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Investar Standard Changelog

What's new in Investar Standard 6.1.0.6445

Feb 4, 2020
  • FEATURE:
  • Introducing new Mutual Fund addon with scans and alerts.
  • Support for complex multiple timeframe query with AND, OR and nested brackets.
  • Support for Auto Divergence scans in Custom Screener.
  • Only Buyers/Sellers in predefined scans.
  • Support for all Broad-based, Sectoral and Thematic NSE & BSE Indices.
  • New Drawings 1) Arc 2) Cypher Pattern.
  • Support Supertrend and EMA crossover with VWAP in custom scan.
  • XML contract note support for Zerodha.
  • Show Chart option in Profit-Loss Analysis Pane and Portfolio Pane by right click on scrip name.
  • New Indicator Anchored VWAP.
  • Buy/Sell signal shortcut on left click of custom scan.
  • Support for Color, thickness and dashedness for Auto Trend lines.
  • Support color, thickness and dashed-ness for Auto-Divergence lines.
  • Support color for Auto-SR zones.
  • "Slide Show" is now available for all Fav groups, (normal, index, industry or others).
  • Contract note Support of Fortune Trading Corporation and RKSV Securities India Pvt Ltd.
  • Support for custom timeframes in multi timeframe query in IQL.
  • Support to change priority of timeframe group.
  • Values in Favorite Tree and Favorite pane will update according to scan advisor timeframe for user defined favorite view.
  • A way of comparing Bollinger Bands and and Ichimoku in custom screener.
  • New UI look & feel for Software.
  • Now user can sort groups in favorites using group type.
  • Spread Chart is supported for minus operation for F&O in charts and favorites.
  • Keyboard shortcut for full screen (F11).
  • Support for Aroon, Awesome Oscillator, VMAP, WMA, OI Change %, Day Vol, Opening Range, Open Interest in user-defined Favorite View.
  • Support to create custom timeframe layer for drawings.
  • NSE and NSEFO EOD will be done independently.
  • CHANGE:
  • Advances and Declines in Market Overview pane will be updated according to user's data addon.
  • Divergence will be calculated only for 60 candles by default.
  • UI for create/edit layer for drawing.
  • Added total as footer instead of row in MarketPane FII-DII.
  • Added labels in Auto SR Zone for better readablity.
  • Extended line for Auto trendline now has a different line type for better understanding.
  • Tools-options dialog size changed for better visibility of tabs.
  • Auto-drawings should not be move-able after making permanent.
  • In stop loss for short term minimum is 5% it should be editable for values less than 5(same is for long term).
  • Improved Auto-SR and Auto-SR Zone algorithm to show more SR lines and zones in intraday timeframes.
  • Custom TF and Multi-TF scans filter setting will be different for different exchanges.
  • Auto SRT based on current cursor, Enable/Disable Auto SR Zones, Auto Harmonic Pattern based on current cursor is now part of Chart View.
  • Backup Porfolio right click options available for Portfolio and Portfolio Account.
  • Custom timeframes were not shown in RR configuration.
  • Support "Show chart" option in Portfolio by right click on portfolio scrip name.
  • "Show Industry Comparison" menu should be enabled when in Chart Pane and Fundamentals Pane.
  • New Index categorization based on priority.
  • Scan alerts: Cursor will be preserved on latest alert.
  • BUGFIX:
  • Spread chart does not update automatically.
  • Sometimes Custom Scan stays in Computing for 5 min Base Addon users.
  • Daily - EOD custom scans were not working if the user has not purchased the intraday screener.
  • Sometimes Custom Scan status did not refresh.
  • Filter criteria in composite scan did not persist.
  • Software sometimes would get hanged for some seconds every time after saving a custom scan.
  • Scan alerts are not raised for some of the time frames.
  • Fixed Hdfc contract note import.
  • Sometimes all Custom Scans showed "Computing" status in navigation pane.
  • Sometimes custom scans stayed in "Computing" status on restart of tool.
  • Custom Timeframe is now supported in IQL.
  • The scripts when moved from one folder are not seen in the destination group until the fav tree is not refreshed.
  • Edit/Delete scan option was not visible in Manage Custom scan in some resolutions.
  • Adx based scan used to get changed when converted into IQL and then back to IEL.
  • n-times and n% was not supported in IQL with VWAP.
  • In some resolutions chart used to get exported partially.
  • For Daily custom scan with EOD update frequency, multi-tf scan alerts used to raise on every minute.
  • "Remove all Buy/Sell signals" option did not remove custom scan based signals.
  • Linear Regression Channel indicator - StdDev values may not be correct and colors are getting switched.
  • Unable to filter period in trading diary.
  • Corrected some calculation issues in LTCG P/L analysis.
  • Stock Rating menu was sometimes disabled in Favorites.
  • At times, the Auto-Divergence scans contained some wrong scrips.
  • Chart scrips automatically changed when user visited any Fav Group.
  • Chart View name is not saved correctly after the maximum Chart View limit exceeds.
  • "No Multi TF scans available" was displayed in status bar even though there are scan results present.
  • Scrip sorting is not working properly in Scan and Fav right pane.
  • "Import transactions" button in portfolio toolbar was not showing pdf and html options.
  • Portfolio group is not working in multiple groups functionality of Favorite scan filter.
  • Auto SR options and chart type icon were disabled even after removing comparison.

New in Investar Standard 6.0.0.5826 (Jul 23, 2019)

  • BUGFIX: Sometimes Multi-TF scans used to show wrong results of Scans when scan filter was kept on Favorites.
  • BUGFIX: In some cases, Custom Scan based on Chandelier Exit gave wrong result.
  • BUGFIX: Some of the periods in Trading diary were not showing some data.
  • BUGFIX: In Basic Edition, at times, indicators disappeared after tool restart.
  • BUGFIX: At times, corporate actions are not shown in the chart for higher timeframes like weekly and monthly.

New in Investar Standard 6.0.0.5700 (Jun 7, 2019)

  • FEATURE: Custom Screener.
  • FEATURE: Custom Scan Alerts.
  • FEATURE: Custom Scan based Buy/Sell Signals in chart.
  • FEATURE: Introducing Investar Query Language – for more advanced Custom Scans.
  • FEATURE: Support for Auto S/R Zones in chart and custom screener.
  • FEATURE: Support for Auto Trendline in chart and custom screener.
  • FEATURE: Support for Auto-Divergence in chart.
  • FEATURE: Custom Timeframe support in chart and custom scan with scan alerts with 75-Min preloaded.
  • FEATURE: Option to align candles to market hours in chart and custom scan.
  • FEATURE: Multiple Timeframe custom scans and scan alerts are now supported.
  • FEATURE: Spread Chart support (+, -, / * operators).
  • FEATURE: Point And Figure charts are now supported.
  • FEATURE: Introducing new drawings: i) Gann Square, ii) Gann Box, iii) ABCD harmonic pattern, iv) XABCD harmonic pattern.
  • FEATURE: Support of Awesome Oscillator, ATP, Delivery Volume Percentage, Delivery Volume, Chandelier Exit and Vortex indicator in chart.
  • FEATURE: Added option "Move Favorite group" in Favorite Tree.
  • FEATURE: Added multiple group filter support in Scan Filter.
  • FEATURE: Chart Keyboard Short-cuts.
  • FEATURE: Added Chart Type menu next to timeframe menu.
  • FEATURE: Linking of ChartView->time-frame with ScansAdvisor->time-frame for faster navigation of scans.
  • FEATURE: Custom Favorite Views can now be defined.
  • FEATURE: Multi-select functionality in favorites.
  • FEATURE: Scan Alert Notifications on Mobile (Supported for Investar Mobile Release and Beta).
  • FEATURE: Add/Edit Scan Alert Criteria at group level.
  • FEATURE: Show Previous Day’s/Current Day’s OHLC lines.
  • FEATURE: Profit/Loss Analysis now generates separate Gain/Loss as required for recent LTCG changes.
  • FEATURE: OI chg% instead of OI% in Favorites and Favorites Pane.
  • FEATURE: Ability to Save Scan Results in Text File.
  • FEATURE: Font Size of Drawing and Data Window can be changed from Chart Theme Setting.
  • FEATURE: Option to customize Volume bar colors added.
  • FEATURE: Display High/Low Values of Zig Zag indicator on chart.
  • FEATURE: Functionality to en-large a specific chart in multiple chart layout with Z key (or maximize button).
  • FEATURE: Proper display to update scans group's status in Favorites in error scenarios.
  • FEATURE: Preservation of Lookup settings for F&Os.
  • FEATURE: Add option to create favorite group from scan result.
  • FEATURE: Add feature of exporting data in Amibroker format.
  • FEATURE: Settings Backup and Restore menus in software. Restore to allow selected settings restore from Backup, 6.0 or Beta.
  • CHANGE: Check All option is now available in Manage Custom Scans Pane.
  • CHANGE: Functionality to hide/show drawings in chart.
  • CHANGE: Option to change up/down color of EWO, Macd Histogram, Awesome Oscillator indicator.
  • CHANGE: Ctl-F to put cursor focus on scrip code lookup.
  • CHANGE: If fractional values are 0 in chart Y-axis they should not be shown.
