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Automate Trading with No Coding | Complete Guide
By Dave
/ August 16, 2022
Automate Trading with No Coding | Complete Guide Can you automate your trading? Yes, you can automate your trading! In...
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Stop Losses | Complete Guide and Test Results Reveal
By Dave
/ August 9, 2022
Stop Losses | Complete Guide and Test Results Reveal What is a Stop Loss? A stop loss is an order...
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Out of Sample Testing for Robust Algorithmic Trading Strategies
By Dave
/ August 9, 2022
Out of Sample Testing for Robust Algorithmic Trading Strategies Why Do Automated Trading Strategies Fail? In my decade-plus of professional...
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Algorithmic Trading | Complete Guide for Beginner Algo Traders
By Dave
/ August 9, 2022
Algorithmic Trading | Complete Guide for Beginner Algo Traders What is Algorithmic Trading? Algorithmic trading is the act of placing...
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Robustness Tests and Checks for Algorithmic Trading Strategies | Complete Guide
By Dave
/ August 9, 2022
Robustness Tests and Checks for Algorithmic Trading Strategies What is a Robust Trading Strategy? A robust trading strategy can withstand...
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Edge in Trading | Professional Guide to Trading Edges
By Dave
/ August 9, 2022
Edge in Trading | Professional Guide to Trading Edges What does EDGE in trading mean? In financial markets, trading edge...
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Monte Carlo Simulation | Complete Guide for Algorithmic Trading with Free Simulator
By Dave
/ August 9, 2022
Monte Carlo Simulation | Complete Guide for Algorithmic Trading with Free Simulator What is Monte Carlo Simulation? Monte Carlo Simulation...
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Backtesting Trading Strategies – Everything you need to know
By Dave
/ August 9, 2022
Backtesting Trading Strategies | Everything You Need to Know What is Backtesting? Backtesting is applying a trading strategy on historical...
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How To Create Automated Trading System In Excel, Python, and Build Alpha
By Dave
/ September 5, 2020
How to Build an Automated Trading SystemIn Excel, Python, and Build Alpha It is no secret that many traders fail...
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Intraday Edge: Find strategies backwards
By Dave
/ June 1, 2020
Intraday Edge: Find strategies backwards A large consideration of developing trading systems should be how efficient our capital is working...
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Noise Test Parameter Optimization
By Dave
/ May 19, 2020
Noise Test Parameter Optimization In short, this is a new feature that allows us to optimize strategies across noise adjusted...
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Testing Across Markets, Trigger Signals, and Signal Breakdowns
By Dave
/ March 22, 2019
Testing Across Markets, Trigger Signals, Signal Breakdown [New Update] I wanted to give this latest version of BuildAlpha its own blog post...
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Ensemble Strategies
By Dave
/ November 7, 2018
Ensemble Strategies [Reduce Overfitting By Combining Strategies] “In statistics and machine learning, ensemble methods use multiple learning algorithms (trading strategies...
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A Strategy For Each Day of the Week [Seriously?]
By Dave
/ April 6, 2018
A Strategy For Each Day of the Week [Seriously?] A different strategy for each day of the week? Sounds crazy,...
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Three Trading “Truths” Quantified
By Dave
/ March 13, 2018
Three Trading "Truths" Quantified I want to discuss three trading “truths” that I often heard but when I finally got...
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Using Python in Build Alpha [Creating Custom Signals]
By Dave
/ December 14, 2017
Using Python in Build Alpha [Creating Custom Signals] Build Alpha and PythonAs 2017 comes to an end, I want to...
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Mean Variance Optimization [Portfolio Construction]
By Dave
/ December 6, 2017
Mean Variance Optimization [Portfolio Construction] What is Mean Variance Optimization?Here is the definition from Investopedia.com: “Mean – Variance analysis is the process...
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Free Friday #20 – Time Windows
By Dave
/ September 7, 2017
Free Friday #20 – Time Windows There has been a recent popularity regarding time windows and it is one I...
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Intraday Checks and Hidden Edges
By Dave
/ September 6, 2017
Intraday Checks and Hidden Edges What is an intraday check? It is a phrase I am trying to coin, but...
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