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Most platforms that run automated back testing and trading systems have extensive reporting capabilities to analyze performance. In these reports the software developers have included seemingly every possible statistical metric they could find. Reading these line by line quickly becomes information overload and can often leave the systems developer with more questions than answers.<\/p>\n

So we have narrowed down the seven fundamental factors to consider when analyzing a quantitative trading strategy. We have placed these in the order that we feel is most important.<\/p>\n

There will be seven additional articles that break each of these down in more detail. To receive notification when these are posted, please send me an email at: afalde@smbcap.com.<\/p>\n

\"Seven<\/a><\/p>\n

Andrew Falde<\/p>\n

No relevant positions<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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