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2026-10-12 issue

Observed arrival · 2026-10-12

Strategy Analyzer asks when a backtest fails

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Editorial interest 74/100 Selection signal · not a rating of the site

An interactive strategy tester compares a strategy with a benchmark and examines the market conditions around its results.

Landing page captured for the 2026-10-12 issue.
For
People comparing investment strategies with a benchmark
Worth noticing
The page flags a t-stat of 3 or more as the bar for results selected from many candidates.

Field notes

The analysis distinguishes benchmark-relative performance from alpha, which it describes as yearly return adjusted for market exposure using regression. It also lists Newey-West t-statistics and warns that a t-stat of 3 or more is the bar for a result selected from many candidates. The leaderboard is described as ranking each strategy at its default settings.

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