  • CHANGE: Added color shading in Fibonacci Extension, Fibonacci Retracements and Percentage Extension drawings.
  • CHANGE: Support of Samco Securities Limited’s, Vibrant Securities, Zerodha, RKSV Securities Pvt. Ltd, TrustLine, SBICap Securities and HDFC-Securites Contract Note.
  • CHANGE: Open drawing menu just by right click on drawing without selecting drawing.
  • CHANGE: Drawing grouping in drawing tool bar.
  • CHANGE: Optimized Scrip Code lookup menu.
  • CHANGE: Removed 4min, 2h, 4h, 2d, 3d chart pre-defined timeframes.
  • CHANGE: New Menu for Chart timeframe and duration for better visibility.
  • CHANGE: Indicator names have been made more readable.
  • CHANGE: Add new option to remove Indicator from chart area when all chart area are full while adding new indicator.
  • CHANGE: On login Password can be saved with user id.
  • CHANGE: New and improved Drawing Fibonnaci Extenstion instead of Price Extension.
  • CHANGE: Provide more option to customize Fibonacci Retracements drawing, Percentage Extensions drawing like Hide/show lines, Color, width , style.
  • CHANGE: Removed Pre-Session tick (9:15 am) throughout the software based on customer feedback.
  • CHANGE: In Chart Comparison, the values for each symbol are now displayed in Data Window.
  • CHANGE: Bollinger Bands indicator can be now drawn on the values of Open, High, Low, Close.
  • CHANGE: Improved Visibility of Auto S/R Lines values (now displayed on mouse hover).
  • CHANGE: “Un-Check All” in Manage Scans will only be applicable to scans in visible tab.
  • CHANGE: In Scans And Favorites, Column sequence changed as - Change OI, OI, Avg OI.
  • CHANGE: Improve usability of “Report a problem” with screen capture feature.
  • CHANGE: Zig Zag Indicator - Added new pricefield 'High to Low' to show swing activity.
  • BUGFIX: Fixed some issues in direct, regular and dividend options in MF lookup dialog.
  • BUGFIX: Sometimes Investar used to crash at 30%.
  • BUGFIX: In Some cases Vol% field not visible in Home Pane.
  • BUGFIX: In Case Of just FO sometimes scan filter favorites was not wroking for futures group.
  • BUGFIX: On few occasions "Scans as of" status was mismatched.
  • BUGFIX: Zerodha order completion status was not returned to software.
  • BUGFIX: Portfolio Buy/Sell transactions should be visible in weekly and higher timeframe charts also.
  • BUGFIX: Corporate events are not displayed in the Higher time frame of daily on chart.
  • BUGFIX: In some cases scan alerts based on predefined scans were not preserved.
  • BUGFIX: Sometimes wrong calculation used to happen for Short-Term Capital Gains.
  • BUGFIX: Predefined scans gets vanished on favorite group.
  • BUGFIX: Scan filter was not working on favorites properly.
  • BUGFIX: Reset functionality was not working for composite scan.
  • BUGFIX: Some add-ons were incorrectly enabled for Standard users.
  • BUGFIX: Bollinger band sometime spreading when we zoom in and zoom out.
  • BUGFIX: Alt-Tab was not working in full screen to change screen.
  • BUGFIX: Deleted chart view appears again after restart.
  • BUGFIX: Sync scan time improved. Also helpful in case of accidental system shutdown.
  • BUGFIX: Selected node in Scans & Favorite Pane was getting changed on refresh.
  • BUGFIX: Right click menu wasn't showing on transaction when one selects Portfolio-Assets filter in portfolio.
  • BUGFIX: OI Chg% was not calculated properly for NSEFO.
  • BUGFIX: Fix the sort order in the symbol lookup dialog.
  • BUGFIX: Investar used to crash on start-up under some circumstances.
  • BUGFIX: "Clear Disk Cache" were not working in some cases.
  • BUGFIX: Scan Alert Criteria were not preserved for users of Auto-SR addon.

