Expériences honnêtes

Stratégies quantitatives et backtest honnête : ce que nous avons testé et qui n'a pas marché, avec les chiffres. Publier les résultats null fait partie de la marque.

Publié le 2026-06-25

The truth about Binance grid bots

We backtested the most popular grid bots on real history. They win sideways, sink in the crash, and the 7-day drawdown hides the risk. The numbers, unvarnished.

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Publié le 2026-06-24

Paste any Binance bot and we'll tell you the truth

New free tool: paste any Binance grid bot's URL and we backtest it on the fly over real history, no make-up.

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Publié le 2026-06-23

What we have today (and what we don't): an honest status

No smoke: what's built and working, what's in forward validation, and what doesn't exist yet.

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Publié le 2026-06-22

Why your backtest lies: survivorship bias

If you test your strategy only on the companies still in the index today, you measure a return that never existed.

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Publié le 2026-06-20

We tested news sentiment. It doesn't predict the market.

Catalyst-news sentiment measured live: indistinguishable from zero (and, with cost, negative). The numbers, unvarnished.

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Publié le 2026-06-18

Cost: the wall that knocks down most short-term signals

Many strategies win gross and lose net. Over short horizons, fees and spread eat the edge.

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Publié le 2026-06-16

What an honest verdict is: why a high Sharpe isn't enough

Date-clustered bootstrap, PSR and percentage of positive years. How we decide if a strategy truly beats chance.

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Publié le 2026-06-14

Overfitting: how a thousand variants fool you without noticing

Try enough combinations and one will look like gold by pure chance. Here's how we control overfitting.

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Publié le 2026-06-12

Horizon matters: why the edge lives at a month, not intraday

We tested from 1 minute to several months. The sweet spot with real edge is 1–3 months, not the short term.

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Publié le 2026-06-10

Stock ranking vs. market timing: what really works

Guessing when the market rises or falls came out null again and again. Ranking which stocks to hold did not.

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Publié le 2026-06-08

When long-only beats long/short (and why)

Shorting doesn't always add: it has borrow cost and, in certain regimes, losing on the short leg destroys the result.

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Publié le 2026-06-06

Market regime: sometimes the best trade is to sit out

A regime filter that keeps you in cash at the wrong moment can be worth more than any selection signal.

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Publié le 2026-06-04

Academic backing vs. promises: telling signal from marketing

A credible edge usually has peer-reviewed literature behind it. If it only has a pretty chart, be skeptical.

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