Parity Technical Analysis System -------------------------------- Version 1.4 CHANGE HISTORY -------------- Version 1.4 -- Released April 26, 1993 -Fixed all known bugs. -Added support for the TeleChart 2000 file format. -Import and Export Studies, Profit Tests, and Scans to disk. -Convert between Studies, Profit Tests, and Scans. -Print or display Study, Profit Test, and Scan definitions. -Improved error handling for indicators and formulas. -Multiple Bollinger Bands and Stochastics are now permitted in Studies, Profit Tests, and Scans. -Tool Bar can now be set to flush right or flush left Version 1.3 -- Released January 4, 1993 -Fixed all known bugs. -Added Load a Security, Select a Group, Create/Modify Study, and Select a Batch commands to the Tool Bar. -By default a new chart will be created every time price data is loaded or a study is selected or modified. This can be disabled from the Chart Preferences command on the Options menu. -All of the display settings and relative data ranges are now sticky. -Pane labels will be automatically updated for changes in the formula being charted unless the labels have been manually edited when they become "sticky". -Added 9 new indicators including: MFI(p) - Money Flow Index SMI(p1,p2,p3) - Stochastic Momentum Index EquiVol(p) - EquiVolume Index PriceChannel(p) - Price Channel Bands LinRegSlope(d,p,t) - Linear Regression Slope MovLinReg(d,p) - Moving Linear Regression RSIX(d,p) - Relative Strength Index of any array PctKLine(...) - %K Line Function PctDLine(...) - %D Line Function -Added Date Functions including DayOfWeek(), DayOfMonth(), DayOfYear() MonthNumber(), YearNumber, and StrToDate(). -Added Random() function to generate a random number array. -Added 8 Pattern Recognition Functions for use with the Parity Plus Profit Testing features. -Changed Data Microscope to display 4 significant digits instead of 3. Parity also. -Made ChartPro file filter PR? instead of PRO -Permitted CSV files with ASCII Headers to be used with Load a Stock and Groups. Version 1.2 -- Released June 3, 1992 -Fixed all known bugs. -Added support for comma delimited ASCII text files. -Added true weekly and monthly data compression. -Added support for absolute date ranges with the Load a Security command. -Parity now permits intraday charting. -Added ability to specify any number of blank periods to the right of a chart. -Improved and homogenized most dialog boxes for easier use and faster screen redraws. -Most indicators now test for valid data ranges and return and array of zeros if insufficient data exists rather than an error. -Trying to chart a non-existent data file in a Group no longer causes an error. -Text Tool color is now used for MACD trigger line and the Stochastic %D line. -Made the file format, and symbol or name sort preferences sticky. Version 1.1 -- Released February 12, 1992 -Fixed all known bugs. -Made Parity compatible with Windows 3.1. -Added a warning and option to save all unsaved studies, groups, batches, and clusters when you exit Parity. -Changed Chart Printing to include bold left aligned header. -Added ability to title a chart, rather than just a chart's window. -Added compression option to Load a Stock and Select Current Group. -Changed Create/Modify Group form to include an Add All button to add all the available securites in a directory to the group. -Added Hot Keys for the most frequently used Menu Items. -Reorganized and expanded Help Files to include most of the information in the manual. -Added bitmaps to Help files. -Added ASCII version of manual to the ZIP files. -Fixed a problem with Parity's icon in 256 color mode. -Created Parity Plus, the Enhanced Retail Version of Parity. Parity Plus adds profit testing, optimization, stock filtering and scanning, and Cycle Analysis. Version 1.0 -- Released December 6, 1991. -Initial Release of the Parity Technical Analysis System. NOTE: The MANUAL.TXT file and the help files have had to be trimmed in order to permit the zipped version of Parity to fit on two 360 KB disks. The printed manual registered Parity users receive includes more than 25 pages on the definition and interpretation of the predefined technical indicators and is lavishly illustrated.