Achieving Success in Algorithmic Trading: The Importance of Precision and Robustness Testing

Whereas with the algorithmic trading, we have to be very, very precise regarding every, every rule. And in the beginning, it's exciting because you can code a rule, you see the backtest equity, and you think you have a, you have a winner. And it took me, it took me quite a while to figure out that the very core, the most important thing about any kind of automated trading is actually robustness testing procedures. And I had to burn my fingers a couple of times, and which ultimately was a good thing because it led to my very, very tough robustness testing protocol. I would say no more than 1% of strategies passed this robustness testing protocol. And that's where I ultimately made the leap and started to make money.