EdgeWare FastBreak Pro Version 5 - Manual (Page 9)

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purchased. Some users have the requirement to hold a fund for a fixed number of
days after purchase. They can now start a stop after this number of days.
ƒ Ability to search the Buy and Sell ranking list by fund symbol. Some users have
very large trading families and it is difficult to locate a particular issue in the
ranking list. This option allows the user to do an efficient search for the fund
symbol.
Additional Changes between Version 3 and Version 5
Note: You can load trading systems developed with Version 3 of FastBreak into this
new version, however, you must input the beta /correlation index and calculation
period on the Funds/Index tab. After you have entered this information you will need
to resave the DFT file.
Here is a short list of some of the major enhancements:
• Better Opportunity Sell Signal (BOSS)
• Numerous buy filters: EMA, parabolic, RSI, beta, and correlation
• New information in summary output (Beta, Alpha, and Correlation)
• New information in detail output to explain why a fund was sold
Because of changes in program calculation logic, you may see changes in results from
your trading systems developed with prior versions of FastBreak Pro. Here are just a few
examples:
• We removed the Adaptive Moving Average as a stop option. This was done because
we never found the AMA to be a particularly effective stop option, and we wanted to
make room on the Stops tab for a much more effective new option called BOSS.
• Change in the logic for the Rate of Return Sell stop. We now check a candidate fund,
prior to purchase, to verify that it exceeds the stop parameters specified.