v1.9.8.7 (23/Feb/2025)
• New – MT4 Launcher: Support for Build 1440
v1.9.8.6 (20/Feb/2025)
• New – MT4 Launcher: Support for Build 1436
• New – Add Dukascopy ETF symbols
• New – Add South Africa Index (SOA.IDX) symbol
• New – File Export: Added MT4 Bar format.
• Improvement – Remove obsolete “Release Notes.txt” from app distribution.
• Improvement – Add ability to copy Support ID information to clipboard
• Fix – File/MT4 Export: Date range needs to start and end from 00:00 to 23:59 to capture full day
• Fix – Issue with v1.9.8.4 icons missing for ETF under other languages causing app to immediately quit.
v1.9.8.3 (9/Nov/2024)
• New – Support for MT4 Build 1430
v1.9.8.2 (10/Oct/2024)
• New – Support for MT4 Build 1425
v1.9.8.1 (20/Sep/2024)
• New – Added Dukascopy symbol VIX Volatility Index (VOL.IDX/USD)
v1.9.8.0 (02/Sep/2024)
• New – Application upgraded to Microsoft .NET 4.8 (previously 4.6.2).
• New – Added Dukascopy Symbols Palladium (XPD.CMD) and Platinum (XPD.CMD).
• Fix – (Lite) Promo banner not displaying Close (x) icon in top-right of window
v1.9.7.19 (28/May/2024)
• Fix – NT4 Launcher – Issue from previous release where launcher would not start.
v1.9.7.18 (26/May/2024)
• New – MT4 Launcher: Support for MT4 Build 1420.
v1.9.7.17 (08/May/2024)
• New – Add setting to enable/disable launch of Advanced Tester
• Improvement – Remove MT4 first launch warning
• Improvement – Optimise responsiveness of UI on startup
v1.9.7.16 (01/Mar/2024)
• New – MT4 Launcher: Support for MT4 Build 1412.
v1.9.7.15 (23/Jan/2023)
• New – MT4 Launcher: Support for MT4 Build 1403.
• Fix – Update to maintain compatibility with local data servers.
v1.9.7.14 (27/Oct/2023)
• New – MT4 Launcher: Support for MT4 Build 1395.
• Improvement – MT4 Export: TickstoryInfoExpert EA now has DefaultSpreadIfZero parameter to force spread
• Fix – MT4 Launcher: “Portable” parameter not working when using Advanced Tester.
• Fix – Optimized MT4 launcher so app does not freeze during launch.
v1.9.7.13 (13/Oct/2023)
• Improvement – MT4 Export: Removed warning for tick value and tick size being zero.
• Improvement – Enhancements & fixes for TickstoryInfoExpert EA (New parameter to generate all broker symbol information).
• Fix – MT4 Export – Issue with long/short swap values detected from broker.
v1.9.7.12 (30/Sep/2023)
• New – Mt4 Launcher: Support for Metatrader 4 Build 1390.
v1.9.7.11 (05/Jul/2023)
• New – Added symbols USDTHB and USDRON.
• New – Mt4 Launcher: Support for Metatrader 4 Build 1382.
• Fix – File Export: Updated Ninjatrader 8 tick format according to manual.
v1.9.7.10 (15/May/2023)
• New – File Export – Issue with weekly bar generation in some cases.
v1.9.7.9 (25/Mar/2023)
• New – Mt4 Launcher: Support for Metatrader 4 Build 1380.
v1.9.7.8 (18/Mar/2023)
• New – Mt4 Launcher: Now also supports the earlier Metatrader 4 Build 1375.
v1.9.7.7 (9/Mar/2023)
• New – Mt4 Launcher: Support for Metatrader 4 Build 1376.
v1.9.7.6 (16/Jan/2023)
• New – Add new file export token BarMinSpread & BarMinSpreadInt which gives the minimum spread of the bar.
• Fix – Bar maximum spread was not correctly being calculated. Some bar fields (such as tick count) may be also affected as a result.
v1.9.7.5 (21/Dec/2022)
• New – Mt4 Launcher: Support for Metatrader 4 Build 1367.
