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fsbpro_guide:collections
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Strategy Collections
The strategy collections term is very self-descriptive. Collections are much like virtual folders (or lists if you will) where strategies are added. You can add strategies to a collection manually, form the editor, or automatically, from the generator and the optimizer. You can review your strategy collections from the repository button on the main toolbar. The button is marked with green on the screenshot above.
When you run the generator or the optimizer, they will add strategies to the repository automatically. You cannot disable this behavior. However, if you close FSB Pro it will delete all unsaved collections and strategies.
Add a Strategy to a Collection
You can see below, the toolbar section that allows you to add the current strategy to a collection (from the editor). Specify a name and click the button Add.
In the same toolbar section in the generator and in the optimizer, you only need to specify the name of the collection. The two tools choose which strategies are fit for the collection and add them automatically.
1. Sorting and Filtering
Sorting - lets you specify the criteria by which you want to sort the strategies. This will sort all strategies in the collection, not only the ones that the interface will show.
Show - lets you choose the maximal number of strategies that the list will display.
A collection can hold up to 100 strategies. If you push new strategies to the collection, if FSB Pro finds a worse strategy, it will replace it with the new one. FSB Pro decides which strategy is better by looking at their net balance (does not depend on the Sorting option).
2. Managing Collections
FSB Pro does not automatically save collections. If you want to keep your collections, make sure you save them. If you make changes to them, you need to save them on your own too.
Save collection
You can save collections. Those are saved as *.call files in the “User Files/Strategies” folder of FSB Pro. You can access it from File → User Files Folder…
Load collection
To load a collection just click the Load button and select if from the “User Files/Strategies” folder.
Merge collections
You can merge collections through the merge up and merge down buttons. If you merge two collections where the sum cannot be over 100. For example if you merge two collections of 100 and 15 strategies: 100 + 15 > 100. This means, FSB Pro will look for the worst fifteen strategies and remove them when merging the two collections. It will end up by creating a new, merged collection, of 100 strategies.
Cut off
“Cut off” will remove the not shown strategies from the collection.
Unload
“Unload” will unload the selected collection. It will not save the file before doing that, nor will it ask you to save it. Make sure you save the collection if you need before you unload it.