EdgeWare FastGraph Version 3 User Manual
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Ways runs using your fund of choice and switch between different indexes. Next, load
these FastWays files into FastGraph, sort, and compare the different line graphs. It
should make the selection of an index more obvious.
FastWays Example #2 - Moving Average
FastWays/FastGraph can be used to find robust parameters for a moving average. Make
a FastWays run using the OTC-C index as the fund and Vanguard Money Market fund
(VMMXX) as the index. Run with a moving average range of 10 days to 250 days. The
time period evaluated was 12/30/88 - 12/31/96.
Import the resulting FastWays file into FastGraph. Select XY Line as the graph type and
you will get the following graph:
Note that the X axis is case number and not the moving average value (case#1 = 10 days,
case #2 = 11 days, etc.).
Buy and hold had a return or 238% over this test period. It can be seen that a moving
average between 50 and 100 days is optimum for Mr.