• Fix – MT4 Launcher: Fixed issue where Builds 1360-1366 were not launching correctly.
v1.9.7.4 (14/Nov/2022)
• New – Mt4 Launcher: Support for Metatrader 4 Build 1367.
v1.9.7.3 (13/Sep/2022)
• New – Mt4 Launcher: Support for Metatrader 4 Build 1360.
v1.9.7.2 (30/Jun/2022)
• New – Mt4 Launcher: Support for Metatrader 4 Build 1359.
v1.9.7.1 (23/Mar/2022)
• New – Mt4 Launcher: Support for Metatrader 4 Build 1355.
• Improvement – Optimized intensive download operations.
• Fix – Listed MT4 symbols sometimes contains extra invalid characters.
• Fix – Issue with copying error information to clipboard in certain cases.
v1.9.7.0 (27/Oct/2021)
• New – Additional crypto symbols now available including AAVE, Uniswap (UNI), Cardano (ADA), Stellar (XLM), Monero (XMR) and many others.
• Improvement – Further speed optimizations when downloading multiple symbols at a time.
v1.9.6.5 (10/Sep/2021)
• Fix – Graceful handling of offline license activation screen ‘Email support’ errors
v1.9.6.4 (3/Sep/2021)
• New – MT4 Launcher: Add support for Metatrader Build 1342
• New – MT4 Launcher: Optimized launcher startup time
• New – File Export: New token support allowing calculations such as adding extra spread within Bid/Ask.
• New – Added Dukascopy Soyabeans commodity symbol (SOYABEAN.CMD)
• New – Allow users to extend their subscription from the License screen
v1.9.6.3 (19/Apr/2021)
• Fix – Issue with dates/licensing when using app with non-Gregorian calendars
v1.9.6.2 (25/Jan/2021)
• New – Added new symbols Litecoin (LTCUSD) and US Treasury Bond (USTBOND.US).
v1.9.6.1 (10/Dec/2020)
• New – Added support for MT4 Build 1314-1320.
• New – Added new symbol USSC2000.IDX/USD (Russell 2000)
v1.9.6.0 (05/Dec/2020)
• New – Added support for MT4 Build 1312.
v1.9.5.9 (30/Nov/2020)
• New – Added support for MT4 Build 1310.
v1.9.5.8 (13/Nov/2020)
• New – Support for Metatrader 4 Build 1294 & 1295.
• New – Add new Index symbols: China A50 Index (CHI.IDX), India 50 Index (IND.IDX), Singapore Cash 50 Index (SGD.IDX).
• New – Added support for Tickstory’s Advanced Tester for Metatrader 4 (coming soon as beta).
• New – Exporting Embedded variable spread is now available in Lite version.
v1.9.5.7 (17/Aug/2020)
• Fix – File export: Make default export folder in “Documents”.
• Fix – File export: Fixed issue with tick format not being correctly detected in some non-English languages (causing error prompt).
• Fix – Max downloads incorrectly set to zero on initial install.
v1.9.5.6 (27/Jul/2020)
• New – Support for MT4 Build 1280.
v1.9.5.5 (30/Jun/2020)
• [artf362937] New – Support for MT4 Build 1264.
• [artf363241] Fix – MT5 and Ninjatrader pre-defined export formats previously not working with specific regional settings.
v1.9.5.4 (13/Apr/2020)
• [artf362599] New – MT4Export now allows loading of MT4Settings from FXT.
• [artf362600] New – MT4Export automatically lists available “map to” symbols.
• [artf362601] Improvement – Automatically set earliest download date.
• [artf362602] Improvement – MT4Export automatically sizes drop-down comboboxes to fit ‘Symbol’ and ‘Map to’ content.
v1.9.5.3 (25/Jan/2020)
• [artf362055] New – Support for MT4 Build 1260.
• [artf362065] Fix – TickCount was less by 1.
v1.9.5.2 (04/Nov/2019)
• [artf361583] Improvement – Optimize memory use during bar generation.
• [artf361584] Fix – Fixed ‘bad license’ message on certain system configurations.
v1.9.5.1 (12/Sep/2019)
• [artf361027] New – MT4 Launcher: Support for Build 1212
v1.9.5.0 (11/Sep/2019)
• [artf360988] New – MT4 Launcher: Support for Build 1210
• [artf351082] New – Ability to queue/manage export tasks.
