EdgeWare FastGraph Version 3 - Manual (Page 49)

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We suggest you use the default suffix. Then click on the save button.
Next, enter the starting and ending dates for the period to be analyzed. In addition, add
the delay, in days, for the signal. If the signal is to executed the same day it occurs, the
delay is zero, and if the signal is executed the next day (most typical for FastTrack users)
enter a one day delay.
The next step is to select the fund or index to be invested in when you are “in” the market
and the fund or index when “out” of the market. This example will be invested in the
S&P index when long and into the FDRXX money market when out of the market.
We now need to create a place to save our results. Click on the Make Sig Sum File box:
A menu will pop up to enter a file name. Note: Do not confuse this file with the Signal
Family File which was created a few steps back.
For the next step we will skip toward the bottom of the screen to this line:
FastGraph has a choice of two types of analysis. The simple strategy is what we call a
One Dimensional test. This method uses the same number of separate signal buys and
sell for the composite signal. For example, a strategy that goes long on three signal buys
will exit the market if there are only two signals in the market. The Buy and Sell Range
will test all combinations of the separate signals. In our five signal example we will look
at the results when one or more signals are on a buy, two or more, three or more …. Up
to five or more. Any time that fewer signals are in the market then the composite will
sell out of the market.
The next step is to save the setting we have just made using:
Clicking this button will bring up a menu to save a parameters file that you can reload
later using this button:
Finally, we can start the analysis with this button:
When the execution is complete go to the FastGraph Main screen and select XY Line as
the Graph Type since this is 1 dimensional analysis. The Summary data is loaded to the
Data screen during execution so the Summary File (SSM) does not need loaded before
graphing. The file can be reloaded at a later time by selecting FastGraph Summary File
as the Data Type. When we click the Graph icon we get the following graph: