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1/19/04: Version 2.7.7 is released as a beta.
11/11/03: Version 2.7.6 is released.
10/3/03: Version 2.7.5 is released.
9/16/03: Version 2.7.4 is released.
9/5/03: Version 2.7.3 is released.
9/3/03: Version 2.7.2 is released.
7/28/03: Version 2.7.0 is released.
6/6/03: Version 2.6.9 is released.
3/21/03: Version 2.6.8 is released.

Click  c:\ua\archives\cdbfacts.adm to refresh your futures factsheet.
Click  c:\ua\archives\sdbfact2.adm to refresh your stock factsheet.  Make sure to redownload with yesterdays data to bring uptodate.

UA currently grows the commodity data base 650KB/month or 8 MB/year.  The stock database grows by 4.7 MB/month or 56 MB/year.
 

 

 
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Portfolio Updates
The following Vendor portfolios are provided to facilitate Unfair Advantage users' use of third party software.  Please save to "c:\ua\archives\portfile.adm".
 


 


 
 
Software Upgrades
  UA is undergoing some rapid changes and seemingly unrelated features are sometimes broken or behave differently than expected. Be sure to always make a backup copy your UA directory (normally copy c:\ua to c:\uaold). so that you can back out of unpleasant changes.
   It is generally not possible to overwrite a new version with an old version.  Always install these on top of your old versions, do not uninstall your old version. 
  After upgrading, a successful data download is necessary to gain total access to market history.
   Upgrades are cumulative, so the latest includes all fixes which were in previous upgrades.

Note:
   Running UA loads certain DLL files into your computer's memory, which may be replaced in the newer version. To assure that outdated DLL files do not interfere with UA, please shut down and restart your computer before installing an upgrade, and again before running the upgraded program.
 


 
 
*** Important Uninstall Notice ***
   UA's uninstall function should only be used if UA is stored in it's own subdirectory (probably C:\UA).  Do not use uninstall if the software was installed in the root directory on any of your drives (ex. c:\ or d:\).   Always back up your hard drive before uninstalling any software products from your computer.

 
Unfair Advantage Program and Data Updates

Unfair Advantage Replacement DataBase Files

Current Versions


UA version 2.7.8
UA version 2.7.7
UA version 2.7.6
UA version 2.7.5
UA version 2.7.4
UA version 2.7.3
UA version 2.7.2
UA version 2.7.1
UA version 2.7.0
UA version 2.6.9
UA version 2.6.8
 
 

Prior Versions

 


Unfair Advantage Upgrade's


UA version 2.7.8

Not yet available



First Listed: 1/16/2004
Released: Not Yet.

Known problems (Not fixed in this version) 
  1. None Yet.
Program Changes 
  1. Does not wait for user to agree to download when opened from OLE.
  2. Exit orders deduct from the Position count correctly.
  3. Ascii files may now have the unadjusted close and unadjusted volume for stocks.
  4. Autodownload works.
  5. Downloads initiated through OLE ignores the settings to display a done dialog when distribution is complete.
  6. Total Volume and Total Open Interest are computed correctly.
  7. The Study Template selection dialog only allows the user to press OK when something is selected.
  8. For futures, does append volume and open interest correctly after a holiday.
  9. Guided Tour correctly resizes.
  10. Excel file driver appends Stock data as settings dictate.
  11.  


UA version 2.7.7

*If you have version 2.7.1 or earlier, you must uninstall and get a new version by CD or download. 

Email Tech Support at support@csidata.com to get a download URL,
or call at 561-392-8663 to order a new CD.



