EdgeWare FastBreak Pro Version 6.5 - Manual (Page 9)

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Details of the Trendline algorithm is provided in the Appendix A of the Standard
FastBreak manual, and issues to consider when using Trendlines with the optimizer are
discussed in Appendix A of this manual.
NOTE: The algorithm to determine trendlines is very computer time intensive. You will
notice a long delay at the beginning of the optimization as trendlines are calculated for
all trading family members. If the trading family is large, i.e., hundreds of members,
then it may take an hour or more before the first strategies begin to be evaluated. The
program may look like it is frozen but it is busy calculating trendlines. See Appendix A
for details.
Delay Activation of Stops in Optimizer
FastBreak Pro V6 adds an option to the optimization process to suspend all Stops for a
user defined period of days after a fund is purchased. We added this feature for a couple
of reasons. One, we have users who use fund families that absolutely prevent exiting a
fund for a fixed number of days, e.g., 7 and 30 days are quite common, after a fund is
purchased. The second reason is that some companies will allow you make short term
trades, but limit you on the number of short term trades. Fidelity for example, will only
allow a limited number of short term (less than 30 days) trades during a 12 month period.
If a users wants to build a trading strategy to either prevent or limit the number of short
term trades this new feature will prevent any of the stops from being effective. The
option is at the top of the screen where Stop optimization ranges are set.