• [artf360872] New – Add new setting to manage max number of concurrent tasks.
• [artf360627] Improvement – Major update of main symbol layout to cater for new datasources.
• [artf360626] Improvement – Changed date formatting on main symbol view so sorting by date is possible.
• [artf354205] Improvement – Automatically put in beginning date when Downloading a symbol.
• [artf360874] Fix – View Data window didn’t always show status.
• [artf360614] Fix – Possible exception when chart is close mid-download.
v1.9.4.1
• [artf359689] Added 299 U.S equities/stock symbols.
v1.9.4
New
• [artf358735] Official support for Metatrader 5 (MT5) bar and tick export formats.
• [artf359163] File export: Add ‘Bar Tick Count/Volume’ (BARTICKCOUNT) field to denote price ticks per bar (eg. {BarTickCount}).
• [artf348794] File export: Add “Bar spread” (BARMAXSPREAD/INT) field to denote maximum spread of a bar (eg. {BarMaxSpread} or {BarMaxSpreadInt}.
• [artf359164] File export: Add ‘Tick Spread’ (BIDASKSPREAD/INT) field to denote spread of a tick (eg. {BidAskSpread} or {BidAskSpreadInt}).
• [artf359165] File export: Add ‘Random’ (RANDOM) field to allow output of random numbers (eg. {Random:1,10}).
v1.9.3.2
• [artf358586] Improvement – Re-activate symbols: EURDKK, BAYNDEEUR.
• [artf358607] Improvement – Instrument names have been changed to make them more readable.
• [artf358645] Improvement – Remove EURBRL, HUFJPY, USDCZK, UZDHKD and USDRON from default Mt4config files.
• [artf358645] Remove unused definitions from default Mt4Config files (EURBRL, HUFJPY, USDCZK, UZDHKD and USDRON).
• [artf358587] Fix – Correct decimal place issue for BRAIDXBRL and recently added COCOACMDUSD, COFFEECMDUSD, COTTONCMDUSX, OJUICECMDUSX, SUGARCMDUSD.
• [artf358608] Fix – Base Currency display now working for non-FX symbols in MT4 Settings window.
v1.9.3.1
• [artf358396] New – Add symbols Cocoa (COCOACMDUSD), Coffee (COFFEECMDUSX), Cotton (COTTONCMDUSX), Orange Juice (OJUICECMDUSX) and Sugar (SUGARCMDUSD).
v1.9.3
• [artf333152] New – Add new Dukascopy instruments: COPPERCMDUSD, DIESELCMDUSD, GASCMDUSD, BUNDTREUR, UKGILTTRGBP, DOLLARIDXUSD
• [artf356371] Improvement – Remove/Update obsolete Dukascopy symbols: BAYNDEEUR, CUCMDUSD, USAMJRIDXUSD
v1.9.2.7
• [artf357333] New – MT4 Launcher: Support for Build 1170
v1.9.2.6
• [artf357020] New – MT4 Launcher: Support for Build 1160
v1.9.2.5
• [artf356641] Improvement – Added Support ID information to License activation screen.
• [artf356630] Fix – Optimization of server connections to avoid 500 errors on some systems.
v1.9.2.4
• [artf356463] Fix – Issue introduced in last version resulting in 503 errors.
v1.9.2.3
• [artf356462] New – Support for Metatrader Build 1147
• [artf356463] Improvement – Handling for other data server errors (eg. connection closed).
v1.9.2.2
• [artf356376] New – Support for Metatrader Build 1146.
v1.9.2.1
• [artf355869] Improvement – Removed obsolete Dukascopy symbols: EURDKK, USACOMIDXUSD.
• [artf355860] Improvement – Issue with detecting some network timeouts correctly.
v1.9.2
• [artf355827] New – MT4 Launcher: Support for Build 1127.
• [artf355811] Improvement – Additional handling for Dukascopy throttling (Timeout errors, etc).
v1.9.1
Improvement
• [artf355483] Resolve “Server Error 503 – Server unavailable” errors.
New
• [artf354004] Full version: Major download speed enhancements via multi-threaded downloads.
• [artf353865] MT4 Launcher: Support for Build 1100->1126.
• [artf345754] Added BTCUSD and ETHUSD crypto-currency pricing.
• [artf354356] Lite: Users can now launch the latest MT4 version (additional limitations now apply – see https://tickstory.com/download-tickstory).
• [artf354650] Lite: Enable exporting of tick volume data for Lite users.
• [artf348309] Updated Software EULA (Always see https://tickstory/EULA for the latest)
• [artf354355] View Data & Charts: Status not always appearing correctly.Improvements
• [artf354003] Add missing translations in File Export window.
• [artf353864] Remove support for legacy TDS launcher.
• [artf354541] Added “Copy To Clipboard” to Unexpected Error dialog.
Fixes
• [artf354151] Ensure all exports, Chart and Data Inspector download the entire begin or end day (from 00:00=23:59 utc)
• [artf354673] Fix potential unhandled error when shutting down while operation in progress.
• [artf354746] Setup/Installation: Potential issue with .NET v4.6 detection.
v1.8.9.5
• [artf332232] MT4 Export: ‘Map to’ field not saved in .mt4config file.
• [artf354640] Column sorting not working (also some keyboard short-cuts in the Log Window)
v1.8.9.4
Improvements
• [artf354232] Setup/Installation: Fixed issue with Chinese translations.
v1.8.9.3 (v1.5.4 LITE)
Improvements
• [artf350935] Application and setup are now digitally signed for extra security.
• [artf349470] Update to the latest Microsoft .NET v4.6 framework including various important features and security enhancements.
• [artf349575] Setup/installation improvements (language support, etc).
• [artf350360] Updated icons so they reflect the category of the instrument.
• [artf350361] Obsolesced now defunct symbols AUCMDUSD and E_SI.
• [artf350359] Improved translations (on main screen, etc).
• [artf351089] Support language-specific software update messages.Fixes
• [artf349469] Fix issue with occasional error in Charts and Data Inspector.
• [artf354005] Error during startup under some systems who are proxied.
New features
• [artf335433] Added: Dukascopy symbol USDCNH.
• [artf340394] Add pre-defined format for Tradestation.
Fixes
• [artf338655] ZARJPY price is out by a factor of 100.
• [artf346689] Fix issue with Pound sign (£) in Instrument names.
• [artf343902] Minor French translation improvements.
• [artf347406] File Export: Updated/corrected pre-defined Ninjatrader format.
New features
• [artf333590] MT4 Launcher: Support for Build 1090.
New features
• [artf333590] MT4 Launcher: Support for Build 1080.
New features
• [artf331663] MT4 Launcher: Support for Build 1065.
New features
• [artf329463] MT4 Launcher: Support for Build 1045.
New features
• [artf326781] MT4 Launcher: Support for Build 1030-1031.
Improvements
• [artf321749] Minimise web queries for registered users.
• [artf314272] Timezone adjustment now defaults to “None” in file & MT4 exports.
Fixes
• [artf321487] File Export: Timezone information button not working.
• [artf313401] Issue with automatic language selection.
• [artf321453] Problem with display of some windows (MT4 Export & Main Form) in some languages and on some systems.
v1.8.4
New features
• [artf311407] Added 34 Stocks/CFDs covering the some of the major German companies.
Imrovements
• [artf318738] Changed data query url from www.dukcasopy.com to datafeed.dukascopy.com.
v1.8.3
New features
• [artf311433] MT4 Launcher: Now supports MT4 Build 1010+.
v1.8.2
New features
• [artf311433] MT4 Launcher: Now supports MT4 Build 974-985.
v1.8.1
New features
• [artf311433] MT4 Launcher: Now supports MT4 Build 971.
Fixes
• [artf311638] XAUUSD (Gold) and XAGUSD (Silver) had incorrect descriptions.
v1.8.0
New features
• [artf311660] MT4 Launcher: Now supports MT4 Build 970.
v1.7.5
Note: This version supports MT4 Build 950 and below.
New features
• [artf303826] Introduced Persian/Farsi translation.
• [artf310635] Added support for 2-minute and 10-minute timeframes in file export, charts & data viewer.
Improvements
• [artf304269] Tickstory ‘Standard’ version labelling changed.
• [artf304738] Clarify that XAUUSD is the main symbol for GOLD data & moved XAU & XAG to ‘Commodity’ category.
