Hi. I came across JBookTrader long time ago, downloaded version 1.04. But did not know (still dont) much about Java. I did manage to get Eclipse installed and Jbooktrader installed. Got married, traded by hand (TWS) and lost lots of money (not using Jbooktrader), so I got out of trading completely. I got interested again, but this time I'll try to be less emotional, more clinical, and try to use this platform.
In any event, I tried downloading version 9.01 but Eclipse would not compile it. It complained about <String> on some classes. I then tried downloading Jbooktrader 8.07 and it compiled ok, It did not have the <String> changes of the newer version. I then reinstalled Eclipse, and got all confused trying to download new versions of the jre. Apparently the problem is that if one uses jre 1.6 on version 9.01 it will not compile and the system needs to have jre version 1.7 (jre7) to understand the <String> syntax. You may want to note that somewhere. I am interested in starting again, and the old version 1.04 had some strategies to get started.. etc. but I notice that the new version 9.01 only has one sample strategy. Reading some of the posts in this group you all discuss the performance of various strategies, etc referring to them by name, where can I obtain the code for them? Thanks, and Happy Thanks Giving!! On Monday, July 8, 2013 9:21:31 AM UTC-7, Eugene Kononov wrote: > > Hello JBTers, > > This is to announce that JBookTrader version 9.01 has been released. This > is a big release with about 100 source files changed, so I gave it a major > version bump (from 8.07 to 9.01). If you are running JBT live with your own > trading strategies, make sure that you backtest and forward test your > strategies with this release. > > As always, I am looking for test results from this community, which may > include any topics or issues related to JBookTrader operations, including > the system setup, configuration, build, deployment, functionality, > reliability, performance, security, and documentation. > > Latest release download: > http://jbooktrader.googlecode.com/files/JBookTrader-9.01.7z > Release Notes: http://code.google.com/p/jbooktrader/wiki/ReleaseNotes > User Manual: http://docs.google.com/View?id=dfzgvqp4_10gb63b8hg > Historical market data sample: > http://jbooktrader.googlecode.com/files/ES-sample.7z > > Changes in this release: > > 1. Notifications: JBT sends critical events to your designated SMS or > email account. This allows you to monitor JBT remotely. > > 2. Third party library updated: IB API from 9.63 to 9.66, JFreeChart from > 1.0.13 to 1.0.14, JCommon from 1.0.16 to 1.0.17, JCalendar from 1.3.3 to > 1.4. > > 3. Indicator initialization improved. > > 4. Fixed compilation time warnings related to Java generics. > > 5. Added a build script for building JBookTrader in an OS-independent and > IDE-independent way. This can be used to build and deploy JBookTrader in a > consistent manner. > > 6. Backtester and optimizer can now cache the data sets for fast loading. > > 7. Ability to run JBookTrader from a single JAR. > > 8. Ability for an emergency switch to "forward test" mode and to suspend > live trading: this can be done from either JBT main UI or from the web > console. > > 9. New performance metric CPI (Cumulative Performance Index), which > incorporates PI, Kelly, trade duration, and net profit. > > 10. Portfolio Manager for dynamic position sizing: the position size is no > longer specified in the strategies, but instead via the "Preferences". > Specifically, in the previous releases, a strategy may have have the > following code: > if (condition >= threshold1) { > setPosition(1); // go long 1 contract > } else if (condition <= threshold2) { > setPosition(-1); // go short 1 contract > } else if (condition <= threshold3) { > setPosition(0); // go flat > } > Starting from the current release, the code above would look like this: > if (condition >= threshold1) { > goLong(); // go long the number of contracts designated by > Portfolio Manager > } else if (condition <= threshold2) { > goShort(); // go short the number of contracts designated by > Portfolio Manager > } else if (condition <= threshold3) { > goFlat(); // go flat > } > > 11. Fixed failing unit tests. > > 12. Rejected orders are handled correctly. > > 13. Ability to trade an FA account. > > 14. Calculation of "the most liquid contract" for the CL (crude oil > futures). > > 15. Efficient calculation if min/max in a moving window, as well as > standard deviation. > > 16. Ability to force-close the positions if the connectivity gap is wide > enough. > > 17. Exchange hours detection. > > 18. Fixed thread safety issues in optimizer. > > 19. Fixed average duration calculation. > > 20. Prevent entering the position when less than 15 minutes left in the > trading interval. > > 21. Rearranged the packages. > > 22. Max single loss is reported, along with the max drawdown. > > If you have any question about a particular feature, or would like to > report/discuss an issue or a bug, please start a new discussion thread. > Thanks for your participation, > Eugene Kononov. > > > > > > > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "JBookTrader" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. 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