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Forex Strategy Builder Professional Changelog

What's new in Forex Strategy Builder Professional 4.3.0.0

Oct 16, 2023
  • This release fixes a bug in the data initialisation. The bug was noted as a misbehaviour of the Candle Color indicator.

New in Forex Strategy Builder Professional 4.2.0.0 (Jul 25, 2023)

  • Expert Advisor code updated to v43. It fixes a bug causing an error when exporting a strategy with the “Do not Exit” indicator.
  • Found a workaround for the case where FSB Prom cannot find the set timezone when downloading Premium Data. This issue happens when the Windows installation is restricted to a single country and misses some timezone (including UTC!). FSB Pro uses UTC data in such a case.
  • Updated the Data Export scripts included in the User Files folder.

New in Forex Strategy Builder Professional 4.1.0.0 (Jan 31, 2023)

  • This release fixes compatibility issues when importing strategies from EA Studio and Express Generator with Exponential and Weighted MA methods

New in Forex Strategy Builder Professional 3.8.7.0 (Jun 27, 2018)

  • Major changes:
  • Replaced the stopped Google currency conversion service with own powered by Expert Advisor Studio. Now FSB Pro updates the Account Exchange Rates properly. You may update the current rates from Control Panel ? Account.
  • Update Account Exchange Rate
  • Fixed the William's Percent Range indicator. It prevent crashes in rare cases when there are consecutive equal bars.
  • Prevented unwanted positive signals for indicators that sets entry price in case when the price is set to 0.
  • Fixed logic rule description of Heiken Ash.
  • Additional changes:
  • Updated the Code Signing Certificate of FSB Pro. It is possible some license codes issued in the period 2014-2015 to be wrongly shown as not valid. If you have such case, please contact us.
  • Added “MS VC++ 2010 x64” library to the installation package. MS VC++ is a necessary requirement for the FSB-MT4 bridge. You may install it, if the Bridge doesn't work.

New in Forex Strategy Builder Professional 3.8.6.0 (Oct 4, 2017)

  • Fixed a bug in the Cumulative Sum indicator with calculating the first bar.
  • Removed minimum profit per day from the default settings of the Acceptance Criteria.

New in Forex Strategy Builder Professional 3.8.4.0 (Oct 1, 2017)

  • This version fixes two issues:
  • Account exchange rate - FSB Pro correctly updates the Account exchange rates for all currency pairs from a cloud based service
  • Week Closing 2 - The Week Closing 2 indicator works on all time frames

New in Forex Strategy Builder Professional 3.8.2.0 (Sep 9, 2014)

  • Bug fixes:
  • Fixed a bug where the backtester opens position with amount of 0 lots when "Trade until Margin Call" option is off, Account Balance is negative and strategy entry unit is percents.
  • Fixed a possible issue with indicators that open position AtBarOpening and the signal component is not the first one.
  • Fixed a possible issue with indicators that close position AtBarClosing and the signal component is not the first one.
  • Fixed DayClosing2 and WeekClosing2 indicators to be equal with the indicators in FSB Pro.

New in Forex Strategy Builder Professional 3.8.0.0 (Jun 30, 2014)

  • Fixed a bug with Winner adding mode leading to overestimated strategy backtest results .
  • Fixed Day Closing 2 and Week Closing 2 indicators.
  • Fixed colors of the period bar at the bottom of the Account chart.
  • Fixed "Update" time to show the end of the last bar in Market statistics.
  • Installation program deletes old Libraries.xml on installation in order to force FSB to recompile all custom indicators.
  • Fixed TopBottomPrice indicator when working on weekly chart.
  • Refactored RSI indicator code.

New in Forex Strategy Builder Professional 3.6.0.0 (May 5, 2014)

  • Fixed Winner adding mode discrepancy with trader.
  • Strategy FirstBar is set to be greater than or equal to 2.
  • All indicators made compatible with FSB Pro.
  • Fixed Tested Days and Profit Per Day params. The comply to FSB Pro now.
  • Usage statistics module improved. It was replaced by ProgReporter service.

New in Forex Strategy Builder Professional 3.1.0.0 (Mar 29, 2014)

  • Fixed JForex Import
  • Fixed MT4 history import
  • Indicators updated to be equal with FST and FSB Pro
  • Fixed a Break Even calculation bug.

