Backtesting and Data Mining are techniques that are influential and worthy if we use them in the approved manner, however traders often exploit them. Therefore, we’ll also explore two common pitfalls of these techniques, known as the multiple hypothesis problem and overfitting and how to overcome these pitfalls. Backtesting is just the procedure of using [...]
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Technical Analysis: What you need to know before you start charting
June 25, 2009 – 11:15 am
Technical analysis is the study of price data and statistical indicators that are created by market movement. Market activity demonstrates the course of supply and demand. This supply and demand is an indication of ideas and opinions translated into human behavior and exclusively, herd mentality. Therefore, technical analysts would squabble, price patterns and indicator signals [...]
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