First Listed: 11/11/2003
Released: 1/19/2004

Known problems (Not fixed in this version) 
  1. Can wait for user to agree to download when opened from OLE.
  2. Exit orders are not deduct from the Position count correctly.
  3. Changing the RaiseDistributionThreadPriorityOverForegroundTasks flag can change your DB flush settings.
  4. Autodownload does not work.
  5. Downloads initiated through OLE wait forever after distribution if you have UA set to display a done dialog when distribution is complete.
  6. Total Volume and Total Open Interest are not computed for individual contracts and strikes.
  7. The Study Template selection dialog allows the user to press OK even when there is nothing selected.
  8. For futures, does not append volume and open interest correctly after a holiday.
  9. Guided Tour sometimes does not resize correctly if the computer is busy.
  10. Excel file driver appends Stock data as decimal regardless of settings.
Program Changes 
  1. When editing a study on a chart which has a syntax error, the study toolbar does not fix itself on top of the code editor window.
  2. Once UA has discovered a corrupt database file, it, shortly thereafter, tries to download a new database file.
  3. History Refresh applies defaults correctly.
  4. Perl studies get correct Open Interest values instead of Total Open Interest.
  5. Market Scanner settings boxes are correctly sized.
  6. Table copy to clipboard works correctly.
  7. Study Templates are correctly migrated.
  8. Study Tools such as lines and annotations can be moved, resized, and deleted individually.
  9. The same series with different time period in CSIM or MS Format now work without overwriting each other.
  10. Alternate back adjuster rolling on open interest and volume compares against zero values if there are non-zero values present.
  11. History Refresh has the ability to select just one portfolio or all portfolios.
  12. MS Format now respects the "Display as Decimal" portfolio option
  13. Unused panes in a chart no longer print.
  14. Removing user edits no longer causes -1 to appear as a start date for the contract from which the user edit was removed.
  15. Added the ability to add a series of user edits to forecast a future price on a future date.
  16. Added the ability to strip a series of all user edits at once. (Previously only one at a time.)
  17. Ascii portfolio imports allow the user to fix non-matching symbols.
  18. Correction to Stock-Not-A-Stock series are handled correctly.
  19. UA will not chart a value with more than 19 digits in points which covers everything currently available.
  20. CSIM and Metastock reuse slot numbers for similar items when editing portfolio.
  21. CSI's Guided Tour is now provided online.
  22. Interpreted studies of futures and stocks now have access to option pricing.
  23. UA has the ability to wait to download data until a chosen data release becomes available.
  24. Exchange Trade Funds market category in the factsheet viewer is now not empty.
  25. Added the ability to add future dated holiday, not just future dated regular trading day.  Allows chart to be shifted for trendline graphing.
  26. The API function RetrieveStock is a little faster.
  27. The API Function RetrieveAdjAndUnadjStock is added.  This provides both adjusted and unadjuste stock data in one all.
  28. Exit orders do not deduct from the Position count.
  29.  


UA version 2.7.6

*If you have version 2.7.1 or earlier, you must uninstall and get a new version by CD or download. 

Email Tech Support at support@csidata.com to get a download URL,
or call at 561-392-8663 to order a new CD.




First Listed: 10/3/2003
Released: 11/11/2003

Known problems (Not fixed in this version) 
  1. When editing a study on a chart which has a syntax error, the study toolbar can fix itself on top of the code editor window.
  2. History Refresh defaults to stocks when futures are specified and vice versa when the designation is not specifc.
  3. Perl studies get total Open Interest when they request Open Interest.
  4. Market Scanner settings boxes are too wide for the window resulting in scrollbars not being visible.
  5. For some configurations, Market Scanner opens with an application error.
  6. Table copy to clipboard causes an error message.
  7. Including the same series with differerent periods in MS Format can cause files to overwrite one another.
  8. Alternate back adjuster rolling on open interest and volume treats zeros as placeholders which can cause erroneous rolling.
  9. Subsequent to opening and closing the Study Toolbar, charts will print with the unused panes visible.  Must close chart and reopen to elminate unused panes from printing.
  10. Removing user edits no longer causes -1 to appear as a start date for the contract from which the user edit was removed.
  11. Correction to Stock-Not-A-Stock series do not treat the previous close field correctly.
  12. UA will not chart a value with more than 10 digits in points so for some commodities you are not able to display the full contract value in some currencies.
  13. Exchange Trade Funds market category in the factsheet viewer is incorrectly empty.
Program Changes 
  1. UA does not hang after distribution.
  2. Items added to the Study Toolbar are saved.
  3. Date bar at bottom of graph no longer disappears.
  4. Allows appending current day (high, low, last so far) from website sources.
  5. Favorite Study List is retained properly.
  6. Candlestick graphs do reflect high and low.
  7. GenerateForward has documented effect in API.
  8. Perl studies which use data in earliest first work for charts.
  9. Data inversion works correctly.
  10. ODBC does not appear to be available when looking at file preferences as it is not available.
  11. Inhibits Windows hibernation when auto-download is enabled.
  12. Study Templates when migrated have the studies flipped from the upper and lower graph.
  13.  
 


