Backtestd / Trading from Zero

Trading from Zero

Learn trading from zero

32 short episodes, from reading one candle to testing a strategy yourself. One idea per episode, on a real chart, with one number we measured on real data.

A. Read a chart

  1. 01 · What does one candle really tell you?
  2. 02 · Why does the same chart look calm in days and wild in 15 minutes?
  3. 03 · What is a trend, really? · Coming soon
  4. 04 · Do support and resistance hold? · Coming soon
  5. 05 · What does volume tell you? · Coming soon
  6. 06 · How far does price move in a normal day? · Coming soon

B. Build a rule

  1. 07 · What is a trading strategy? · Coming soon
  2. 08 · What is a stop loss, and why put it before you enter? · Coming soon
  3. 09 · What is R, the unit every trader should count in? · Coming soon
  4. 10 · How much should one trade risk? · Coming soon
  5. 11 · Take profit or let it run? · Coming soon
  6. 12 · Can you make money when prices fall? · Coming soon
  7. 13 · What is a moving average, and is it magic? · Coming soon

C. Test it

  1. 14 · What is a backtest? · Coming soon
  2. 15 · How much do fees really cost? · Coming soon
  3. 16 · Is a 70% win rate good? · Coming soon
  4. 17 · What is drawdown, and could you live through it? · Coming soon
  5. 18 · How many trades before you can trust a result? · Coming soon
  6. 19 · Why does the best backtest lie? · Coming soon
  7. 20 · What is look-ahead bias? · Coming soon
  8. 21 · Why test on data you did not use? · Coming soon

D. Compare honestly

  1. 22 · Did the strategy beat just holding? · Coming soon
  2. 23 · Was it skill, or a bull market? · Coming soon
  3. 24 · Could a monkey do it? · Coming soon
  4. 25 · Does it still work if you change one setting? · Coming soon
  5. 26 · Why the coins that died matter · Coming soon
  6. 27 · What is a confirmation test, and why only once? · Coming soon

E. Go live

  1. 28 · What is the risk of ruin? · Coming soon
  2. 29 · Why doubling down feels great until it doesn't · Coming soon
  3. 30 · What do leverage and funding cost you? · Coming soon
  4. 31 · Why live results are worse than the backtest · Coming soon
  5. 32 · Your 7-question checklist before you trust any strategy · Coming soon

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