Free module · Foundations
Fund Lab Orientation
A research-to-operations curriculum for building and evaluating a hypothetical investment fund. Start with the mandate and an honest performance record.
your first backtest
The building blocks
A fund is a repeatable process for making and checking investment decisions. Its strategy is only one part of that process.
- Describe a decision and its economic reason
- Separate evidence, risk and execution
- Build an auditable research record
Lessons in this module
Practice and apply
- Trade-list statistics by hand — Ten trade P&Ls ($): +120, −80, +200, −60, −90, +150, −70, +40, −110, +180
Work through the practice exercises · Quant development tools