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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