Trading Insights & Market Analysis
Expert analysis, trading strategies, and market updates to help you make informed trading decisions.
From Retail to Quant: An On-Ramp to Systematic Trading
A practical on-ramp for discretionary traders moving toward systematic methods: the skills, tools, mindset shifts, and concrete first steps to make the leap.
Backtesting a Breakout Bot the Right Way
A rigorous, step-by-step approach to backtesting a breakout strategy: data quality, realistic slippage and commissions, in-sample and out-of-sample splits, and robustness testing.
Automating Your First Strategy: From Idea to Backtest
Turn a discretionary trading idea into rules, code, and a credible backtest. A step-by-step guide covering rule definition, config, overfitting and look-ahead pitfalls, and forward testing.
Backtesting Strategies: How to Validate Your Trading Ideas
Before risking real capital, smart traders test their strategies. Learn proper backtesting methodology to avoid curve-fitting traps.