Annual gain (best 30 cases), Maximum drawdown – EdgeWare FastBreak Standard Version 6.5 User Manual

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then selecting the sort command. The effect is to put the cases in order of decreasing re-
sults. Do this for both summary files.

Now, re-chart the data, but only for the best 30 test cases, and the following chart will be
created:

Annual Gain

(best 30 cases)

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1 fund

2 funds

Now it becomes clear that holding one fund usually has better performance than holding
two funds, on the order of 2-3% per year.

Other parameters in the summary file can be charted in a similar manner. For example,
chart the maximum draw down for these two FastBreak runs and put polynomial curve
fits through the data:

Maximum Drawdown

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Test Case, best-worst

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2 funds

1 fund

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