• [artf303830] MT4 Launcher: Extra check to ensure terminal.exe exists before launching.
Fixes
• [artf310405] EURHUF & USDHUF prices corrected (previously out by a factor of 100)
v1.7.4
New features
• [artf302130] MT Launcher: Support for builds 940 + 950 (NOTE: A workaround is required to set spread correctly. Further details are available in our v1.7.4 release notes.).
v1.7.3
Improvements
• [artf297155] MT Export: Now exports actual server name instead of info from MT4 settings.
• [artf297156] MT Launcher: Now supports Build 920+.
Fixes
• [artf297001] MT4 Export: Fixed zero-divide error sometimes occurring in TickstoryExpertEA.
Please note that as a result of a breaking change in MT4 Build 920, you will need to regenerate your MT4 exports.
Further discussion here: http://tickstory.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=766&p=4017.
v1.7.2
Fixes
• [artf288240] MT4 Export: FXT files not being marked as read-only when created for the first time.
Improvements
• [artf288241] Improved Japanese translation.
v1.7.1
Fixes
• [artf288143] FXT Data Editor not saving, reporting that file was in use.
v1.7
New features
• [artf235860] MT4 Export: Support for exporting tick count as volume.
• [artf235797] MT4 Export: Support for embedding “real” spread in export.
Improvements
• [artf235860] MT4 Export: ‘Suppress volume’ not checked by default and will instead export actual ticks.
• [artf286803] Improved Russian translation (thanks to Rever27).
Fixes
• [artf286802] URI exception sometimes occurred on startup.
v1.6.2
Fixes
• [artf281275] ZARJPY price was out by factor of 100.
• [artf282006] Fix for launcher being added multiple times causing long error messages.
• [artf284536] MT4 Export: Suppressed anomalous (zero priced) tick data causing ‘invalid file’ errors.
v1.6.1
Improvements
• [artf280419] Suppress banner for licensed users until pre-defined date.
• [artf280422] Minor update to menu translations.
v1.6
New features
•[artf279130] MT4 Launcher: Added support for latest Metatrader Builds 730+.
Fixes
•[artf272539] Margin Currency is being exported as ‘USD’ instead of ‘EUR’ for ‘EURUSD’.
•[artf254896] Added support for AUSIDXAUD.
v1.5.3
Improvements
•[artf257462] Set default Dukascopy store location to writeable folder.
v1.5.2
Improvements
• Dukascopy WTI Light Crude Oil has changed from WTICMDUSD to LIGHTCMDUSD.
• Add new pre-defined format to export bar data to Ninjatrader.
Fixes
• MT4 Export: Swap not being enabled correctly on export
• Dukascopy WTI Light Crude Oil price was incorrect.
v1.5
New features
•[TICKLITE-148] Added Dukascopy historical data covering world indexes and commodities.
Improvements
•[TICKLITE-149] Allow sorting of instrument grid by clicking column headers.
v1.4
Improvements
•[TICKLITE-146] MT4 Export: Default account & margin currencies set to USD.
Fixes
•[TICKLITE-143] MT4 Tick Expert EA did not export value for Margin Currency.
•[TICKLITE-144] MT4 Export: Commission type was not being exported correctly.
•[TICKLITE-145] MT4 Export: Open prices of H4/Daily bars not correct in some cases.
•[TICKLITE-147] MT4 Export: Base currencies were not being set correctly according to exported symbol.
v1.3
New features
•[TICKLITE-139] MT4Export: Added support for Build 545+ which uses new file formats.
•[TICKLITE-139] MT4 Launcher: Now supports Build 545+.
•[TICKLITE-140] MT4 Launcher: Now supports command-line args.
Fixes
•[TICKLITE-138] MT4Export: Fixed issue with CommissionType being saved incorrectly in MT4 Info.
•[TICKLITE-142] MT4Export: Opening bar price not correct in specific situations.
v1.2
Improvements
•[TICKLITE-136] Provide additional timezone information including daylight saving adjustment info.
•[TICKLITE-137] Add new timezone “(UTC +02:00) UTC +2 with European/London DST” (Alpari).
Fixes
•[TICKLITE-132] Fixed issue with Birt’s CSV2FXT file export format.
