EdgeWare FastBreak Pro Version 6.2 - Manual (Page 6)

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3.0 Upgrade Notes
Maintaining Existing FastBreak Trading Strategies
If you have existing FastBreak strategies that you like we recommend that you keep the
old version of FastBreak on your computer until you have verified that the strategies
produce the same results with the new version. Prior to installing the new version of
FastBreak go to the folder where the existing version is located, typically ftbreakp for Pro
users, and find the file ftbreakp.exe.
Rename this file ftbreakpV5.exe. Now put a
shortcut to this file on your desk top.
We also recommend that if you have a prior version then install the new version in a new
folder, e.g., ftbreakp6. This will allow you to segregate your new files and systems that
are associated with this new version.
If you see significant changes in favorite trading strategies then continue to run these
strategies in your old version of FastBreak until you have a chance to create new
strategies in the new version. You can have multiple versions of FastBreak installed on a
computer so there is no problem running these old strategies.
Changes in Version 6.2
This section will cover enhancements in FastBreak Pro Version 6.2 and is of interest to
users of previous versions of FastBreak Pro.
Version 6.2 (V6.2) is the first release version of V6.X It has exactly the same
functionality of beta V6.1 that some users may have tested.
V6.1 of FastBreak Pro was a beta version that could be run by users of V5. We made the
beta available free of charge for V5 users. V6.1 will continue to function; however, going
forward we will not maintain the beta version. Now that V6.2 is the official release
version any future enhancements or bug fixes will build upon V6.2 If bugs are fixed in
version 5 then upgrades of version 5 will be made, i.e., V5.5, V5.6 etc. Users of versions
prior to Version 6 will need to upgrade if they want to take advantage of any future
enhancements. Our policy is to provide technical support to the most two recent versions,
e.g., V5 and V6
Trendline Stop and Buy Filters
Version 6 provides trendline Buy Filters and Sell Stops. Trendlines are one of the oldest
and still most useful technical analysis tools. Trendlines can be used to determine when a
stock or mutual fund has broken down in an upward move, i.e., used as a sell Stop, or
trendlines can be used to determine if a downward move has ended and it is safe to buy,
i.e., Buy filter. The vast majority of trendline users use a manual method to draw the
trendline on a paper chart or a computer screen. Programming a computer to calculate a