New in Investar Standard 5.5.0.4032 (Jan 16, 2018)

  • FEATURE: New Scans: Close above VWAP, Close below VWAP, Close crossing above VWAP, Close crossing below VWAP, Bullish Marubozu, Bearish Marubozu.
  • CHANGE: Significantly improved performance throughout the software.
  • CHANGE: "Create Account" option provided while importing CSV transactions.
  • CHANGE: Removed 'Stock With Alerts' option from the Tools-option -> SlideShow tab, which is not in use any more.
  • CHANGE: Improvement in Buy/Sell Signal's dynamic width adjustment for better visibility.
  • BUGFIX: Excel export for Scans & Favorite Fundamental View was not properly working.
  • BUGFIX: Trading diary symbol filter was not showing tickers at time of startup.
  • BUGFIX: While importing contract notes, data(i.e. strike price, expiry date) of option tickers was not properly mapped.
  • BUGFIX: Dollex symbol issue resolved in EOD.
  • BUGFIX: Expired symbols were not seen as “Invalid” in favorite groups.
  • BUGFIX: Scrip Selection was getting removed on tick update in Favorite tree & Portfolio.

New in Investar Standard 5.4.0.3794 (Oct 5, 2017)

  • FEATURE: Introducing new chart types - Renko and Line with dots.
  • FEATURE: Open=High and Open=Low Scans.
  • FEATURE: Previous Day’s close and Current Day’s open can be displayed in chart (using Tools->Options->Chart).
  • FEATURE: Buy/Sell Signal Width will Increase and Decrease according to Zoom In and Zoom Out.
  • FEATURE: Buy/Sell Signal color is now part of Chart Theme.
  • FEATURE: Chart Title Font size on top of the chart area can be set in Chart Theme.
  • FEATURE: Filter Trading Diary based on Scrip.
  • FEATURE: Call/Put filter can be applied on options in Symbol-Lookup.
  • FEATURE: Scroll chart left/right on mouse move when left button of mouse is down.
  • FEATURE: Allow User to operate portfolio from multiple machines.
  • FEATURE: Dedicated menu to handle stock events in portfolio. Now user will receive a Prompt to handle stock events(Bonus & Split) and they will have option to handle events automatically (No user action required all values will be calculated) and manually (User will have to enter all values manually).
  • FEATURE: P/L Analysis to show total profit/loss on collapsed node.
  • FEATURE: Import support for Prabhudas Liladhar, Religare, Prostocks pdf contract notes.
  • FEATURE: Ctrl + Mouse Scroll up and down for zoom in and zoom out respectively.
  • FEATURE: Yearly timeframe charts.
  • FEATURE: Favorites - Move to specific scrip under particular group while scrip name typed in succession.
  • FEATURE: Favorites - Move to specific node of favorites group while group name typed in succession.
  • FEATURE: Chart theme can be accessed easily from shortcut button from toolbar.
  • FEATURE: Added Elliot Wave Oscillator indicator.
  • FEATURE: Vastly improved CSV/Excel export for P/L analysis, Portfolio, Scans & Favorites, Trading Diary.
  • CHANGE: While removing indicator, the associated chart area will also get removed.
  • CHANGE: Add/Remove Chart Area have been removed (based on change mentioned above).
  • CHANGE: Volume%/OPENINT% in Data Window (when SMA is added on Volume/OI).
  • CHANGE: Nearest Support/Resistance details (i.e. VSR1, VSS1, SR1, SS1) in Data Window for Auto-SR.
  • CHANGE: Default drawing font color is now Dim Gray.
  • CHANGE: Now user can view his ID in My subscription dialog to verify.
  • CHANGE: Auto-SR feature is now part of Chart View.
  • CHANGE: Support for different colors for different ratios in Fibonacci drawings.
  • CHANGE: Predefined layers for drawings are reduced to two – Intraday and D-W-M.
  • CHANGE: New drawings will be drawn in custom layer if it is selected as default layer and if current chart resolution is available in custom layer.
  • CHANGE: Auto brokerage calculation disabled by default while creating account in portfolio.
  • CHANGE: Apply Brokerage while importing contract note as mentioned (i.e. per unit or Total) for html and pdf contract notes.
  • CHANGE: Now user can enable/disable Quick Start Tutorial on startup.
  • CHANGE: By default, Volume indicator will be added in blank Chart Area if it is available, otherwise in new Chart Area.
  • CHANGE: Provided support for range in PPO indicator between 1 to 200.
  • BUGFIX: Home and End functionality was incorrect for same chart view.
  • BUGFIX: While creating new theme, Edit option was disabled.
  • BUGFIX: Symbol Lookup window used to stay in certain cases when switching to a different application.
  • BUGFIX: Buy/Sell, Dividend, Split, Bonus images became a little above the chart in some cases.
  • BUGFIX: Trading diary CSV to import & export date in Investar supported format.
  • BUGFIX: Stop the zooming impact while scrollbar moved to extreme left or extreme right.
  • BUGFIX: Export Functionality was not working properly under some circumstances.
  • BUGFIX: Y-axis was getting reset when chart type was getting changed.
  • BUGFIX: When Y-axis scale was set to Log, comparison of charts for multiple scrips were not shown properly.
  • BUGFIX: When height of chart areas were changed, it was not preserved on restart or change of view.
  • BUGFIX: When EMA/SMA indicator was drawn on RSC indicator, it was not being drawn properly.
  • BUGFIX: Invalid Symbol message in chart for commodity symbol even if it is present in commodity symbol lookup dialog.
  • BUGFIX: Investar crashes while changing layer for drawing in EOD only addon.
  • BUGFIX: NSE Continuous Future data was not refreshed after rollover.