•[TICKLITE-133] Minor issue with the example display of Bid & Ask volume in File export screen.
•[TICKLITE-134] MT4Export: Fixed data export issue when not exporting at least one time-frame.
v1.1
Improvements
•[TICKLITE-131] Improvements to Chinese translation including Simplified and Traditional versions.
Fixes
•[TICKLITE-126] Some users having issues reading in MT4 config files due to personalised Windows regional settings.
•[TICKLITE-128] MT4 Export: Back-filling of flat bar data in gaps has now been disabled.
•[TICKLITE-129] Windows 7 users encountering ‘permission denied’ errors while saving settings
•[TICKLITE-130] Windows 7 users experiencing UAC prompt to require administrator access.
v1.0
New features
•[TICKLITE-93] Added basic charting feature to allow visualisation of stored data.
•[TICKLITE-94] Added data inspector to allow viewing of data in a tabular form.
•[TICKLITE-113] MT4 Launcher now supports MT4 builds 500+ (available to all!)
Improvements
•[TICKLITE-124] Now allows advanced features for users that do not have access to Facebook ‘Like’.
•[TICKLITE-125] Updated translations for Russian, German, and Spanish
Fixes
•[TICKLITE-121] File export: Correct Forex Strategy Builder export format.
v0.9.2
New feature:
•[TICKLITE-119] File export: Add new pre-defined format to export bar data to Forex Tester 2.
•[TICKLITE-120] File export: Add new pre-defined format to export bar data to Forex SB.
Improvements
•[TICKLITE-117] Improved German language translation.
Fixes
•[TICKLITE-114] MT4 Export: Export uses incorrect MT4 Info when exporting a mapped symbol.
•[TICKLITE-115] Application fails to start due to embedded web-browser exception on some systems.
•[TICKLITE-116] MT4 Editor: Editing FXT file caused crashes/zero-divide errors.
v0.9.1
New Feature
•[TICKLITE-109] File export: Add new pre-defined format to export tick data to Birt’s CSV2FXT.
•[TICKLITE-110] File export: Add new pre-defined format to export tick data to Ninjatrader.
•[TICKLITE-112] File export: Add new pre-defined format to export bar data to Neuroshell Trader.
•[TICKLITE-113] File export: Add new pre-defined format to export bar & tick data to Amibroker.
•[TICKLITE-113] MT4 Launcher now supports MT4 builds 500+ (available to Friends of Tickstory).
Improvement
•[TICKLITE-111] File export: Now automatically selects suitable time-frame when choosing a pre-defined format.
•[TICKLITE-13] File export: Dialog should remember last used settings.
Fixes
•[TICKLITE-108] Folder selection button for “Store Location” setting was not working.
v0.9b
New Feature
•[TICKLITE-15] Added MT4 data editor which allows changing of spread (and other settings) without having to regenerate export.
•[TICKLITE-88] Add new timezone that supports NY trading hours.
•[TICKLITE-100] Special features available for ‘Friends of Tickstory’ – a big ‘thanks’ for your support! Click the ‘Like’ button to join the club!
•[TICKLITE-101] Language support for Arabic, Chinese, French, German, Hindi, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Russian and Spanish.
Improvement
•[TICKLITE-95] Clarified message when users could not select an MT4 folder location.
Fixes
•[TICKLITE-92] MT4 Launcher: Issue with launcher for some users (causing FXT to be overwritten)
•[TICKLITE-96] MT4 Export: Stop-out level, GTC pending and Commission Lots now correctly uses custom/config settings.
•[TICKLITE-97] MT4 Export: Margin currency can not be custom set.
•[TICKLITE-104] MT4 Export: Fixed issue with “Unrecognised token BASECOMMISSION” error for Turkish users.
v0.8b
New Feature
•[TICKLITE-62] File export: Added 30 minute, 4-hour and 12-hour export time-frames.
•[TICKLITE-64] MT4 Export: Allow filtering of duplicate ticks.
•[TICKLITE-86] MT4 Export: Allows overwrite protection of FXT files by making them read-only.
Improvement
•[TICKLITE-59] MT4 Export: Externalised ‘Margin Divider’ field so it can be custom set (previously was fixed to 1.0).
