Beginner6 lessons · ~4h
Quantitative Trading 101
What systematic trading actually is, why it beats discretionary in the long run, and how to think like a quant. No math PhD required.
- What edge really means
- Why discretionary fails at scale
- Your first hypothesis
- Backtest basics and common mistakes
Intermediate8 lessons · ~5h
Backtesting Done Right
The most important skill in systematic trading. IS/OOS methodology, walk-forward testing, avoiding look-ahead bias, and recognizing overfitting before it burns you in production.
- In-sample vs. out-of-sample
- Walk-forward validation
- Look-ahead and survivorship bias
- Statistical significance: t-stat and p-values
- Monte Carlo stress testing
Intermediate5 lessons · ~3hComing soon
From Backtest to Production
Your backtest passes all the checks — now what? Order execution, slippage modeling, position sizing, and building the infrastructure to run a strategy 24/7.
- Execution basics
- Slippage and market impact
- Position sizing: Kelly and risk parity
- Monitoring a live strategy
Advanced7 lessons · ~6hComing soon
Reading Market Regimes
Strategies don't work in all market conditions. Learn to detect regimes using Hidden Markov Models, volatility clustering, and trend indicators — and build strategies that adapt.
- What is a market regime?
- HMM: theory and implementation
- Volatility regimes
- Building regime-aware strategies
- Adaptive position sizing