Get Started / 1 / Run Your First Backtest
At its core, Signal Sigma helps you create an automated investment process and manage it in real-life live trading conditions.
An automatic investment process seeks to remove emotion from investing. Rather than making reactive decisions based on headlines, gut feelings, or market noise, this approach is grounded in objective analysis and systematic decision making.
Successful investing relies equally on mindset and market conditions. During periods of volatility or alarming news, even seasoned investors may succumb to emotional choices. This can lead to early selling, late buying, or completely abandoning a strategy. Such reactions frequently cause more harm than good. A risk-managed investment approach, however, can be crucial in mitigating these pitfalls.
That’s what we are here to deliver.
-Andrei
🏆 Key Action Step: Run a Strategy Backtest.
Steps Shown in the Video
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Navigate to the “Momentum” Stock Screener.
Go to Actions and select Duplicate to create an editable copy of the screener.
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In the duplicated screener, locate the Z-Score Relative filter; click on the header to bring up the Edit menu.
Adjust the filter to allow the top 15 stocks to pass through.
These stocks will form the portfolio once the strategy performs a rebalancing event.
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Click Launch Backtest in the screener.
Select Strategy as the backtest type.
Leave all the settings to default or experiment with various settings - up to you!
Enter a name for the backtest on the final page.
Choose a time range (e.g., 2 years).
Click Confirm and Launch to send the backtest instructions to the server.
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Allow a few minutes for the backtest to process.
The new strategy will appear in the Strategies section once complete.