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Strategy Backtesting
Validate trading edges using rigorous historical backtesting, walk-forward testing, and overfitting prevention.
Core Learning Objectives
- Understand the methodology of manual versus automated backtesting.
- Recognize sample size significance (minimum 100-200 trades across multiple market regimes).
- Avoid curve-fitting (overfitting) and survivorship bias.
Lesson 27 Overview
<p><strong>Backtesting</strong> is the process of applying your trading rules to historical market data to verify whether the strategy possessed a genuine mathematical edge.</p>
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