EdgeWare FastBreak Pro Version 6.2 - Manual (Page 18)

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To switch back to the “Standard” FastBreak screens described in the standard manual use
the icon on the far right of the icon tool bar:
The following icons are used to control the standard FastBreak options. These icons
should be familiar to users of the standard version:
The following icons are used to control the strategy optimization aspects of FastBreak
Pro:
The first strategy screen is used to select the Buy/Sell Strategy, Trading Family, Money
Market Fund, in-sample and out-of-sample trading dates, and optimize the trading family.
The first item to select is the trading family. Use the following button to select a trading
family:
This will open a window that allows you to select from the standard FastTrack defined
families or any of the user-defined families. You can use the FastTrack family editor to
build your custom trading families.
If you want to optimize the trading family use the Optimize Family check box:
Note: This is an advanced feature and we recommend using it only after you have
become familiar with FastBreak Pro.
FastBreak Pro will try different combinations of funds from your trading family to obtain
better results. If this option is not checked, FastBreak Pro will always use all the funds in
your trading family.
Note: If you use this option you can only use a seven character name when you save
your best trading strategies. The reason is that FastBreak Pro will save the optimized
trading families using this name. It will also append a number between 0 and 9 to the
end of the name. This will make the optimized family eight characters long which is
the naming limit for FastBreak Pro and the old DOS version of FastTrack. More
about this note later in the Example chapter where an example uses this option.