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ATA presents: The Essence of Backtesting workshop, with an extended Q&A session.

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 Doron Whitman, Algorithmic Traders Association, Founder

 Tuesday, April 28, 2015

Folks, You are invited to join us for a special workshop on the Essence of Backtesting. Presenter: Dr. Alex Krishtop, Director of Education, ATA Date: Wednesday, April 29 at 7AM EDT Event Link: http://www.atassn.com/events/BacktestingEUR DECK: Backtesting is one of the cornerstones of systematic trading, and at the same time it is possibly the most incorrectly understood and interpreted part of it. It is impossible to cover all important aspects of backtesting in just one webinar and we will hold a series of webinars dedicated to only this important part of systematic trading. As the name implies, backtesting is most often considered as just simulated trades placed on past data. That’s why many antagonists of systematic trading in general and backtesting in particular often say that backtesting is useless: it is unable to tell us anything about future. However although formally this is correct, it is only the interpretation of the results that makes backtesting meaningful or useless. In this webinar which opens the series of webinars dedicated to backtesting you will learn why backtesting if interpreted properly is still the only way to judge whether a trading system is capable of making gains in the future. This session will include an extended Q&A session where no questions go unanswered. Have a great day trading! Doron Whitman Algorithmic Traders Association, Founder Trader Assistance | Training | Growth _________________________________________ Hope is not a profitable trading strategy. Discover endless new trading strategies with CAT® Certification, visit http://www.atassn.com/classes


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3 comments on article "ATA presents: The Essence of Backtesting workshop, with an extended Q&A session."

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 Barry Ziskin, Owner, Ziskin Asset Management Inc.; visionary entrepreneur and investor

 Tuesday, April 28, 2015



Great stuff.


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 Sacha Sardo Infirri, Senior Quantitative Researcher at Prediction Company

 Wednesday, April 29, 2015



interesting but 7am EDT is too early for us on the west coast


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 Andres Diana, Managing Director - SeedInvest Los Angeles

 Wednesday, April 29, 2015



Doron,

Will this be recorded? 7am EST is 4am for us folks on the west coast. :)

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