New in Investar Standard 5.4.0.3330 (Mar 23, 2017)

  • BUGFIX: Sometimes showed orange status in statusbar even if all data are updated.

New in Investar Standard 5.4.0.3323 (Mar 23, 2017)

  • BUGFIX: Investar crashes, mainly on Windows 10/8/8.1, with message “Investar exe stopped working”.
  • BUGFIX: Few scans were not visible in Daily EOD time frame.(Above Previous Day’s High, Below Previous Day’s Low, Inside Gap Up, Inside Gap Down, Outside Gap Up, Outside Gap Down)).
  • BUGFIX: In particular scenario, clicking on "Apply” button in “Set Update Frequency” dialog box was crashing Investar.
  • BUGFIX: In particular scenario, Exchange was not being properly selected in “Set Update Frequency” dialog box.
  • BUGFIX: In 5 minute F&O scans subscription combination, scan alerts were not being raised.
  • BUGFIX: Split was not adjusting in chart for scrips which are visited on NSE/BSE holiday but the holiday is not for commodity. Due to same reason, chart update was also affecting on next working day.
  • BUGFIX: In some cases, Work offline functionality was getting stuck at 99% or 100%.
  • BUGFIX: Additional portfolio lost in a case where user is subscribed for additional portoflios and intraday trial is activated while subscription is going on.
  • BUGFIX: Wrong Average Vol and Vol% for NSE Options.

New in Investar Standard 5.4.0.3163 (Nov 8, 2016)

  • FEATURE: Weekly and Monthly timeframe scans, scan alerts and advisor.
  • FEATURE: New Scans: 5-yr high, 15-yr high, 5-yr low, 15-yr low, High Dividend Yield, High Beta.
  • FEATURE: Facility to customize chart theme.
  • FEATURE: Facility to remove all the bottom chart areas.
  • FEATURE: Dividend Yield % in fundamentals for TTM, MRQ, FY.
  • CHANGE: New users can register from software itself using “Sign Up Now” link provided on login screen.
  • CHANGE: Pivot Lines are allowed in Option's chart.
  • CHANGE: Facility to change ichimoku cloud colour.
  • CHANGE: Candle High/Low color customization will not be preserved in Chart View now.
  • CHANGE: Improvements in Standard Edition like increased capacity of chart views, layouts, favorite groups, favorite scrips, chart comparison etc.
  • CHANGE: Basic Edition now supports more scans, more indicators, intraday screener, increased capacity of favorite groups, favorite scrips, chart window etc.
  • CHANGE: Separate scan update frequencies for different exchanges.
  • CHANGE: Scan Timeframe is preserved separately for different exchange.
  • CHANGE: Empty favorite group will not be removed on restart of software.
  • CHANGE: Enhanced Basic and Lite Editions.
  • BUGFIX: Fundamental data were not shown if PS value of Trailing Twelve Month is 0.
  • BUGFIX: Sometimes Slide Show was not working properly.
  • BUGFIX: In EOD subscription with fresh run, switching between exchanges for daily scans was not working.
  • BUGFIX: In particular scenario, Navigation Pane width kept automatically increasing on every restart of Investar.