Indices · Building an index strategy · lesson 8 of 9 · 8 min read · David Alexander
Backtesting an index strategy without fooling yourself
backtest
Applying a rule to historical data to see what it would have done. On an index the data itself is the first problem: the series is spliced, session-bounded, dividend-adjusted or not, and each of those quietly changes the answer before any question of method arises.
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