[color=blue:465b2e19ff]”Official” Wishlist Requests [/color] [list=1:465b2e19ff][*:465b2e19ff]Add Canadian and Australian industries and indices to the data CD. [*:465b2e19ff]Ability to compare the previous day's exploration with the current day; add a function to highlight or extract just the new stocks that come up. [*:465b2e19ff]Add specific load options for each exploration. [*:465b2e19ff]Fix the formula functions IsDefined() and IsUndefined. [*:465b2e19ff]Ability to define a null plot - i.e. feature to STOP drawing the plot until the formula specifies. [*:465b2e19ff]Better organization of indicators, experts, explorations and systems. Add the ability to group these into directories and sub-directories (e.g. Bar Patterns, Candle Patterns, Trend Following, Swing Trades, etc). [*:465b2e19ff]Make the Indicator Builder, System Tester, and data windows resizable and add the ability to minimize them. [*:465b2e19ff]Add a last change in % option to the chart window properties. [*:465b2e19ff]Allows the user to select which method is used to calculate the value of an option contract in OptionScope. [*:465b2e19ff]Make a portfolio manager. [*:465b2e19ff]Add a feature to allow us the option of where to store our formulae again. [*:465b2e19ff]Add a menu bar control to the charts like a music player control bar (Back, Forward, Play, Stop). [*:465b2e19ff]Add the ability to define the stock week other than Monday to Friday for international customers. [*:465b2e19ff]Enable a System Tester redo feature (take example from trade sim) [*:465b2e19ff]Add the ability to set the intraday periodicity higher than 60 minutes and allow custom tick count. [*:465b2e19ff]Increase flexibility in the MetaStock Formula Language by adding ability to code loops, case statement, etc. [*:465b2e19ff]Make the Downloader smarter. Add the ability to correct invalid symbols. [*:465b2e19ff]Incorporate an automatic symbol update feature that operates seamlessly in the background. [*:465b2e19ff]Add the ability for MetaStock to check for and retrieve on-line updates automatically. [*:465b2e19ff]Add formatting commands to MetaStock Formula Language. See BullCharts for an example. [*:465b2e19ff]Add alerts to drawing tools such as trendlines, triangle, horizontal line and rectangle etc. When the price crosses the line or enters the enclosed area, an alert report is automatically produced. [*:465b2e19ff]Make futures rollovers easier. [*:465b2e19ff]Make a 'save as image' function. [*:465b2e19ff]Add more functions to 'chart properties' such as the ability to add a background image to charts. [*:465b2e19ff]Add the ability for the System Tester to scan for earnings. [*:465b2e19ff]Add the ability to define variables to the MetaStock Formula Language. [*:465b2e19ff]Enable the ability to export data, System Tester results, etc. to a .csv file. [*:465b2e19ff]Bring back the "select folders" (not individual securities) function in the Explorer. [*:465b2e19ff]Tabbed pages like FireFox. [*:465b2e19ff]Add the ability to turn an indicator off and on instead of either adding or removing. [*:465b2e19ff]Add an undelete button/option. [*:465b2e19ff]Add a parabolic trend line. [*:465b2e19ff]Add macro support. [*:465b2e19ff]List actual Fibonacci Retracement values on-screen or in a popup box. [*:465b2e19ff]Add a trade game module or simulator [*:465b2e19ff]Add a forecasting module [*:465b2e19ff]Much, much faster Metastock Explorations when using a real-time Quotecenter connection. One exploration may take 30 minutes for all Optionable stocks (2500) on a fast computer and a fast connection. I suggest cutting a real time exploration of 2500 stocks to 5 minutes or less. Schwab’s Street Smart Pro’s explorations are almost instantaneous. During the daily workflow it’s important that 2-3 explorations can be started at noon and completed before 12:30 PM, so that there is time enough for some trading based on the Exploration reports before the market closes. [*:465b2e19ff]The ability to very easily transfer the results of multiple Metastock Explorer reports into Excel either through drag and drop, saving multiple reports as multiple worksheets in one workbook, copy/pasting multiple reports to Excel and import/export (one feature that’s missing is the select all feature, currently the data has to be highlighted by selecting the first and last rows), and very flexible export of reports. I know that it’s already possible to transfer data. The focus should be on the ease and speed of transferring data to Excel, not just the possibility of transferring data. A time consuming method for transferring the results of multiple explorations is not very useful, when you are in a hurry. [*:465b2e19ff]More columns within the Metastock Explorer edit window. 6 windows is not enough. I would like to suggest a feature where the user can create as many columns as needed. [*:465b2e19ff]The ability to maximize and minimize all Metastock Explorer windows (Edit, Explore, Reports) using standard Windows windows with maximize, minimize icons in the upper right corner. It’s almost impossible to work or enter code in the small existing windows. This feature also applies for all Quote Center, Expert, and Indicator Builder windows. [*:465b2e19ff]Replace the current Metastock Formula Language with a more powerful Visual Basic type language, or a full featured macro language similar to the one found in Excel and including existing Metastock formula language functionality. The lack of a Case statement severely limits the formula language. Therefore Case statements, If then else endif statements, while statements, for to statements, multiple dimension arrays etc. should be included. I want to suggest working with Microsoft on including their Excel macro engine for creating explorations. [*:465b2e19ff]The Metastocks Formula Language editor should be developed into a more full featured Integrated Development Environment (IDE) with a debugger, break points, variable tracking etc. [*:465b2e19ff]A much improved alert system within the Metastock Expert with additional options. It must be possible to: a. Select audio alerts only, without text alerts. Sometimes I just want my attention focused on an Expert connected to a real time intraday chart, without having to go through the trouble of having to click ok to make the alert window disappear. Having to click ok to acknowledge an alert can be very annoying especially when an expert is attached to an intraday 1 minute chart. [*:465b2e19ff]Having alerts sent as an SMS to a cell phone [*:465b2e19ff]A scheduling and windows automation feature using a macro language that allows a user to automate several Metastock tasks using a macro such as: a. Configure and schedule multiple downloads using the Downloader b. Scheduling and running multiple explorations using the Explorer c. Transferring multiple reports to excel from the Explorer d. Running multiple System Tests based on the results of the explorations [*:465b2e19ff]One Downloader rather than 2 different Downloaders for downloading symbols and prices for Reuters Datalink and reuters QuoteCenter [*:465b2e19ff]The ability to maximize and minimize all Metastock, Quotecenter, Metastock Expert, Metastock Explorer and Metastock Indicator windows using standard Windows minimize, and maximize icons in the upper right corner of the window. This feauture should also be available in the main explorer window, the edit window and the reports window. [*:465b2e19ff]It would be nice with chart tabs in the charting tool similar to the tabs in the Firefox or Opera browser in addition to the ability to cascade, tile and stack for quickly shifting through charts. [*:465b2e19ff]Integration between Quotecenter and Metastock Pro is a must. Currently there is little or no integration. I would like to be able to use fundamental criteria from Quotecenter in a Metastock Exploration such as PE ratio, Cash Flow Q1, Current Year EPS 30 days ago etc. [/list:o:465b2e19ff]