One Year of Out-of-Sample Testing: Did the FVG Bot Survive?
I tested my Fair Value Gap bot on 4 quarters of data it had never seen. 3 out of 4 were profitable. Here are the exact numbers.
Backtesting
My Backtest Lied to Me. Here's How I Caught It
If your live bot doesn’t match your backtest, your backtest is fiction. Here’s the comparison tool I built and the bugs it caught.
Your Trading Bot Is Overfitting. Here's How to Prove It
Overfitting is the #1 killer of trading bots. Here’s a practical checklist to detect and prevent it, based on real experience.
The Backtest Looked Amazing. It Was Lying.
My momentum bot showed incredible returns in backtests. Then I learned about overfitting — the hard way.
Backtest vs Reality: Where Dreams Go to Die
My bot showed +500U in backtests. Live trading showed +200U. Here’s every gap I found and how I closed them.
Stop Trading Random Coins. Here's How My Bot Picks Winners
My bot doesn’t trade the same coins forever. Every 3 hours, it picks the best ones automatically. Here’s the algorithm.
I Optimized My Bot Until It Was Perfect. Then Reality Hit
Grid search found parameters that turned -82U into +343U. Here’s how I made sure it wasn’t just overfitting.