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Why old test results can flatter a strategy

Avoid using information from the future when testing with earnings, company data and index lists.

Module 6 of 26, Market mood, the day’s average price, and fair tests. Lesson 3 of 6, about 18 minutes.

The takeaway

A clean stock test is a “what did we know, and when” problem before it is a signal problem.

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