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Beware of These Backtests [Premium Insights]

There are some tricks people employ to create impressive backtests results beyond optimizing and over-fitting. There is a simple test for backtests in the equities markets to determine whether impressive results are due to an overfit. Strategies that show large alpha in backtests probably employ some tricks. Access to article requires Premium Insights subscription . . .