<![CDATA[CSI Knowledge Base - Blog]]>Wed, 14 Sep 2011 06:48:05 -0500Weebly<![CDATA[Unfair Advantage build x.119 available]]>Mon, 15 Aug 2011 11:04:40 -0500http://csisupport.weebly.com/1/post/2011/08/unfair-advantage-build-x119-available.htmlUnfair Advantage x.119 build

Changes:
  • # for CSI number has been added to ASCII file name mask
  • M for MetaStock Short Name has been added to ASCII file name mask
  • New Backadjuster settings for specifying Minimum and Maximum Months Forward to use when selecting candidate contracts.
  • Nth Nearest Future settings for specifying Minimum and Maximum Months Forward to use when selecting candidate contracts.
  • Contract Expiry Rules now include a "LAST" option when specifying Week prerequisite to the day of week of expiration.  This handles days in the 4th week that sometimes land in the 5th. ( example SIN June 2011: Last Thu = June 30th [5th thursday] )
  • Importing symbol lists now succeeds to update when importing from directory other than ua root.
  • FindMarketNumber API call now always returns most recent symbol where duplicates exist. ( example: Stock Symbols for MEE were out of order according to CSI # )
  • ASCII Stock file names may now include name so delisted and active stocks with the same symbols can be written to same directories during export.
  • Stock Factsheet Fundamental Data columns have been modified to receive forthcoming data to be released soon.

Click here to download build 119.
Need help with the installation? Click here.
]]><![CDATA[Unfair Advantage build x.118 available]]>Thu, 26 May 2011 11:48:42 -0500http://csisupport.weebly.com/1/post/2011/05/unfair-advantage-build-x118-available.htmlUnfair Advantage x.118 build

Changes:
  • Unadjusted Closing prices now incorporate Historical Adjustments that affect price precision.
  • Database Integrity Search errors handled.
  • Historical Contracts in protfolios are no longer rewritten when corrections are received for unassociated contracts.
  • Charts no longer freeze when added to Charts Portfolio.
  • New backadjust option for Representative Prices: Close Old Contract, Close New Contract Next Day
    ( formerly Close Old Contract, Close New Contract Same Day ).
  • Supports AmiBroker 64-bit Version ( must not coexist with 32-bit version .
  • Bureau of Labor, Federal Reserve, Construction Spending, Personal Income Data now updating properly.

Click here to download build 118.
Need help with the installation? Click here. ]]><![CDATA[Unfair Advantage build x.117 available]]>Wed, 23 Mar 2011 14:40:22 -0500http://csisupport.weebly.com/1/post/2011/03/unfair-advantage-build-x117-available.htmlUnfair Advantage x.117 build

Changes:
  • Amibroker Portfolio Exporting bug corrected. 
  • CSIM/MetaStock file management deletion bug corrected.
  • Perpetuals can now be set to look forward up to 15 months out.
  • New contract rolling schedule located off the Portfolio menu.
  • Fortran Back-Adjuster now strips out reconciling records that trail expiry.
  • Markets with only options are identified in the factsheet's last date field, where as the previous version would display a -1.
  • Rolling by Date with representative prices set to Close Old Contract, Close New Contract same day now uses the close of the new contract in the close of the day before the roll.
    This change was done to match the results of the Fortran Back-Adjuster, which handles this in a more correct way.

    When backadjusting ED

    The close value of the backadjusted file on 31st Jan should be = Sep 11 close = 99.480.
    The old adjuster does this correctly, the C++ adjuster gives a value of 99.465.
    Future #141 ED_5320B: Back-Adjusted of Eurodollar-3 Mth-Globex-(Floor+Electronic) 

    Mar, Jun, Sep, Dec
    1 day before the end of month
    5 months prior

    BEFORE
    20110131, 201106, 99.475, 99.480, 99.455, 99.465,
    20110201, 201109, 99.485, 99.485, 99.455, 99.465,

    AFTER
    20110131, 201106, 99.490, 99.495, 99.470, 99.480,
    20110201, 201109, 99.485, 99.485, 99.455, 99.465,

    Here are the closes of the NEW 201109 contract

    20110131, 201109, 99.500, 99.505, 99.475, 99.480,  (< now used )
    20110201, 201109, 99.485, 99.485, 99.455, 99.465, (< was used  )

    It now uses the close for the Sep 11 on the 31st, not the close on the 1st.
    It was duplicating the close over those 2 days.

Click here to download build 117.
Need help with the installation? Click here.



