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Honest backtesting, in plain English
Guides on building trading strategies without code, pressure-testing them properly, and reading the numbers honestly — for forex, stocks and crypto.
Why most backtests lie (and how to spot a curve-fit strategy)
The seven ways a backtest flatters you — overfitting, look-ahead bias, ignored costs, p-hacking and more — plus how to pressure-test an idea before it costs you.
What is the Probabilistic Sharpe Ratio?
PSR turns a Sharpe ratio into a probability your edge is real — weighing sample size, skew and fat tails. Plus the Deflated Sharpe Ratio, in plain English.
How to backtest a trading strategy without coding
A practical, eight-step walkthrough: pick a market, wire your logic, turn on real costs, run it, pressure-test it, and export to TradingView or MT5.
TradingView Pine vs no-code backtesting
What Pine does brilliantly, where it gets in the way for non-coders, and why exporting to Pine means you might not have to choose at all.