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• How to Print the Manual
• Chapter 1 Introduction
  • What is ChaosHunter
  • What Does ChaosHunter Really Do
  • ChaosHunter Compared to Other Modeling Techniques
  • Problem Overview for the Mathematically Inclined
  • System Requirements
  • Adding Clients (Processing Cores)
  • Running Multiple Copies of ChaosHunter
• Chapter 2 How to Create a Formula
  • Select Your Data File
    • What is a Data File
    • What is Training Data
    • Data Preprocessing
    • Financial Data
  • Select Rows for Formula Creation
  • Select Inputs and an Output
  • Select Optimization Strategy
    • Optimization Description
    • Evolution Strategies
    • Swarm
    • Optimization Goal Functions
    • View Out-of-Sample Results
  • Select Formula Parameters and Operations
    • Formula Parameters and Chaos Input
    • Operations
    • Technical Indicators as Inputs
      • Efficiency
      • Exponential Moving Average
      • Slope
  • Create the Formula
  • Optimization Templates
• Chapter 3 Apply Model
  • Results Screen
  • Applying Models with the Chaos Input
  • Model info
• Chapter 4 Tips and Techniques
  • Adjusting General Models
  • Building Trading Models
  • Building Trading Models That Last
  • How Steve Ward Configures Trading Models
  • Undefined Output
  • Sports Predictions with ChaosHunter
• Chapter 5 Formula Editor
  • Why Edit the Formula
  • Edit an Existing Formula 
  • Create a New Formula
  • ChaosHunter Settings Affect Results
  • Open Data and Model Files
• Chapter 6 Examples
  • Example 1 - Chemical Reactor
  • Example 2 - Exclusive OR
  • Example 3 - Polynomial
  • Example 4 - Neural Networks
  • Example 5 - Running ChaosHunter Models in NeuroShell Trader
  • Example 6 - A Chaotic Example
  • Example 7 - Running ChaosHunter Models in TradeStation
  • Example 8 - Find Input Relationships
  • Programming Examples
• Chapter 7 ChaosHunter Models in Other Programs
  • Decimal Display Settings
  • ChaosHunter with NeuroShell Trader
  • ChaosHunter and Pairs Trading
  • ChaosHunter Runtime Excel Add-In
    • Loading into Excel
    • Add-In Overview
    • Using Dialog Box
    • Using FireModel Function
  • ChaosHunter Runtime Server
    • Programmer's Notes
      • ChaosHunter Runtime Server Overview
    • ChaosHunter Runtime Server COM DLL
      • Overview
      • AllowedTradingPositions Property
      • BuyThreshold Property
      • Commission Property
      • Formula Property
      • InNames Property
      • IsTradingStrategy Property
      • IsTrueReversal Property
      • MissingValue Property
      • NumInputs Property
      • OutName Property
      • OpenNet Method
      • Predict Method
      • SellThreshold Property
      • Shares Property
      • SkipMissingInputData Property
  • ChaosHunter with TradeStation
    • TradeStation Example 1
    • TradeStation Neural Net Functions
    • TradeStation Example 2
    • TradeStation Math Function Equivalents
  • Technical Indicators in Other Trading Platforms
  • Other Trading Platforms
• Chapter 8 Distributed Processing
  • Distributed Processing
• Chapter 9 Historical Quotes Downloader
• Chapter 10 References
  • Technical References
  • File Names
  • Functions
  • Menu Icons
• Chapter 11 Troubleshooting Network Problems
• Chapter 12 Frequently Asked Questions
• Chapter 13 Changes from Previous Releases
  • Changes from Release 1 to 2
  • Changes from Release 2 to 2.1
  • Changes from Release 2.1 to 2.2
  • Changes from Release 2.2 to 2.3
  • Changes from Release 2.3 to 2.4
  • Changes from Release 2.4 to 3.0
  • Changes from Release 3.0 to 4.0
• Contact Ward Systems Group
• NeuroShell Trader
• NeuroShell Predictor