UA version 2.7.5

No longer available



First Listed: 9/17/2003
Released: 10/3/03

Known problems (Not fixed in this version) 
  1. If you don't have the "Perform Distribution in Background Thread" is not checked on "Advanced 1" table in the Preferences table, UA can hang after it is done distributing.
  2. Non-interpreted studies in the Study Toolbar do not get saved.
  3. A chart with no volume or open interest has no date scale at the bottom.
  4. Can lose Favorite Study List.
  5. Candlestick graphs do not reflect high and low.
  6. GenerateForward has no effect in API.
  7. Data inversion does not work correctly on the Low of the day.
  8. ODBC incorrectly appears to be available with looking at file preferences.
Program Changes 
  1. When correcting without the advanced setting of keeping a copy of DB in memory, creating new databases works fine.
  2. A new portfolio settings to allow decimal numbers to not always be 8 decimal digits has been added.
  3. The API function CombineDataToClipboard and Copy'DataToClipboard respect the RoundToTick property.
  4. The API property DBWasUpdated now works, but is deprecated.
  5.  
 


UA version 2.7.4

No longer available



First Listed: 9/5/2003
Released: 9/17/2003

Known problems (Not fixed in this version) 
  1. When correcting without the advanced setting of keeping a copy of DB in memory, if you are creating a new database, you will get a negative value in non-positive field error.
  2. Proportional Backadjustment with the Alternate Back Adjuster produces obviously wrong results.
  3. The API property DBWasUpdated is always zero.
  4. Candlestick graphs do not reflect high and low.
  5. GenerateForward has no effect in API.
Program Changes 
  1. MS Format is being tested.
  2. Rina system performance report can be imported into TSPE.
  3. Memory leak fixed.
  4. MS Format files are no longer readable with the CSIM format specification.
  5. Reads new Yahoo format in Position Manager.
  6.  
 


UA version 2.7.3

No longer available



First Listed: 9/3/2003
Released: 9/5/2003

Known problems (Not fixed in this version) 
  1. MS Format sometimes doesn't work.
  2. MS Format does not include contract volume or open interest even when selected.
  3. Leaks small amount of memory when building data series.
  4. When correcting without the advanced setting of keeping a copy of DB in memory, if you are creating a new database, you will get a negative value in non-positive field error.
  5. Proportional Backadjustment with the Alternate Back Adjuster produces obviously wrong results.
  6. The API property DBWasUpdated is always zero.
  7. GenerateForward has no effect in API.
Program Changes 
  1. Candlestick charts may now have different up and down colors for up and down days.
  2. Position Manager has ability to import the UA Portfolio.
  3. Close UA on Distribution Complete option is restored.
  4. Position Manager no longer gets quotes from Yahoo.
  5.  
 


UA version 2.7.2
No longer available



First Listed: 8/15/2003
Released: 9/3/2003

Known problems (Not fixed in this version) 
  1. MS Format doesn't work on long runs.
  2. Can lose custom study libraries.
  3. Close UA on Distribution Complete option is not available.
  4. Leaks small amount of memory when building data series.
  5. When correcting without the advanced setting of keeping a copy of DB in memory, if you are creating a new database, you will get a negative value in non-positive field error.
  6. Proportional Backadjustment with the Alternate Back Adjuster produces obviously wrong results.
  7. The API property DBWasUpdated is always zero.
Program Changes 
  1. UA can graph inactive stocks even if the setting for UA is to ignore inactive stocks.
  2. Correcting without the advanced setting of keeping a copy of DB in memory, works fine.
  3. Study data in table correctly shows study data.
  4. Position Manager allows option positions to be entered more easily.
  5. Special stocks (Advanced Decline series for example) are now allowed to have zero in their price field
  6. Corrections to the second to the last day can cause the database no longer loses the last day.
  7. Position Manager no longer gets quotes from Yahoo.
  8.  
 


UA version 2.7.1
Beta Tester Release



First Listed: 7/24/2003
Released: 8/18/2003

Known problems (Not fixed in this version) 
  1. When correcting without the advanced setting of keeping a copy of DB in memory, the DB table of contents gets erased.  As a result, UA will not display non-computed contracts or stocks.  To resolve this problem, check this setting, and redownload from the date you installed 2.7.0.
  2. Study data in table may incorrectly show price data.
  3. Special stocks (Advanced Decline series for example) are not allowed to have zero in their price field
  4. Corrections to the second to the last day can cause the database to lose the last day which can cause a gap.
  5. MS Format doesn't work on long runs.
  6. Can lose custom study libraries.
  7. Leaks small amount of memory when building data series.
  8. When correcting without the advanced setting of keeping a copy of DB in memory, if you are creating a new database, you will get a negative value in non-positive field error.
  9. Proportional Backadjustment with the Alternate Back Adjuster produces obviously wrong results.
  10. The API property DBWasUpdated is always zero.
Program Changes 
  1. Portfolio printing correctly prints last page.
  2. History Refresh works.
  3. Post Processing of data series before they are written to disk is now possible.  Exchange rates can be inverted within UA, for example.
  4. Market Scanner successfully ignores inactive stocks.
  5. Windows Script Control now successfully installs with UA.
  6. When an error happens during distribution and the continue on error setting is chosen, the data for the next csi number is not lost.
  7. Uses additional compression for CD distribution to easily fit on 2 CD's.
  8. Position Manager no longer gets quotes from Yahoo.
  9.  
 


