backtesting-frameworkslisted
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# Backtesting Frameworks
Build robust, production-grade backtesting systems that avoid common pitfalls and produce reliable strategy performance estimates.
## When to Use This Skill
- Developing trading strategy backtests
- Building backtesting infrastructure
- Validating strategy performance
- Avoiding common backtesting biases
- Implementing walk-forward analysis
- Comparing strategy alternatives
## Core Concepts
### 1. Backtesting Biases
| Bias | Description | Mitigation |
| ---------------- | ------------------------- | ----------------------- |
| **Look-ahead** | Using future information | Point-in-time data |
| **Survivorship** | Only testing on survivors | Use delisted securities |
| **Overfitting** | Curve-fitting to history | Out-of-sample testing |
| **Selection** | Cherry-picking strategies | Pre-registration |
| **Transaction** | Ignoring trading costs | Realistic cost models |
### 2. Proper Backtest Structure
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Historical Data
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┌─────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ Training Set │
│ (Strategy Development & Optimization) │
└─────────────────────────────────────────┘
│
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���─────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ Validation Set │
│ (Parameter Selection, No Peeking) │
└─────────────────────────────────────────┘
│
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┌─────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ Test Se