New in Forex Strategy Builder Professional 2.72.0.0 (Dec 17, 2012)

  • Correction of Display Bug with MetaTrader4 Error Message Display.
  • Added monitoring of Startegy directory for new files option.
  • Added Italian translation contributed by Sombrero55.
  • Added data import from TrueFX contributed by Acerguest.
  • Added Credits and Contributors link to About Screen.
  • Added a Legend to Overoptimization Chart.
  • Over-optimization chart flipped horizontally.
  • JForex import parses files with data delimiter - space.
  • Added loadsavedata command to Command Console.

New in Forex Strategy Builder Professional 2.70.0.0 (Dec 17, 2012)

  • Added Oanda Data Import.
  • Updated language files.
  • Minor improvement of Data Directory's Browse dialog.
  • Fixed a minor glitch in Small Balance Chart.
  • Fixed an issue when optimizer closing is canceled.
  • Added Destination Folder to data import tools.

New in Forex Strategy Builder Professional 2.68.2.0 (Dec 17, 2012)

  • Fixed a bug with updating old config file.
  • Corrected class name of Vidya Moving Average custom indicator.
  • Fixed a crash when large font is used on windows XP.
  • Added “Open Data Directory” menu option;
  • Fixed Cut Off Data Bars when there is not enough remaining bars;
  • JForex Data Import works with more data formats provided from jForex;
  • Added option for ignoring Saturday and Sunday bars from data files.

New in Forex Strategy Builder Professional 2.68.0.0 (Dec 17, 2012)

  • Optimization of Permanent Stop Loss, Permanent Take Profit and Break Even.
  • Martingale Money Management.
  • Importing History Files from MetaTrader 4. Contributed by Adam Burgess.
  • Data Horizon can be set with year, month, day, hour and minute.
  • Forex Strategy Builder is able to read more data file formats.
  • Several improvements of the User interface of Main Screen and Optimizer.
  • Installation options included in order to prevent overwriting user data and settings.
  • Corrected logical rules of Previous High Low indicator. FST indicator is not updated. Please use attached below indicator Previous High Low Corrected for trade!
  • Fixed different bugs and issues.
  • Added Trade Distribution Chart contributed by Krog.
  • Updated jForex data import.

New in Forex Strategy Builder Professional 2.64.0.0 (Apr 23, 2012)

  • Added Break Even.
  • Added button on the Chart that shows or hides Break Even and Permanent stops levels on the chart.
  • Fixed Bar Explorer chart.
  • Added additional criteria for recognizing ambiguous bars. It will not change the backtest results but will properly mark more ambiguous bars. Such bars may be interpolated differently by using pessimistic and optimistic methods.
  • Improved Nearest method of interpolation.
  • Some minor fixes in strategy overview.
  • BBCode formatting of the strategy improved.(Strategy ? Publish)
  • Fixed a bug in N Bars Exit indicator. (Crash when nBars > Data bars)
  • Optimized Open Once indicator. Fixed a bug in Enter once a week logic.

New in Forex Strategy Builder Professional 2.62.0.0 (Aug 3, 2011)

  • Bar Explorer - navigation improved, representation of position's lots improved, cancelled orders plotted on the chart.
  • Journal by Positions without Transfers mode added.
  • Exporting statistics to xls file without transfers added.
  • JForex checks for correct file names before importing data files.
  • Copy Strategy and Paste Strategy functions added to Edit menu.
  • Russian translation corrected.

New in Forex Strategy Builder Professional 2.56.3.0 (Nov 16, 2010)

  • Logical groups
  • True charts
  • better Generator

New in Forex Strategy Builder Professional 2.56.0.0 (Oct 4, 2010)

