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We help You to build strong algorithmic trading strategies. We give you: š Algorithmic Trading Strategies š Research Backtests from Institutional & Academical Papers š° Build a thriving trading around your passions and interests
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This Bitcoin Strategy Turned $100,000 Into $2.3 Million (RealTest Script + Rules Included)
Two crashes since 2018. Holding Bitcoin fell 81% and ended at $560,000. This rule fell 58% and ended with four times as much.
Two people bought $100,000 of Bitcoin in January 2018.
I Tested 4 Famous Trend-Following Market Edges: Strategies against SPY
2 ended just under SPY. 2 beat it by more than $45,000. Same 26 years, costs included.
Hey, This week I took 4 trend-following strategies from well-known papers and ran each one against SPY, with costs in.
I tried to break my turtle max growth trading strategy 6 ways
This week Iād like to share something a bit different with you.
Turtle Strategy.
2000 to July 2026
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17.4% a year
SPY made 8.1% -
20.9% worst drawdown
SPY lost 55.2%
Iāve traded it live since 17 Mar 2026, the shortest record...
How To Turn an Idea Into an Algorithmic Trading Strategy in 4 Hours
A practical way to move from āthis strategy looks interestingā to āthis strategy is worth testing.ā
āI can backtest thatā is the most expensive sentence in systematic trading.
How This Bond Strategy Turned $100,000 Into $273,170 Without Stocks
I backtested 19 years of monthly bond rotations to see if you can beat inflation without touching a single stock. Here is the playbook and RealTest script:
A monthly strategy using four bond funds returned 5.64% a year in a backtest from 2...
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