•[TICKLITE-66] MT4 Export: Automatically defaults the ‘MetaTrader Info’ symbol to the first symbol selected for export.
•[TICKLITE-67] Application can be installed and run without elevated administrator permissions under Windows 7+.
•[TICKLITE-70] Added toolbar button to “Launch MT4”
•[TICKLITE-71] MT4 Export: Round prices to the number of instrument ‘digits’ (for those brokers not supporting fractional prices).
•[TICKLITE-72] MT4 Export: Removed “default” server when selecting an MT4 terminal server.
•[TICKLITE-73] Highlight the currently selected MT4 folder when showing folder selection box.
•[TICKLITE-74] MT4 Export: Allow suppression of volume information when generating export.
•[TICKLITE-75] MT4 Launcher: Now brings MT4 terminal window to foreground when launched.
•[TICKLITE-77] MT4/File Export: Date format for date selection now uses regional settings (as opposed to preset format).
•[TICKLITE-81] Added Facebook ‘Like’ button.
•[TICKLITE-82] Log information can now be copied to clipboard.
•[TICKLITE-89] MT4 Export: Volume can never be zero (to resolve issue TICKLITE-60). Zero volume bars will be set to 1.
Fixes
•[TICKLITE-60] MT4 Export: Fixed issue with ‘invalid file’ error on backtest.
•[TICKLITE-69] MT4 Launcher: Was sometimes incorrectly giving error message on second launch (only affects only Build 432).
•[TICKLITE-76] MT4 Export: Specification of custom export directories was not working.
•[TICKLITE-80] MT4 Export: XAUUSD and XAGUSD should be defined as 3-digits in “Generic 5-Digit Broker” config
•[TICKLITE-84] MT4 Export: Weekly/monthly bars were getting filtered when they occurred on the weekend.
•[TICKLITE-85] MT4 Export: Bar start times should start on the hour for time-frames > 1 minute.
•[TICKLITE-87] MT4 Export: Data download wasn’t working correctly if the Dukascopy store location had a ending back-slash.
v0.7b
New Feature
•[TICKLITE-46] MT4 Export: Allow weekend data to be excluded (this will occur now by default)
•[TICKLITE-52] MT4 Launcher: Added support for Birt’s Tick Data Suite.
•[TICKLITE-53] MT4 Launcher: Added support for MT4 Build 445 & 451.
Improvement
•[TICKLITE-45] MT4 Export: Now generates flat-bars (for all time periods) when there is a gap or pause in trading.
•[TICKLITE-50] Further optimisation of the download and export speeds.
Fixes
•[TICKLITE-49] Bar volume now correctly reflects the sum of Bid and Ask volumes (previously came out as zero).
v0.6b
Improvement
•[TICKLITE-36] Clarified which timezones have daylight savings shifts and which dont. Now also
auto-selects GMT with no daylight savings for WinXP users.
•[TICKLITE-40] Optimised Dukascopy downloading so it retrieves data faster.
Fixes
•[TICKLITE-37] Now stores config data in a common product path so settings aren’t lost when upgrading
•[TICKLITE-39] MT4 Launcher: Incorrectly recognised the Metatrader Language editor as the main terminal if it was already running.
•[TICKLITE-42] File export: Comma delimited files are exported with numeric formats that may contain commas
•[TICKLITE-44] Bars were becoming out-of-sync due to pauses in ticks.
v0.5b
Improvement
•[TICKLITE-31] – MT4 Export: Support for micro accounts and gold symbol mapping.
•[TICKLITE-32] – MT4 Export: Changed instructions of how to produce Custom Broker Settings
Fixes
•[TICKLITE-33] – Minor fixes to the MT4 TickstoryInfo Expert:
-Added missing/incorrect instruments NZDJPY, CHFSGD, USDHKD
-Now gets AccountLeverage and AccountCurrency
•[TICKLITE-34] – File export does not export any data (issue introduced in 0.4 change)
v0.4b
New Feature
•[TICKLITE-23] – MT4: Plug-in/tool to allow launching of patched MT4 terminal
•[TICKLITE-25] – Online help via F1 describing features of Tickstory Lite
Improvement
•[TICKLITE-27] – Support for EU/global number support including comma for decimal
•[TICKLITE-29] – Rename MT4 configs to .mt4config instead of .config to prevent confusion/clashes
•[TICKLITE-24] – File export now ensures you can’t select a bar/tick format unless your timeframe matches.
