Backtesting Frameworks
Build robust, production-grade backtesting systems that avoid common pitfalls and produce reliable strategy performance estimates.
Use this skill when
- •Developing trading strategy backtests
- •Building backtesting infrastructure
- •Validating strategy performance and robustness
- •Avoiding common backtesting biases
- •Implementing walk-forward analysis
Do not use this skill when
- •You need live trading execution or investment advice
- •Historical data quality is unknown or incomplete
- •The task is only a quick performance summary
Instructions
- •Define hypothesis, universe, timeframe, and evaluation criteria.
- •Build point-in-time data pipelines and realistic cost models.
- •Implement event-driven simulation and execution logic.
- •Use train/validation/test splits and walk-forward testing.
- •If detailed examples are required, open
resources/implementation-playbook.md.
Safety
- •Do not present backtests as guarantees of future performance.
- •Avoid providing financial or investment advice.
Resources
- •
resources/implementation-playbook.mdfor detailed patterns and examples.