Quick Tour

Powerful charting

• object-oriented drawing tools (trend lines, rays, parallel lines, regression channels, Fibonacci retracement, expansion, Fibonacci time extensions, Fibonacci time zone, arc, Gann square, Gann square, cycles, circles, rectangles, text on the chart, and more)
• drag-and-drop indicator creation - allows you to create complex indicators without writing a single line of code
• modern, fully customizable user interface
• instant viewing of intraday/daily/weekly/monthly charts in line, bar or candlestick styles overlaid with configurable moving averages, Bollinger Bands, volume chart, SAR, etc.
• ability to display most common 1-, 5-, 15-, 60-minute intraday charts as well as fully customizable N-minute charts (where N is 1..1380)
• 5-second and 15-second bar charts (RT version)
• tick charts, custom N-tick charts (RT version)
• multiple time-frame charts
• on-the-fly time compression - no need to wait when switching between various chart periodicities
• relative performance charts
• tens of most popular indicators built-in including ROC, RSI, MACD, OBV, CCI, MFI, NVI, Stochastics, Ultimate Oscillator, DMI, ADX, Parabolic SAR, TRIN, Advance/Decline Line, Accumulation/Distribution, TRIX, Chaikin Oscillator, unique risk-to-yield map and more
• study drawing tools including trend lines, horizontal/vertical lines, Fibonacci retracements and time zones, text boxes
• multiple chart panes, windows, different views and time scales are possible all at the same time
• extremely fast zooming and live scrolling

Multiple data feeds

AmiBroker is capable of handling virtually any exchange in the world.

• Real-time streaming quotes via eSignal's TurboFeed featuring access to all US exchanges and major European exchanges.
• Real-time streaming quotes via myTRACK feed, IQFeed, QCharts/Quote.com, QuoteTracker, Interactive Brokers, any DDE-enabled data feed
• Direct feed from Quotes Plus, TC2000, FastTrack and MetaStock (including intraday) databases. Read more...
• User-configurable ASCII import wizard - allows you to read quotes in the format you can define (including intraday)!
• Built-in MetaStock(R) database importer - reads directly all symbols from your MetaStock database (works with both EOD and intraday modes) in a matter of seconds!
• AmiQuote downloader program provides a quick way of obtaining free end-of-day data from major world exchanges (all US markets, LSE, ASX, Paris, Milan, Frankfurt)
• Free Forex data downloadable via AmiQuote
• Free historical intraday delayed quotes from US exchanges downloadable via AmiQuote
• Script-driven, one-click automatic downloaders available for NYSE, AMEX, NASDAQ, Australian Stock Exchange, Johannesburg Stock Exchange, Warsaw Stock Exchange

AmiBroker is successfully used in the following countries: USA, Canada, United Kingdom, Australia, Germany, Italy, Southern Africa, Poland, Netherlands, Norway, France, ...

For more information on data sources for AmiBroker, click here.

Symbol & quotes database

AmiBroker features an advanced database system that offers the following:

• build up and store historical tick or 5- or 15-second bar data for backtesting purposes (certain RT data sources only)
• build up and store intraday minute-bar or end-of-day data for backtesting purposes
• unlimited number of symbols and unlimited number of quotes
• multiple database support
• stores quotes, company information, financial results, categories, industry/sector information
• powerful filtering by sector, industry, group and market
• innovative symbol tree browser showing symbols grouped by sectors, industries, indexes
• automatic handling for composites (number and volume of advancing, declining and unchanged symbols)
• automation support allowing you to control your database from external programs written in any language including JavaScript, VBScript

The language

The AFL is an advanced formula language that allows you to create your own indicators, trading systems and commentaries. It is specially designed for traders, so writing analysis formulas is easier and quicker than in general-purpose languages.

AFL features more than 200 built-in AFL functions to use as building blocks for your formulas. AFL includes trigonometric, averaging, statistical, data manipulation, conditional, pattern-detection and predefined indicator functions.

AFL supports unlimited variables, unlimited parentheses nesting, unlimited nested function calls and multiple logical operators. Version 4.40 brings a completely rewritten engine with native flow-control and looping (if-else, while), user-defined functions and procedures with local and global variable scope.

New version 4.50 provides native multiple time-frame support, so you can mix different bar intervals in a single formula.

