Introduction
We offer you tools which you can use to apply some of the models covered by the tutorials. These tools are fully automated, requiring you to only change few parameters and click buttons. The testing of the code behind the implementation is also automated and it is done visibly on the interface. You will be able to run the testing yourself so this serves as an extra reassurance.
The tools encompass two separate implementations but the backend Python code is the same. The first one is a proprietary web-based platform that is offered free of charge and can only be accessed online through the website. The other one is a proprietary Excel spreadsheet, which can be downloaded for a small fee and explored from your own device. The spreadsheet offers slightly more functionality than the platform; however, the functionality that both tools have in common is an exact replication of one another, which can serve as an extra code validation. This means that given the same parameters, the results returned by either tool have to be equivalent to those returned by the other. You can find out about each implementation in the below sections.
Platform
The platform can be accessed through the website and you can only work with it online. It relies on custom-built Javascript and CSS code to build the interface that you work with. The calculation is primarily reliant on the backend Python code; however, some of it is done using Javascript code that aims to replicate what VBA in the spreadsheet does.
Spreadsheet
The spreadsheet can only be accessed through the website too and, more specifically, through the platform. However, it can be bought and downloaded on your device. It is built in Excel supported by custom-built, proprietary VBA code. Similarly to the platform, the calculation is primarily reliant on the backend Python code.
FAQs
Do you have a question on the tools, their implementations and the theory behind them? Check out the answers to some popular questions below. Alternatively, write to us!
Do I need to go through the tutorials in order to understand how the spreadsheet and the platform work?
It is advisable to go through a model tutorial at least once before attempting the platform or spreadsheet as they illustrate using these tools with real-life examples. As only moving averages are currently implemented, it is worthwhile to brush on the respective tutorial and the strategy backtesting one. Otherwise, you can jump directly into the corresponding user guides.
Do I need to have any background knowledge in coding before I start using the tools?
Not at all! One of the main goals of these tools is to exactly avoid this problem. In fact, the tools are fully automated so that experimenting with models is made accessible to everyone. However, we also supply the VBA and Python code as part of the spreadsheet purchase plan so programmers will also have the opportunity to further tweak the spreadsheet implementation if they wish.
Before You Go...
Technical Analysis
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Moving Average
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Strategy Backtesting
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