UA version 2.7.0
No longer available



First Listed: 3/19/2003
Released: 7/28/2003

Known problems (Not fixed in this version) 
  1. MS Format does not work.
  2. History Refresh can cause an application error after downloading the new history.
  3. Market Scanner can generate an error message when your selected range inclues a inactive stock.
  4. If you get a "Class Not Registered" error, when your first chart, download sct10en.exe, and double click on it to install the Windows Script Control.
  5. When installing 2.6.9 from the same CD labeled as having both 2.6.9 and 2.7.0 on it, stocks data is not installed.
  6. When an error happens during distribution and the continue on error setting is chosen, the data for the next csi number may be lost as well as the data causing the error.
  7. When correcting without the advanced setting of keeping a copy of DB in memory, the DB table of contents gets erased.  As a result, UA will not display non-computed contracts or stocks.  To resolve this problem, check this setting, and redownload from the date you installed 2.7.0.
  8. Special stocks (Advanced Decline series for example) are not allowed to have zero in their price field.
  9. Corrections to the second to the last day can cause the database to lose the last day which can cause a gap.
  10. Can lose custom study libraries.
  11. Leaks small amount of memory when building data series.
  12. When correcting without the advanced setting of keeping a copy of DB in memory, if you are creating a new database, you will get a negative value in non-positive field error.
  13. Proportional Backadjustment with the Alternate Back Adjuster produces obviously wrong results.
  14. The API property DBWasUpdated is always zero.
Program Changes 
  1. Installer now based on InstallShield.
  2. MarketScanner has additional precision for historical stock prices.
  3. Lag-day Cash is now correctly lagged.
  4. Closing the Factsheet followed by downloading and reopening the factsheet, now results in current data being displayed in the Factsheet.
  5. Excel file format works.
  6. First day past end of trading no longer fills in zeros in stock options history.
  7. Shares Outstanding are now in 100's instead of industry standard 1000's.
  8. Pressing F1 while viewing a Program Tip now takes you to the relevant section in the online help manual
  9. Distribution continues after most errors.
  10. DB updating transaction file is now kept open which may improve likelihood of successful recovery after powerfailure.
  11. Has the ability to prioritize database updating by exchange, deferring other exchanges.
  12. Rolling by volume in the Alternate Backadjuster no longer requires that the new contract have at lesat 50% as much open interest as the current contract.  This causes UA to roll on low-volume days, but would have helped the current problem with 487 where the open interest appears to be hanging through to expiration.
  13. Position Manager no longer gets quotes from Yahoo.
  14.  
 


UA version 2.6.9

No longer available



First Listed: 5/1/2003
Released: 6/6/2003

Known problems (Not fixed in this version) 
  1. Excel file format does not work.
  2. Put/Call Ratio does not respect the years of history purchased.
  3. Correcting stocks with open interest (6 fields) does not work.
  4. The API property DBWasUpdated is always zero.
Program Changes 
  1. Install works correctly in Windows 95 and Windows NT environments.
  2. Otherwise exactly the same as 2.6.8
  3. Position Manager no longer gets quotes from Yahoo.
  4.  
 


UA version 2.6.8

No Longer available for download

Requires new CD for 2.5.2 or prior



First Listed: 2/27/2003
Released: 3/21/2003

Known problems (Not fixed in this version) 
  1. Excel file format does not work.
  2. Put/Call Ratio does not respect the years of history purchased.
  3. Correcting stocks with open interest (6 fields) does not work.
  4. The API property DBWasUpdated is always zero.
Program Changes 
  1. The edit box that controls Back Adjusting Roll By Expiration is now correctly enabled.
  2. Does correctly proportional adjust historical dividends in the Stock Scanner.
  3. Alternate back adjuster rolls by date correctly.
  4. Position Manager can now display stops.
  5. Factsheet correctly refills when name-filtering indicator is removed.
  6. Alternate back adjuster produced correct results for markets regardless of Minimum Tick.
  7. Based on Borland C++ Builder 6 rather than version 5.
  8. Standard back adjust roll by expiration works correctly.
  9.  
 




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