LEARNING PATH 05
Research before you react
Leave predictions behind. Learn to test an idea.
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- 01Research & risk↗
Research is not prediction: learn to ask a testable question
Turn a market opinion into a rule, a dataset and a condition that could prove it wrong.
- 02Research & risk↗
Paper trading: useful practice with important limits
Learn a decision process without mistaking simulation for real execution.
- 03Research & risk↗
Backtesting basics: rules, data and a fair benchmark
Understand the ingredients of a historical simulation before reading its return chart.
- 04Research & risk↗
Overfitting: why the best historical strategy may be the least useful
Keep track of how many ideas you tried before celebrating the winning result.
- 05Research & risk↗
Fees and slippage can change a backtest’s conclusion
Make costs visible before evaluating whether a trading rule adds value.
- 06StonkBuilder guides↗
SuperQuant: prepare your first research question
Follow the public observe, define, test, practice and review method without treating it as live trading.
Read each guide, then answer its checkpoint to record progress. This is a learning record, not a financial-readiness certificate.
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