Helicopter Parenting
If you have kids, you know the kind of parent I’m talking about. They’re overly involved. Making sure…
The First Thing To Do With Any Backtest Software
You’ve just gotten access to a powerful backtesting engine like Amibroker, RealTest, or Trade-Ideas. You can’t wait to…
Brute Force Optimizations
Here’s a question from Matt H. (name used with permission): Matt H. How do you optimize things like…
Optimizing Time of Day Across Multiple Signals
Long-time list member Fabrizio A. sent me this question (name used with permission): Fabrizio A. Trade-Ideas backtest results present…
Less Precision to Avoid Curve Fitting?
Another question from Hanns K. about the Strategy Cruncher and adding filters to your strategy to make more…
Optimizing on Time of Day
Here’s a question from Hanns K. (name used with permission) about optimizing based on time of day. Hanns…
Trading Goals
Do you have a goal to be the best trader in the world? Or to make enough money…
Fold or Raise Situations
As many of you know, I’m a poker enthusiast. In Texas Hold’em, when facing a raise and it’s…
Out of Sample Performance
The last question from Chris B. (name used with permission), who’s using the Strategy Cruncher to create an…
Constrain Yourself
“The right constraints can lead to your very best work.” – Austin Kleon That’s a quote I love…