Formula Editor / Drag-drop charting

Formula Editor allows you to quickly re-create any indicator/study found in the literature. Drag and drop charting allows you to create complex overlays, indicators-on-indicators and more. Among other things it is possible to:

• any number of graphs that can be overlaid in the same chart pane
• modify built-in indicators
• custom or automatic scaling
• flexible grids
• access to composite data (number/volume of advancing, declining, unchanged issues)

Formula-based alerts

• Ability to write complex formula-based alerts that can be displayed on the screen, sent to you via e-mail, plus play a user-defined WAV file.
• Ability to run external applications via alerts - this allows automated trade execution.
  

PORTFOLIO-LEVEL system backtesting, optimization, explorations, and screening

Screening: Automatic analysis window enables you to scan your database for symbols matching your defined buy/sell rules. AmiBroker automatically produces the report telling you if buy/sell signals occurred on a given symbol in the specified period.

Exploration: Search your database for symbols matching your criteria and create the report showing the data you want to see: indicator values, past performance, etc. Then sort the results by any listed value.

Backtesting: AmiBroker can also perform full-featured backtesting of your trading strategy, giving you an idea about the performance of your system.

The backtesting engine highlights:

• PORTFOLIO LEVEL BACKTESTING/OPTIMIZATION
• Three-dimensional (3D), fully animated charts of optimization results
• Advanced custom backtester interface
• User-definable backtest metrics
• Different position sizing / money management techniques based on Portfolio Equity
• Hyper-fast execution - AmiBroker can backtest 10,000 symbols (3000 data bars each) = 30 million data points in five minutes!
• Integrated support for multiple time-frames in a single formula
• NEW Report Explorer provides a great way to organize/compare/view all backtest results
• Scanning/Exploration/Backtest/Optimization on real-time data (tick and up) (RT version only)
• Scanning/Exploration/Backtest/Optimization on intraday data (1-minute bars and up)
• Backtesting whole exchange or only a limited, user-definable set matching your market, group, industry, sector selection
• Equity curve plotting, Equity Rainbows, composite equity curves
• Test long, short, or both long and short trades
• Maximum-loss stop, profit-target stop, trailing-stop, N-bar (time) stop
• Realistic backtesting
• Ability to control position size from your formula (Read more...)
• Create your own composites and scan/backtest them
• Detailed reporting giving you important statistics of your system.

Optimization: AmiBroker allows you to optimize your trading system with up to 10 optimization variables on single or multiple securities at once!

Automatic Chart Commentaries and Interpretation

• Full, textual descriptions of the actual situation on the market
• automatic buy-sell arrows visible on the charts
• automatic textual interpretation of indicators and price charts (Window->Interpretation)

Scripting/COM/DLL support

• AFL engine allows embedding VBScript/JScript code within AFL formulas providing unlimited possibilities
• ability to call external COM (ActiveX) objects from the AFL formula
• free SDK (software development kit) for registered users allowing the writing of indicator DLLs (plug-ins)
• many already available third-party plug-ins

Portfolio manager

Built-in portfolio manager helps you track your investments. It allows you to register buy/sell transactions, calculates brokerage commissions, dividends (with settable dividend tax), cash deposits/withdrawals. You get an instant calculation of your equity value, percentage and point yields.

Scripting support

AmiBroker features an automation interface that exposes objects and methods that can be accessed from any programming language including scripting dialects such as JScript (JavaScript) and VBScript. The scripting capabilities of AmiBroker allow you to automate time-consuming database management tasks. Using scripting you will be able to create automatic downloaders, maintenance tools, exporters, customized to your specific needs.

Internet integration

AmiBroker features a built-in web browser that allows you to quickly view company profiles. The profile viewer is completely configurable so you can set it up for your particular exchange. The settings are market-based, so you can access different websites for each market automatically. No longer will you be forced to waste your time browsing manually to get the latest news and symbol-related information.

Configurability

AmiBroker is designed to be configurable and customizable in almost every area. It is not tied to a particular exchange or data provider. Thanks to flexible import methods and scripting you will be able to adopt it easily to your favourite market(s). Also technical analysis tools built into AmiBroker allow you to change every parameter with ease, and if you want even more, you can create your own indicators using flexible formula language.