EdgeWare FastBreak Pro Version 6.5 - Manual (Page 50)

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Saving Strategies
The parameters for the top ten best systems can be saved after a run has finished, or the
program can be paused during optimization and the systems can be saved.
FastBreak will create parameter files (DFT files in FastBreak nomenclature) when you
click on the Create DFT files icon:
You will be asked to select the generation that you want to save:
After you select a generation and click OK, you will be asked to give a root name to these
files. FastBreak will put an extension number on the file name (0-9) to indicate which of
the top ten best systems the DFT file represents. For example, if you name the DFT files
TEST, FastBreak will name them TEST0.DFT … TEST9.DFT. TEST0.DFT is the
“best” system and TEST9.DFT the tenth best system based on IS Adjusted Performance.
If you turned on the option to optimize the trading family, FastBreak will create 10
unique families in the FastTrack User Defined folder. The family names will be TEST
(0-9).fam. If you decide to keep a trading system that uses an optimized family, we
suggest you rename the family name to one that will not get overwritten the next time you
save optimized families. You will also need to manually select the new trading family
name in the Funds/Index screen and resave the DFT file in FastBreak so that the strategy
now has the correct family name. Note: See Example 2 in Examples chapter to better
understand this procedure.
If you want to run each strategy to determine its merits, load the individual DFT files
using the load DFT File icon: