 11.4, including smaller enhancements and features. Data Simulator tool has been added to create fictitious trades for any symbol in any direction. Partner Links window has been added to access various add-ins for esignal Premarket Settings have been added to provide additional control over blanking fields before the open Portuguese has been added as a possible language for Upon closing esignal, a Repeat for All option has been added when saving. When in Standard window mode, minimized windows can be moved around. Account Manager Fields: Bid, Ask, and Realized P/L has been added Account Manager Filters: New filters have been added to more easily sort out different asset classes, accounts, symbols, positions, etc.; especially useful when using multiple trading accounts! Account Manager Multi-position Close/Reverse: When selecting more than one position, you can now close or reverse them all with one command. Account Manager New Order: Orders can now be placed directly from a right-click of a symbol. Account Manager Totals: An option to total up all accounts or filtered results has been added. Chart Bar / Candle Colors: Additional flexibility has been added for coloring price bars; Up when Close > Prev. Close and Down when Close is < Prev. Close Chart Bid / Ask Lines: An option to display Bid / Ask lines is now available in Chart Properties Trading Chart Compact Data Window: It s now possible to abbreviate the labels in the Data Window Chart Countdown: Displays the amount of time left before a new bar appears Chart Equal Bar Spacing: Option added to Scales to ensure bars and candles are drawn and spaced evenly throughout the chart; opposite of smooth scaling, which allows for unlimited compression Chart Fast Tick Intervals: Tick-based intervals such as Range Bars, Tick Bars, Volume Bars, etc. are now built much faster and use a lot less memory Chart Horizontal Line Extension: These lines can now act like rays and extend only in one direction Chart Lock Objects: Studies and lines cannot be moved when this new lock is turned on Chart Lock Text: The text from the drawing tool can be locked in place; scrolling a chart will not move the text when locked Chart Manage Drawing Tools: Each chart now has a list of all drawn objects listed by Type, Anchor Start / End / s, and Last Modified. Chart Multi-Sessions: Time Templates have been enhanced to allow for up to four sessions Chart Overlay Linking: It s now possible to link overlaid symbols to the main symbol and/or interval Chart Perpetual Line Alerts: Line alerts now stay in effect even if you change symbols. Chart Study on Studies: Right-clicking on built-in or Advanced GET studies allows the adding of another study based on the right-clicked study (ie. MA of RSI, Bollinger Band of Volume) Chart Tabbed Study Titles: When in Stacked Studies mode, the parameters of non-price studies can be displayed Chart Vertical Line Alerts: Support has been added for vertical line alerts; also includes Gann Box, Time and Price Squares, and surrounding enhancements to the Alert Area field. Chart WaveTracker: Both WaveTracker and WaveTracker PRO have been updated. Market Depth Net Order Imbalance: This enhanced NASDAQ depth service is now available in 11 MM Strategy Pyramiding: Active strategies can now be added to or lessened, and the active orders will automatically scale to the new position quantity. MM Strategy Interface: Various improvements have been added to help manage strategies such as renaming, copying and editing. Scanner Advanced GET: Relative Strength column has been added Trade Manager Bid / Ask Gap: An option is now available to reduce the gap between the Inside Bid and Inside Ask to one row. When enabled, a tick count is displayed that shows the gap distance.

6 esignal Release Notes Page 6 of 6 Trade Manager Re-center: A button has been added to the bottom panel to bring the center of the price scale back into view. Trade Manager Order Labels: The Limit text when mousing-over the price scale has been moved slightly so the depth size is not covered up. Trading Double-click Bid/Ask: It is once again possible to double-click a Bid or Ask to generate an order as it was in Trading Flatten Renamed: To better clarify this trading terminology, Flatten has been renamed to Close and Cancel throughout the application Trading Hot Keys: New keyboard shortcut have been added to Cancel All (Ctrl+A) and Flatten All (Ctrl+B). Trading Paper Trading: It is now possible to set and reset the account balance. Trading Shorts / Longs: Additional options have been added to menus and hotkeys to be able to cancel and close all short and long positions / orders. Trading Symbol Mapping: It is now possible to map multiple esignal symbols to the same trading symbol, i.e. trades on ES H1 can display on ES #F and ES 1! Trading Updates: An automatic notification system has been added to alert when a new version is available. Trading Setup Wizard: A new set of windows have been added to help setup trade preferences. Watch List Autolist: A list of symbols can be inserted into a Watch List via a right-click based on a root symbol; such as insert all options on AAPL, or insert all CL futures Watch List Block Trade Fields: 6 new fields have been added to track Block Trades and Block Volume; three groups have been added (10K-50K, 50K-100K, 100K+) Watch List Change Coloring: Change from Open and Percent Change from Open are now colored green for up and red for down (based on Watch List Properties setting) Watch List Headline Highlighting: When new headlines come in, the headline count number will highlight for 3 minutes or until the number is clicked Watch List Hibernation Toggle: A setting has been added to be able to turn off Hibernation; this feature puts symbols to sleep when not in view to save resources. Watch List High/Low Highlighting: It is now possible to highlight the Last field when a new High / Low value is hit for the day Watch List Net Order Imbalance: All these Market Depth fields can be added to a Watch List; they update 15 minutes prior to open and 15 minutes before the close Watch List Justification: Data fields can now be justified left/right/center Watch List Portfolio Fields: 7 new fields have been added such as Gain Today, P/L Today, etc. Watch List Portfolio Formatting: Support added for controlling the number of digits after the decimal