jCandle Chart Analysis Files

System requirements
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Java Runtime Environment (JRE) 11
1024 MB RAM or higher
100 MB free disk space


Install
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1. Create an installation directory, e.g. "jcandle"
2. Extract the contents of jcandle-*.zip or jcandle-*.tar.gz into the installation directory
3. Start jCandle by executing jcandle.exe or jcandle.sh from the installation directory


Uninstall
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To uninstall jCandle just delete the installation directory from the hard disk. This software
is a platform independent Java application which is designed to run on Windows, Linux and Mac OS.
Therefore jCandle does not write any platform specific configuration such as "Windows Registry".


Changelog
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Recent changes in 4.1.0
  o Implements a new fundamental data concept
  o Fixes broken purchase and favorite symbols in portfolio view
  o Fixes a number parsing issue in the quote updater

Recent changes in 4.0.0
  o Migration from Yahoo! finance to Ariva due to Yahoo! finance shutdown 
  o Cleanup of all Yahoo! finance related code
  o Small catalog set based on new Ariva symbols
  o New 1-2-3 trading system chart
  o Simulation statistics shows total yield, success quote, and reward-/risk ratio
  o Trade simulator improved by using total yield, success quote, reward-/risk ratio

Recent changes in 3.6.1
  o Displays more candlesticks
  o Candlestick charts will not produce weekend gaps

Recent changes in 3.6.0
  o Adds the bull / bear ratio sediment indicator
  o New trade simulator statistics widget helps to optimize simulator configuration
  o Optimization of the simulator default configuration

Recent changes in 3.5.2
  o Code optimizations
  o Bugfixes

Recent changes in 3.5.1
  o Dividend request fallback implemented that uses the 31. December as end date.
    Fixes a bug in the Yahoo! API where an empty result will be returned if a dividend request uses the current date as end date.

Recent changes in 3.5.0
  o Copy ISIN to clipboard action added
  o Code optimizations
  o Bugfixes

Recent changes in 3.4.0
  o CSV import and export function
  o Timer service to update all quotes automatically
  o Bugfix to prevent leading and tailing whitespaces in catalog names
  o Some catalog changes

Recent changes in 3.3.0
  o New currency calculator added
  o Set a currency exchange for a stock
  o Fundamental analysis with weather icons

Recent changes in 3.2.0
  o New view that shows dividends
  o Fundamental analysis for each share
  o Prices will be shown with currency
  o Some catalog updates

Recent changes in 3.1.1
  o All actions are visible on toolbar
  o Increased subplot gap prevents axis label overlay
  o Scale widgets replaced by spinners on simulator preferences page
  o Indicator and simulator preferences pages have a two column layout

Recent changes in 3.1.0
  o Indicator added: Williams %R
  o Indicator added: Aroon Oscillator (AOS)
  o Indicator added: Rate-of-Change (ROC)
  o Indicator added: Commodity Channel Index (CCI)
  o ATR indicator chart moved to trade simulator
  o Bugfix for EMA computation

Recent changes in 3.0.1
  o Simulator preferences page provides a configurable simulation period
  o Indicator parameter samples increased from 10 to 32 samples per indicator
  o Multithreaded sample calculation improves reaction time  

Recent changes in 3.0.0
  o Trade simulator created
  o Chart views reorganized

Recent changes in 2.2.0
  o Indicator added: Bollinger Bands
  o Indicator added: Moving Averages (MA)
  o Indicator added: Parabolic SAR (PSAR)
  o Indicator added: Average True Range (ATR)
  o Indicator added: Moving Average Convergence/Divergence (MACD)
  o Indicator added: Relative Strength Index (RSI)
  o Indicator added: Slow Stocastic (SSTOC)
  o Indicator added: Money Flow Index (MFI)
  o New chart views created for indicators and candlesticks

Recent changes in 2.1.2
  o Bugfix for EMA calculation

Recent changes in 2.1.1
  o Uptrend and downtrend detection improved

Recent changes in 2.1.0
  o Candlestick analysis shows EMA (exponential moving average)
  o Proxy settings with username and password authentication
  o Bugfix for constraint violation error if a stock has been added to a portfolio twice
  o Actions added to edit stock name and stock exchange
  o Bugfix for connection timeouts when HTTP connection returns with an error code
  o BSE Sensex catalog added

Recent changes in 2.0.0
  o The icons of the portfolio tree are more different
  o New annual overview of prices and volumes
  o SMA has been moved to the chart analysis
  o The profit meter snaps on ticks
  o Catalog directory will be scanned for new entries on startup (drop-in feature)
  o Action to remove a stock from a single portfolio
  o Database synchronization improved

Recent changes in 1.4.1
  o New profit meter displays the total profit/loss
  o Action error handling fixed

Recent changes in 1.4.0
  o enhancement - tooltip popups displaying chart data on mouse over
  o enhancement - shapes on chart lines helps to catch tooltip locations

Recent changes in 1.3.0
  o feature - new input dialog created for setting purchase information
  o feature - new view created that shows a profit meter
  o feature - manual created

Recent changes in 1.2.0
  o feature - multi-selection support added
  o feature - new action added to toggle stocks as favorite
  o feature - new icon theme and candlestick coloring created
  o feature - progress status bar added
  o enhancement - code optimizations for event handling implemented

Recent changes in 1.1.0
  o bug fix - NumberFormatException breaks quote synchronization
  o enhancement - hash code calculation with Commons Lang 3