The Key to Backtesting: Your Library of Columns

23.6.2025

Line Your Own Pockets

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The second episode in our series on creating profitable strategies using backtesting.

We review:

How most traders backtest the wrong way
How to add columns to your backtest
What columns make the most sense
How your "library of columns" gets more and more valuable over time

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Line Your Own Pockets

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