# Quick Start Guide Welcome to MotiveWave™, your powerful and intuitive desktop application for analyzing and trading the markets. Whether you're a seasoned professional or a first-time user, this Quick Start Guide will help you get started with MotiveWave™ and make the most of its features. ### MotiveWave Editions™ If you are currently working with the trial version of MotiveWave™ (available from our website), then you most likely have the Ultimate Edition of MotiveWave™. This edition includes all of our features and functionality (Note: excludes partner modules and studies). If you are currently on a trial and you would like to try a specific edition, please contact . There are several editions of MotiveWave™ available to address the different needs and budgets of traders and market analysts. Detailed information on these editions and the functionality that they provide can be found on our website: * **Ultimate Edition** – This edition includes all of our features and is recommended if you are a professional trader and you are using advanced features such as Elliott Wave, Gann or Gartley. It includes all the functionality of the Professional Edition. * **Professional Edition** – This is for professional traders that do not used advanced features such as Elliott Wave, Gann or Gartley. It includes support for strategy backtesting and optimization. It includes all the functionality of the Order Flow Edition. * **Order Flow Edition** – This includes everything from the Standard Edition and adds the Order Flow Pack and the advanced DOM. * **Elliott Wave Lite Edition** – This is the Standard Edition plus all Elliott Wave functionality except for the Elliott Wave scanner. * **Standard Edition** – This standard-level edition contains a full set of studies (excluding the order flow pack) and essential tools for doing analysis. * **Community Edition -** This free edition is available for anyone with an expired trial. Placing trades is not supported in this edition. This edition is supported via the MotiveWave Forum: ### System Requirements The following are necessary for MotiveWave™ to function properly on your computer: #### Supported Operating Systems (64 bit only) : * Microsoft Windows 7 or higher, * macOS 10.12.6 (Sierra) or higher * Debian based distro (Ubuntu, Kubuntu, Mint, etc), #### Hardware Requirements: * Graphics card with minimum 512MB memory 4 GB system memory (8 GB recommended) * 1 GB free disk space (more for storing historical/tick data) * 4+ core CPU such as Intel i5 / i7 or AMD Ryzen 5 / 7 * Apple silicon M series chip --- # Agent Instructions: Querying This Documentation If you need additional information that is not directly available in this page, you can query the documentation dynamically by asking a question. Perform an HTTP GET request on the current page URL with the `ask` query parameter: ``` GET https://docs.motivewave.com/user-guide/quick-start-guide.md?ask= ``` The question should be specific, self-contained, and written in natural language. The response will contain a direct answer to the question and relevant excerpts and sources from the documentation. Use this mechanism when the answer is not explicitly present in the current page, you need clarification or additional context, or you want to retrieve related documentation sections.