CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO RULE 30A-2(B) UNDER THE 1940 ACT AND SECTION
                         906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT

I, James D. Dondero, Chief Executive Officer of Highland Floating Rate Advantage
Fund (the "Registrant"), certify that:

         1.     The Form N-CSR of the Registrant  (the "Report")  fully complies
                with  the   requirements  of  Section  13(a)  or  15(d)  of  the
                Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended; and

         2.     The information  contained in the Report fairly presents, in all
                material  respects,  the  financial  condition  and  results  of
                operations of the Registrant.

Date:  October 31, 2007            /S/ JAMES D. DONDERO
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                                  James D. Dondero, Chief Executive Officer
                                  (principal executive officer)

I, M. Jason  Blackburn,  Chief  Financial  Officer  of  Highland  Floating  Rate
Advantage Fund (the "Registrant"), certify that:

         1.     The Form N-CSR of the Registrant  (the "Report")  fully complies
                with  the   requirements  of  Section  13(a)  or  15(d)  of  the
                Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended; and

         2.     The information  contained in the Report fairly presents, in all
                material  respects,  the  financial  condition  and  results  of
                operations of the Registrant.

Date:   October 31, 2007          /S/ M. JASON BLACKBURN
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                                  M. Jason Blackburn, Chief Financial Officer
                                 (principal financial officer)