  • Corrected bug when Save As command of Overview window saves an empty page;
  • When “Account percent entry” is activated, the entry % may be greater than max entry lots;
  • Changed default values of all Stop Loss and Take Profit indicators to 200 pips;
  • Added 1/500 leverage in the Account Settings dialog window;
  • Data files updated from Alpari (UTC-2H time zone), 5 / 3 digits quotations;
  • Instrument properties set to 5 / 3 digits quotations;
  • Using the latest Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 and .NET 3.5 for compilation the program. (It remains .NET 2.0 compatible.);
  • Correction of the data file parser. It correctly read years 24/6/10 as 2010.06.24. (The old version read it as 0010.06.24.);
  • Corrected formula for calculating the “Account percent entry size”;
  • Improved error report of the data parser;
  • Added a “Play Sounds” option in the Tools menu. From there one can stop the beep of the Generator and Optimizer;
  • New option to the “Export” menu - “Data File”. It can export data files in CSV. It is useful when you want to save the data file in correct format or cut bad data.
  • Bar Explorer plots all cancelled orders within a bar range.
  • Added button Show / Hide FSB in the Generator.
  • Generator catches exceptions from buggy indicators and displays debug info.
  • Generator accept a 0 working minutes setting, which means no time limits.
  • Optimizer and Generator play sound when finish calculations.
  • Optimizer and Generator show OOS balance when using OOS.
  • Optimizer shows optimized parameters in real time.
  • Intrabar scanner loads data automatically. Automatic scan option included.
  • Charts was improved, a button strip was added.
  • True Indicator Charts added.
  • Added “Max equity drawdown” statistic parameter in the account statistics.
  • Added evaluation criteria to the Optimizer:
  • Maximum number of ambiguous bars;
  • Maximum number of trades;
  • Minimum number of trades;
  • Maximum drawdown as percent of the current equity;
  • Maximum drawdown in currency;
  • Minimum Win / Loss trades ratio;
  • The Optimizer can save its options in the config file;
  • Generator and Indicator dialog catch exceptions display debug info.
  • Fixed backtesting bug with scanner where the back-tester shows straight, rising balance line when TP is near to the entry price.
  • Keltner Channel can be based on Close price only. The other options for the base price were removed. (Thanks to Lorenz Vauck)
  • Fibonacci indicator was removed from the indicator list.
  • Logical groups added. They can be activated from Strategy menu. The logic is OR between groups and AND in a group. Indicators assigned to “All” group participate in each group.;
  • Changeable number of slots from “Strategy” menu;
  • Indicators can show a warning message in the Indicator Dialog. Example - Trailing Stop
  • Generator:
  • Generating a new strategy or a more profitable strategy;
  • Generator saves all better strategies in a history list. Called from the main menu Edit ? Previous Generated Strategy, Next Generated strategy. Fast keys Ctrl - H (H from History) and Ctrl - J
  • Maximum number of trades;
  • Maximum drawdown as percent of the current equity;
  • Maximum Win / Loss trades ratio;
  • Generator saves its options in the config file;
  • Directional Indicators and ADX can be based on Close price only, which is it's usual calculation method. “Use previous bar value” parameter fixed.
  • Many other smaller changes.

New in Forex Strategy Builder Professional 2.12.0.0 (Feb 25, 2010)

  • Backtester can determine ambiguous bars during scannig due to two orders in a single intra bar. (Reported by Doncello)
  • "Indicator Parameters" - return same dir signal to its previous state as before "Close and Reverse" was activated (Reported by Footon)
  • Historical rates updated from Alpari, time zone GMT.
  • Repaired Permanent SL sign in Strategy Overview.

New in Forex Strategy Builder Professional 2.11.0.1 (Feb 7, 2010)

  • A bug with the generator was fixed.

New in Forex Strategy Builder Professional 2.11.0.0 (Jan 16, 2010)

  • Changed indicators.

New in Forex Strategy Builder Professional 2.10.0.0 (Nov 2, 2009)

  • Permanent Take Profit, Trading part of a lot. Automatic loading of intrabar data.

New in Forex Strategy Builder Professional 2.9.1.0 (May 29, 2009)

  • Custom indicators, Out of sample testing, multicurrency and multiperiod strategies.

New in Forex Strategy Builder Professional 2.8.2.0 (Mar 3, 2009)

  • The program recognizes greater variety of ambiguous bars and incorrect logic. More indicators and logic rules added. Several issues fixed.

New in Forex Strategy Builder Professional 2.6.1.3 (Jun 16, 2008)

  • Ross Hook and Bar Range added.
  • Localization issue fixed.

New in Forex Strategy Builder Professional 2.6.1.0 (May 3, 2008)

  • New indicators, autoscanning, strategy description