BBacktesting My Unique Backtesting ProcessMarch 13, 2024 When I first started backtesting, I set out to improve upon a strategy I was already trading manually.…
BBacktesting Using Excel to Improve Your Trading StrategyMarch 6, 2024 One of the most valuable things I do with traders I coach is give them simple rules to…
BBacktesting The Biggest Time Saver in Developing Trading StrategiesFebruary 25, 2024 First, a story about my history as a coder. When I began writing code in the late 90s,…
BBacktesting I Threw Away My First Profitable Strategy – Here’s WhyFebruary 19, 2024 The first strategy I traded was a gap strategy and a continuation play. Gap up? Look to get…
BBacktesting Why I Started BacktestingFebruary 14, 2024 I began serious trading in 2005. My first strategy was purely manual and an imitation of what a…
BBacktesting Why I Backtest Without StopsJanuary 24, 2024 First, look at these two charts each with a trade plotted on each: Both of these trades were…
BBacktesting Choosing a Backtesting PlatformJuly 26, 2023 A trader on Twitter posts a chart with a winning trade along with arrows for their entry and…
BBacktesting The Day I Almost Quit TradingJanuary 7, 2024 It wasn’t a single day, it was more like a week of wondering if I should quit trading.…
BBacktesting You’re Probably Backtesting WrongAugust 10, 2023 I’ve worked with a lot of traders over the years, many of whom are quite smart and able…
Read More TTrading How to Handle Outliers in Your BacktestJuly 8, 2023 Outliers are a tricky problem with backtesting. It’s not uncommon to see a backtest consisting of nice, consistent…