eSignal 10.5 - New Features – eSignal Knowledge Base

eSignal 10.5 - New Features

We’re excited to announce the release of eSignal 10.5, our biggest release of the 10 series. This version introduces many new and robust features, including extended intraday data, Hot Lists, Sector Lists, and more. In addition, key performance improvements have been made for multi-core systems. Upgrade to this version for free by visiting our download page.

Extended Intraday History

We have extended our available historical data in eSignal 10.5. This dramatically increases the amount of available intraday data well beyond previous limits. This new service allows you to access 10 years of minute-based bar data for North American equities and indexes, and 2+ years of North American, European, and Asian futures, forex, and treasuries.

This add-on service is priced at $10 per month.

Extended Intraday History allows for greater precision with our back‑testing feature, giving users large amounts of historical data to track the performance of their strategies across all types of market patterns and conditions. Additionally, support and resistance lines can now be established with a greater degree of accuracy, as recent market contraction has pulled prices back into levels not seen in many years.

Hot Lists

New to eSignal 10.5 are hot lists, powerful pre-built scans that look through the markets to identify the best trading opportunities and update them automatically every 30 seconds. there are the traditional gainers, losers and volume lists here but also unique scans, such as unusual volume, most volatile and trade rate hot lists, the last of which displays the fastest-trading stocks in the previous minute. this allows a momentum trader to see what is moving right now and react accordingly.

Sector Lists

The ability to see which symbols belong to specific sectors is a powerful way to create specialized watch lists. This can now be done in eSignal 10.5 with just a few clicks. Much like an AutoList, the new sector lists will insert symbols into a quote window for additional sorting and analysis.

New Data Fields

In addition to adding numerous new lists, we’ve introduced 50+ new data fields, including short interest, float, 12‑month percentage total return, percentage insider ownership, 200‑day moving average, and many more. For a complete list of available field headers, click here.

Global Portfolio Window

The Portfolio Window has long been a staple for eSignal clients tracking both short‑ and long‑term account performance. On the eSignal Pro side, money managers often maintain multiple client accounts across several portfolio windows. In eSignal 10.5, users can now compare totals across multiple portfolio windows. The global portfolio window can be accessed from the view menu on the main toolbar:

this window will automatically tally all the open portfolios within your page:

Shared Symbol Lists

eSignal can now connect to a new server that saves symbol lists remotely. This allows users to keep symbol lists synchronized across different pages or even between different PCs. For example, you can build a watchlist on your home PC at night and access it on your work PC the next morning.

Managing shared symbol lists is done through the Quote Window menu.

Forward / Yield curves

This window type is used by futures traders and broad market analysts to compare data across multiple futures contracts. The Yield Curve is typically used to evaluate the overall shape of the economy.

In a normal yield curve, long‑term investors are rewarded with higher rates of return, while short‑term bonds offer lower yields. When an inverted yield curve is present—where near‑term yields are higher—the market is in an unusual state, and a more cautious investment approach is often warranted. Access to Yield Curves requires a subscription to bond data (for example, GovPX).

Forward Curve Charts allow users to view pricing across forward contracts for commodities. Forward curves can act as unbiased predictors and make market trends easier to identify.

Snap Quote Bar

One of the simplest ideas has turned out to be one of the most useful. The Snap Quote Bar displays a live quote for any symbol you type into it. It behaves like a standard toolbar and can be placed at the top or bottom of eSignal, or even detached and positioned anywhere on your display.

The data fields are fully customizable, allowing you to display exactly the information you want. In addition, the Symbol Linking box is fully functional, letting you type a symbol into multiple windows while viewing quotes simultaneously.

Renaming Windows

eSignal’s layout feature has allowed users to rename windows for a very long time. Even before the “e” was added to eSignal. However, when pages were introduced, windows themselves could no longer be assigned custom names. That changes with eSignal 10.5.

To assign a name to any window in your workspace, click File → Rename Window Title.

Style Templates for all Windows

All windows in eSignal now support style templates. This allows you to save specific configurations such as colors, fonts, and data fields and apply them to other windows instantly, without repeating the setup process.