EdgeWare FastBreak Standard Version 5 - Manual (Page 20)

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characters such as ~,@ etc. You can also use the slider bar to the right of the family
names to find the family of interest. Once the family is located, use the cursor and left
mouse button to click the family. It will highlight as in the above screen. Note: The
highlighted family will NOT appear in the box where you started to type the name.
Note: FastBreak will read all your FNU files. When these files are made part of your
trading family, FastBreak will include them in the trading strategy. See the FastTrack
manual for information on FNU files.
Money Market Fund Selection
Next, select a money market fund from the list of fund names just to the right of the
“Money Market Fund” label. Any fund, stock or FNU file can be selected as a money
market fund and the selection is made in the same way families and funds are selected.
Notes: When selecting a money market fund make certain the fund is available the en-
tire time period you are planning to test. FastBreak will give you a warning notice if
the fund doesn’t span the testing period. When building trading families in FastTrack,
do not put your money market into the trading family.
Exclude Money Market from Ranking
Many users only want to go into the designated money market fund when using a market
timing signal file. Clicking this option will prevent the money market fund from being
selected as part of the ranking strategy, but on a signal file “sell” the money market will
be used. Note: Even if you use this option you may sometimes find that FastBreak has
purchased the money market fund even when not on a signal file sell. If FastBreak is
trying to purchase a fund but none of the funds in your trading family meet your buy-
ing criteria, then money market will be purchased as a last resort. For example, per-
haps you are using the Exponential Moving Average buy filter, but all the funds are
below the specified moving average, FastBreak will purchase the money market fund
as a last resort.
Money Market Minimum Hold