]]><![CDATA[Unfair Advantage build x.116 available]]>Thu, 10 Feb 2011 03:00:00 -0500http://csisupport.weebly.com/1/post/2011/02/unfair-advantage-build-x116-available.htmlUnfair Advantage x.116c build

Changes:
  • New Back-Adjuster option to roll on a percent of the nearest Open Interest and/or Volume.
  • Also available for use with the Nth Nearest Future Contract.
  • Rolling on Open Interest and/or Volume is now limited to the next nearest year forward.
  • New historical database portfolio builder.
]]><![CDATA[Unfair Advantage build x.115 available]]>Thu, 13 Jan 2011 15:18:59 -0500http://csisupport.weebly.com/1/post/2011/01/unfair-advantage-build-x115-available.htmlUnfair Advantage x.115 build

Changes:
  • COT mapping to all symbols more comprehensive.
  • Gann Contract's previous contract specification is corrected.
  • Reseting of Days before expiration has been fixed.
  • MNI9 LME Nickel 3 mnth 24hr adjusted against British Pound prior to 19880201.
  • Factsheet improvements with Last Price, Percent Change, Last Date and Volume options.
  • Unadjusted Settlement or Last Trade included in Continuous Computed Contract Data tables.
  • Unadjusted Settlement or Last Trade field delivered through API has integrity ensured.
  • Unadjusted Close included in Split and/or Dividend adjusted Stock Data tables.
  • Stock Index Component Markets are now available.

]]><![CDATA[Downloading Issues]]>Mon, 03 Jan 2011 03:00:00 -0500http://csisupport.weebly.com/1/post/2011/01/downloading-issues.htmlCSI has been upgrading to a new 10 MBit fiber internet connection. We have moved to a larger internet backbone increasing our connection speed by about 30 percent. The down time experienced was due to the change from one service to another, which unfortunately took slightly longer then expected.

The service should be up and running.
However if you still experience any issues please change the IP Address in Unfair Advantage.

Double click Launch UA on your Windows Desktop,
select PREFERENCES along the top,
to the left click INTERNET right below DOWNLOAD PREFERENCES,
change the PRIMARY SERVER NAME
from ua.csidata.com to either

63.138.17.102     OR    63.138.17.103

Click the OK button to save the changes.
Hit the DOWNLOAD DATA or GET DATA button along the top.

Unfair Advantage Preferences

In a few days you are advised to go back into UA | PREFERENCES | INTERNET and click the RESET button to restore the original settings. Click OK to save the changes.

Thanks you for your patience in this matter.

Sincerely,
The CSI Technical Support Team
]]><![CDATA[Unfair Advantage build x.114 available (only Beta testing)]]>Thu, 30 Dec 2010 03:00:00 -0500http://csisupport.weebly.com/1/post/2010/12/unfair-advantage-build-x114-not-available-no-release.htmlUnfair Advantage x.114 build was not released.

]]><![CDATA[Unfair Advantage build x.113 available]]>Mon, 15 Nov 2010 03:00:00 -0500http://csisupport.weebly.com/1/post/2010/11/unfair-advantage-build-x113-available.htmlUnfair Advantage x.113 build

Changes:
  • Market Speed Indicator added.
  • Fast Studies now incorporated into Market Scanner table.
  • New API Property: ContractExpiryDate

]]><![CDATA[Unfair Advantage build x.112 available]]>Fri, 29 Oct 2010 15:51:13 -0500http://csisupport.weebly.com/1/post/2010/10/unfair-advantage-build-x112-available.htmlUnfair Advantage x.112 build

Changes:
  • Now provides easier multi-selection of contracts and markets.
    Click here to learn more.
  • Now provides market symbol linking to extend history by linking one symbol with another.
    Click here to learn more.
  • Now provides contract expiry calculations from a specific date of the month with offsets.
    Click here to learn more.
  • No long fails when editing a portfolio entry that has a chart displayed.
  • Study scaling has been improved to handle currencies.
  • MACD now has histogram.
  • New XML fields in API for GetSubscriberMarket and GetSubscriberContract indicating the date of a correction or adjustment, as well as an update.
  • New API property that provides Average Annual Volume for futures. ( Property: AvgAnnualVolume )
  • Historical adjustments are now applied to futures options.
  • Provides for the ability to have futures settlement prices placed in Electronic market records. 
    This setting is located in Preferences - Historical Adjustments.

]]><![CDATA[Unfair Advantage build x.111 available]]>Thu, 26 Aug 2010 16:33:33 -0500http://csisupport.weebly.com/1/post/2010/08/unfair-advantage-build-x111-available.htmlUnfair Advantage x.111 build

Changes:
  • Includes Contract expiration date rule editor for use with Backadjusted and Nearest Futures continuous contracts.
  • EZDownloader now has release scheduler.
  • EZDownlaoder now has an API and can be called from scripts.
  • Tiled windows no longer revert to maximized when closing one of the charts.
  • Stock Factsheet now includes last price and percent change.
  • Tables properly refresh after database refresh.
  • Deletion of charting objects has been implemented.

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