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Your first test
- At the end
- You can run a test on past prices and say what its result means.
- How long
- 7 short steps, about 4 minutes to read.
- The time is the steps' 708 words at 200 words a minute. The walkthroughs and questions are extra.
What a test is, how to run one, and how to read what comes back.
It is the short way in for someone who has never traded.
The steps
0 of 7 done
- What a backtest is: Not done yet
- Test your first idea: Not done yet
- Read your result: Not done yet
- The worst fall: Not done yet
- Could it be luck?: Not done yet
- Track it with pretend money: Not done yet
- Later: a practice broker account: Not done yetLater
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Go deeper
Longer pages to read, and guided tasks you do inside the product.
About 7 minutes to read. 7 steps to do in the product.
The reading time is 1,475 words at 200 words a minute. Nobody has timed the steps, so they are counted and not timed.
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- Read it
Read
Start here: five ideas, from zero
What a share is, what a fund is, and three more ideas a result leans on.
About 4 minutes to read.
- Do it with me
Do
Run your first test
3 steps, in the product.
- Do it with me
Do
Read your result
4 steps, in the product.
- Read it
Read
Worst fall (max drawdown)
The biggest drop from a high point to the low that followed.
About 2 minutes to read.
A test describes the past. It is not a forecast and it is not advice.