1. Hold the left mouse button, and drag the separator to the left hand side or the right hand side.
   
2. Hold the left mouse button, and drag the separator to the right hand side.
   
3. Hold the left mouse button, and drag the separator to the left hand side.
   

1. Add a symbol to your portfolio, or edit the existing symbol in the portfolio.
   
2. To edit the existing symbol in the portfolio (in this case symbol QF1spot), right click the file and select ‘Edit File Settings’.
   
3. Click the ‘Advanced’ button, and check the ‘Invert’ box. Hit the ‘OK’ button to save the changes.
   
4. You’ll get the inverted data. (In this case we used SEK/USD and inverted to USD/SEK)

1. To create a basic portfolio, click the “Portfolio” menu at the top of your UA screen, and then click “Create new Portfolio”. A screen much like the example below displays.

   

2. The first thing you’ll do is name your new portfolio. Simply type a description or whatever nomenclature you prefer into the “Name” text box. (We used “Portfolio” in the example above). The default location is a directory whose name matches the portfolio name within the C:\UA\Files subdirectory.

   

3. The Selecting Data Series screen appears (this example is for Symbol C2, Cash contract, CSI File Format).
   In case you don’t know the symbol or csi number, click the “Markets” button (near to Symbols) to display a list for market selection.
4. Of special interest will be the Contract Selection tabs (Futures, IFG, Nth Nearest, Back-Adjusted, Gann, Cash, Option), which describe the available contracts.
   If you wish to learn more about the different choices, click here.
5. The File Format is also another important feature. You can export data into ASCII, Excel, CSIM, MetaStock and CSI file format.
   If you wish to learn more about the file format, click here.

   

6. Click ‘Yes’ to accept to build the hard disk files.
   You’ll find the created files (exported files) within the \UA\Files\ subdirectory.

   

7. You should be able to see your created portfolio, and also the created contract.
8. At the bottom of your UA chart is a pair of tabs offering “Chart” and “Table”. The default presentation is of a chart, but you can easily view a numerical table of the data on your screen by clicking the “Table” tab.

   

9. To add more symbols to an existing portfolio first open the “Select Portfolio” drop down menu and choose the portfolio.
10. Than click “Add File to Portfolio” in the Portfolio Manager panel, or click the “Add Market” button on the UA toolbar to get to the Selecting Data Series screen (step 3).

    

11. If you need further information about building a portfolio, or adding a symbol to your portfolio please refer to our online manual.

1. Find the market in the list.
2. Right click on the market name and choose ‘Properties’.
   
3. Click on the ‘Advanced’ tab.
   
4. Click ‘Edit Symbols’.
   
5. Change the symbol and click ‘Save’.
   
6. Click the ‘OK’ button.
   
7. Once all the symbols have been changed close VP and reopen it.
8. You should now have the new combined session data.

If you need further assistance, please call Market Technologies’ Technical Support at 813-973-3875

All the steps are vital for a clean reinstallation of Unfair Advantage.

1. Click the Windows ‘Start’ button and navigate to ‘Control Panel’.
   Click ‘Add or Remove Programs’ on Win XP, or ‘Programs and Features’ on Win Vista/7.
2. Select ‘CSI’s Unfair Advantage’ from the list and hit the ‘Remove’ button.
   

   Windows Vista/7 has the ‘Uninstall’ button above the list.
   

3. The uninstall process will start.
   After a few seconds you will get a ‘CSI Unfair Advantage Uninstall’ pop-up window.
   Check the ‘Delete Database Files’ box and click the ‘Yes’ button to proceed.
   
4. The process will continue to uninstall the software.
5. To backup your previous portfolios and settings proceed with this Step. If you do not want to back-up your portfolios proceed with Step 6.

   Navigate to the Windows ‘Start’ button and click ‘My Computer’ on Win XP, or ‘Computer’ on Win Vista/7.
   Click your local hard drive C:\ (or the drive you installed Unfair Advantage) and click the sub-folder ‘Archives’ (full path C:\ua\Archives).
   Right click the ‘portfile.adm’ file and choose ‘Copy’ from the menu.
   You can now choose any destination. Right click and choose ‘Paste’ from the menu.
   

6. To completely remove Unfair Advantage from you hard drive you will need to remove the C:\ua folder.
   Navigete to the Windows ‘Start’ button and click ‘My Computer’ on Win XP, or ‘Computer’ on Win Vista/7.
   Click your local hard drive C:\ (or the drive you installed Unfair Advantage), right click the ‘ua’ folder (full path C:\ua) and choose ‘Delete’ from the menu.
   