Fixes
•[TICKLITE-26] – TickstoryInfoExpert was incorrectly generating Lot Size, Min Lot and Max lot 100 times the broker’s value.
– All broker-specific configs should be re-generated to address the issue.
– Generic broker configs have been updated.
v0.3b
New Feature
•[TICKLITE-12] – MT4 Export: Dialog now remembers last settings
•[TICKLITE-18] – MT4 Export: Allow selection of MT4 terminal and auto-detect folder locations
Improvement
•[TICKLITE-17] – MT4 Export: Ensure back-test report shows full green bar indicating high-quality back-test
•[TICKLITE-19] – Ensure export dialogs (File & MT4) do not select today’s date for the end date since no data is available from Dukascopy
•[TICKLITE-20] – File & MT4 Exports are not properly defaulting to GMT for Windows XP
•[TICKLITE-14] – MT4 Export: Renamed TickstoryInfoScript.ex4 to TickstoryInfoExpert.ex4 to avoid confusion
Fixes
•[TICKLITE-07] – MT4 Export: Specifying invalid output path crashes the application
•[TICKLITE-09] – System reports “file is in use by another process” when using Dukascopy .cache locations.
•[TICKLITE-21] – MT4 Export: Deployment of MQ4 expert fails if the file already exists
v0.2b
– Fixed critical issue with regard to incorrect prices being generated (inflated by a factor of 10). Affected all instruments [TICKLITE-3].
This fix does not affect any downloaded data, only extracts will need to be re-generated to correct the prices.
– Dukascopy feed now will download zero-length files. If it encounters one during the trading week, it will try to recover the data [TICKLITE-4].
– Generic settings for a 4-digit broker are now provided within the package [TICKLITE-6]
v0.1b
– Default output file formats now do not output symbol to save space.
– Default tick file format now has date and time as a single column (previously 2 columns)
– Application now saves app settings in common path to avoid Windows 7 UAC restrictions
– MT4 Export now warns if certain fields are not set correctly.
– MQ4: Updated so it has all the Dukascopy symbols
– MQ4: Now assumes defaults for important fields such as Lot Size.
v0.1.0b
– Initial release
September 2024
Tickstory v1.9.8 Released
1.9.8.7 (2025/02/23)New – Support for MT4 Build 1440Fix – MT4 Export: Fix "MT4 Settings" UI and translations1.9.8.6 (2025/02/20)New – Support for MT4 Build 1436New – Add Dukascopy ETF symbolsNew – Add South Africa Index (SOA.IDX) [...]
October 2021
Tickstory v1.9.7 Released
Tickstory v1.9.7 has just been released! 1.9.7.19 (2024/05/28) Fix - NT4 Launcher - Issue from previous release where launcher would not start. 1.9.7.18 (2024/05/26) New - MT4 Launcher: Support for MT4 Build 1420. 1.9.7.17 [...]
December 2020
Tickstory v1.9.6 Released
Tickstory v1.9.6 has just been released!1.9.6.4 Added support up to Metatrader Build 1343. Also added the SOYABEAN.US symbol.This version of Tickstory also introduces new functionality to the 'File Export' function - you can now perform [...]
September 2019
Tickstory v1.9.5 Released
Tickstory v1.9.5 has just been released! The most notable changes (other than Metatrader 5 support and 299 U.S. stock symbols we added in v1.9.4), are that this version now implements download queuing and support [...]
May 2019
Tickstory v1.9.4 Released
Tickstory v1.9.4 has just been released! The major update in this release is that Tickstory now supports Metatrader 5 to allow you to back-test with both bar and tick data. Please see the [...]
February 2019
Tickstory v1.9.3 Released
Tickstory v1.9.3 has just been released! The changes in this version include: v1.9.3.0 (27/02/2019) • [artf333152] New - Add new Dukascopy instruments: COPPERCMDUSD, DIESELCMDUSD, GASCMDUSD, BUNDTREUR, UKGILTTRGBP, DOLLARIDXUSD • [artf356371] Improvement - Remove/Update obsolete [...]