How To Backtest Successfully

Thanks for purchasing our backtesting course (for beginners)! We have put together a short course to get you started with backtesting.

It’s not easy making money in the markets. However, we believe the best way to progress is to start backtesting. It’s a way of learning by trial and error where you can constantly evolve and find out where you go wrong (or right) and change direction in due course.

Do you have an idea of how to make money? Make a backtest and find out! If you have an idea that has not worked in the past you can safely skip it and move on to a better idea.

In this short course, we teach you how you can get started and hopefully make money right off the bat!

If you have feedback or comments, don’t hesitate to contact us at oddmund at quantifiedstrategies dot com. We love hearing the good, the bad, and the ugly.

Let’s go straight to our first lesson!

Disclaimer

Quantified Strategies (SIA Lofjord) is not an investment advisor. The content and information provided are educational and should not be treated as financial advisory services or investment advice. Trading and investment in securities involve substantial risk of loss and is not recommended for anyone that is not a trained trader or investor – it shall be conducted at your own risk. It is recommended that you never risk more than you are willing to lose. Leverage can lead to substantial losses. Any use of leverage, margin, or shorting is at your discretion. Quantified Strategies (SIA Lofjord) is not responsible for any losses that occur as a result of its content and information. Always use a demo account for many months before you do live trading. Trading requires hard and systematic work – there is no easy money, and markets change all the time. And remember: always trade smaller position sizes than you’d like to.

Hypothetical or simulated performance results have certain limitations. Unlike an actual performance record, simulated results do not represent actual trading. Commissions and slippage are not included. Also, Since the trades have not been executed, the results may have under or overcompensated for the impact, if any, of certain market factors, such as lack of liquidity. Simulated trading programs, in general, are also subject to the fact that they are designed with the benefit of hindsight. No representations are made that any account will or is likely to achieve profit or losses similar to those shown.