Tutorials
Three articles and you can read every number on a backtest panel
These read best in order: first understand what trend following is doing, then compute the stop by hand, then learn to judge whether a set of backtest results deserves belief. About 20 minutes for all three.
- 1Part 1Start here
Trend Following in Five Minutes
Do not predict direction — react to price movement that has already happened. One chart and three questions cover the whole idea.
5 min readBeginnerTrend FollowingTrading Rules - 2Part 2
The Chandelier Exit, Step by Step
One seven-day table works through ATR, the stop line, and the ratchet rule one row at a time. After this you can recompute any exit in your own backtest by hand.
7 min readBeginnerChandelier ExitATR - 3Part 3
How to Read a Backtest, Metric by Metric
A walk across the results panel — what each metric means, what counts as good, and when it will mislead you. Ends with a checklist you can use right after every run.
8 min readBeginnerBacktestingMetrics
After this
The Research section goes deeper, including the common traps in backtesting and how data conventions change your results.
Research →Read and run at the same time
Every example in these tutorials can be verified in the backtest tool right away, with no account.