• New – Added support for MT4 Build 1470
• New – File Export: Added ability to export Weekly and Yearly bars
v1.9.8.13 (20/Feb/2026)
• New – Added support for MT4 Build 1457
v1.9.8.12 (24/Jan/2026)
• New – Added support for MT4 Build 1453
v1.9.8.11 (23/Jan/2026)
• New – Added support for MT4 Build 1452
• Improvement – Optimised downloads for subscribers for recent data
v1.9.8.10 (22/Sep/2025)
• Fix – Pending tasks are all started when one is cancelled
• Fix – Exception when saving default MT4 settings to unwritable installation folder
v1.9.8.9 (12/Aug/2025)
• New – Added GBPSGD
v1.9.8.8 (10/Jun/2025)
• New – Added PLN.IDX/PLN (STOXX Poland Index)
• New – Lite: Extend maximum FXT processing file size and make limits clearer
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
March 2014
Tickstory v1.4 Released
Tickstory v1.4 is now available and includes some very important changes & fixes: Improvements •[TICKLITE-146] MT4 Export: Default account & margin currencies set to USD. Fixes •[TICKLITE-143] MT4 Tick Expert EA did not export value [...]
February 2014
Tickstory v1.3 Released
Tickstory v1.3 has been released! The new version includes the following changes: 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 [...]
December 2013
Tickstory v1.2 Released
Tickstory v1.2 is now available! Some of the latest changes are as follows: 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" [...]
October 2013
Tickstory v1.1 Released
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 [...]
August 2013
Tickstory v1.0 Released
Tickstory v1.0 is now available! Yes - it's our (Version 1) birthday! Included in the release are the following features: New Features •[TICKLITE-93] Added basic charting feature to allow visualisation of stored data. •[TICKLITE-94] [...]
June 2013
Tickstory v0.9 Released
The latest Tickstory v0.9 has been released! New Features •[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 [...]