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What's New in Version 4.2

The new features and miscellaneous enhancements outlined below were introduced in the 4.2 Version.

Product Enhancements for version 4.2:
Release Date: March 22, 2000

  1. Major Enhancement: DTN.IQ Data Feed
    Investor/RT has been enhanced to operate with the new "compressed" data feed from DTN.IQ. This new feed format uses less bandwidth to transmit real-time streaming quotes than its predecessor and also supports several new data items including several items of fundamental data for equities. The new data items are listed below with their Investor/RT quote page column heading:
    Assets Balance sheet assets in millions.
    Liabilities Balance sheet liabilities in millions.
    Debt Balance sheet long term debt in millions
    Growth 5 year growth rate
    Shares Common shares outstanding
    Pshares Preferred shares outstanding
    EPS Earning per share
    EPS Estimate Earnings estimate current FY
    Interim EPS Latest interim EPS (quarterly EPS)
    Interim EPS LY Interim EPS year ago same period
    PE Ratio PE Ratio
    Avg Volume Daily Average Volume
    52WeekHigh 52 Week High price
    52WeekLow 52 Week Low price
    YearHigh High price current calendar year
    YearLow Low price current calendar year
    Yield Dividend yield
    Dividend Latest dividend amount
    Div xDate x-dividend date
    Div Pay Date Dividend payment date
    Annual Div Rate Annual Dividend Rate
    Name Security Name
    Option Prefix Option Prefix symbol
    Leaps  Leap option symbols(s)
    Wraps Wrap symbol(s)
    CUSIP CUSIP Number
    %Held %Held by Institutions
    Beta Beta
    Split Factor Latest split factor, 2 means 2 for 1
    Split Date Date of latest split

    In addition, the new feed transmits 52 week high/low alerts, abnormal volume and market performance high/low alerts when tracked issues reach significant prices or trading volume reaches high levels. These appear as messages in the I/RT main toolbar.

    Each tick is identified by the exchange (market center) on which it occurred. Add the data column "Exchange of Trade" to your quote page to observe this. If you want to track trades on only a specific exchange you can now do so with the DTN.IQ feed by adjusting the "requested exchange" for the instrument in Setup: Instruments. A requested exchange of COMP (composite) will cause the instrument to update when a trade occurs on any exchange. If a specific exchange is specified, only trades on that exchange will update the instrument.

  2. Major Enhancement: DTN.IQ Data Feed
    Scan tokens added for DTN.IQ fundamental data items Scan tokens have been added to the RTL language to enable scans and signals to access the fundamental items now broadcast over the DTN.IQ data feed. The new tokens are listed below:
    ASSETS Balance sheet assets in millions.
    LIAB Balance sheet liabilities in millions
    DEBT Balance sheet long term debt in millions
    PSHARES Preferred shares outstanding
    IEPS Latest interim EPS (quarterly EPS)
    IEPSLY Interim EPS year ago same period
    CYRHI High price current calendar year
    CYRLO Low price current calendar year
  3. Point And Figure Chart Enhancements
    A scale was added to the right side of the Point and Figure charts.  This will enable the user to view the price scale closer to the latest price action.
    Several minor glitches were also fixed in Point and Figure charts, including the drawing of charts with reversal criteria of 1.  In the past, these charts were drawing off the right side of the chart under certain circumstances.
  4. Market Profile Chart: Font Preferences
    A font button was added to the Market Profile Chart preferences which allows the user to specify the font to be used when forming the market profile chart.  This way, you can choose the font is most appropriate for forming the proper shapes associated with Market Profiles.