Academy12 lessons
Learn to validate an edge by running it.
The fastest way to learn quant backtesting is to break things. Every lesson teaches one idea in a few minutes, then hands you a real strategy in plain English: open it in the terminal, read the exact parsed rules, run it on three years of real history, and change something.
New here? Start with lesson one
12 lessons across 3 tracks. Each teaches one idea, then hands you a runnable backtest: open it, read the parsed rules, run it, and tweak.
Track 01
Foundations
From a plain English sentence to a running backtest. Start here if you've never built a strategy. You'll learn how the engine reads your rules and how the pieces fit.
Your first strategy
How a plain English sentence becomes a backtest
Open lessonReading the parsed rules
Why there are no hidden AI decisions
Open lessonIndicators & signals
The building blocks: trend, momentum, and bands
Open lessonEntries, exits & stops
Every strategy needs a way in and a way out
Open lessonTrack 02
Validation
A great backtest can be a lie. Learn the checks that separate a real edge from a curve fit fluke: out of sample, walk forward, Monte Carlo, and the Deflated Sharpe.
The overfitting trap
Why a great backtest can be a lie
Open lessonOut of sample is the real test
Holding data back to catch curve fitting
Open lessonMonte Carlo & robustness
How much of your result is luck?
Open lessonDeflated Sharpe & the multiple testing tax
Why trying 100 ideas inflates the best one
Open lessonTrack 03
Risk & Execution
Sizing, stops and costs decide whether an edge survives contact with a real account. Learn to think in R, place stops that fit volatility, and model the friction of real fills.
Position sizing & risk per trade
How much to bet is bigger than what to bet on
Open lessonStops, targets & R multiples
Thinking in R instead of dollars
Open lessonConfirm across timeframes
Higher timeframe context filters bad trades
Open lessonExecution realism
The gap between a backtest and a real account
Open lessonReading a result
What the grade means, what each honesty flag obliges you to say, and the order to say it in.
Glossary
Every key term, from Deflated Sharpe and walk forward to ATR stop, defined and searchable.