7. You successfully removed Unfair Advantage from your hard drive.

There are two ways of finding/inserting the Unfair Advantage User ID and User Number.

1. Click the icon “UA EzDownloader” on your desktop.
   [If you do not have the icon on your desktop click the START button | navigate to (ALL) PROGRAMS | choose the CSI Unfair Advantage folder | click UA EzDownloader].
   
2. Click the icon “Launch UA” on your desktop.
   [If you do not have the icon on your desktop click the START button | navigate to (ALL) PROGRAMS | choose the CSI Unfair Advantage folder | click Launch UA].

   Navigate to PREFERENCES along the top.
   Select ‘ACCOUNT’ from the list.
   

A new Firewall/Anti-Virus upgrade/installation could blocks Unfair Advantage’s from getting its updates.
If you are not able to configure your Firewall/Anti-Virus to work with Unfair Advantage, there is another way of getting the data.

1. Click ‘LAUNCH UA’ on your desktop.
2. Select ‘PREFERENCES’ from the main menu.
   
3. Select ‘DOWNLOAD PREFERENCES’ from the menu, and choose ‘BROWSER’ from the Download Method drop down menu.
4. Click the “OK” button.
   
5. Start a daily distribution by clicking the icon ‘DOWNLOAD DATA’.
   
6. Click the ‘OK’ button.
   
7. Click the ‘SAVE’ button.
   
8. Choose the Unfair Advantage folder (default C:\ua).
9. Click the ‘SAVE’ button.
   
10. After the download is complete return to the Unfair Advantage program and click the ‘OK’ button.
    
11. You should see Unfair Advantage updating the data.

1. Go to your Desktop and double click the icon “Launch UA”.
   
2. Select “PORTFOLIO” from the main menu bar.
3. Select “CREATE NEW PORTFOLIO” from the “PORTFOLIO” menu.
   
4. Type in a name for your portfolio (i.e. Spread) and click the “OK” button.
   
5. Choose your symbols (i.e C2 for Corn combined session, and W2 for Wheat combined session).
6. Select the tab “Back Adjusting” or “Nth Nearest” (i.e. Back Adjusting) and choose your settings.
7. Click the “OK” button.
   
8. Click the “YES” button to create the hard disk files.
   
9. Open each symbol as a chart.
   
10. Select “CHART” from the main menu.
11. Select “OVERLAY DATA CHART” from the “CHART” menu.
    
12. Select “CHART” from the main menu again.
13. Select “STUDY TOOLBAR” from the “CHART” menu.
14. Click the “ADD STUDY” button in the Study Toolbar window.
    
15. Select “SPREAD” from the drop down menu and click the “OK” button.
    
16. Drag the study over to the chart.
    

Unfortunately we don’t have a manual for the latest Unfair Advantage version.
But fortunately we didn’t change the Unfair Advantage core too much and matches the older Unfair Advantage version.
Some design changes were made in the newer version.

Please use the link below to get our online manual and learn more about our Unfair Advantage software.
http://csidata.com/custserv/onlinehelp/OnlineManual/

With the latest Unfair Advantage build .112 we introduce the Expiration Editor.
This will display the expiration if they exist in the factsheet. In case they don’t exist, use the Expiration Date Editor to calculate the expiration dates.

To be able to see the Expiration Editor you will need to enter the ‘Selecting Data Series’ window.
You can either create a new portfolio, or add/edit a symbol to receive the ‘Selecting Data Series’ screen.
Click the ‘Advanced’ button to expand the ‘Selecting Data Series’ window.

After typing in a symbol into the symbol field, you will be able to see the Expiry Dates.
In case the Expiry Dates field remains blank, than we don’t have expiration dates for that specific symbol.

Use the ‘Contract Expiry’ button to calculate the expiration dates.
Click the ‘Add’ button in the Contract Expiration Rules section and enter the information to calculate the expiration dates. Click the ‘OK’ button to save the changes.

The new symbol will appear in the list.
Also, you are able to add contract rolls to symbols in the Override Contract Roll by Date section.

Note: The Expiration Editor applies only to the C++ Back Adjuster. If you are using the FORTRAN Back Adjuster you will not be able to use the functions above. To change to the C++ Back Adjuster, select PORTFOLIO from the main menu, click EDIT PORTFOLIO settings, choose the portfolio you wish to convert to C++ and click the ‘OK’ button. Click the ‘Back Adjusting’ tab, and check the ‘Use only the C++ Back Adjuster’ box. Click the ‘OK’ button to save the changes.