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Sep 15, 2026

Your AI can now run AlphaProve

Create strategies, run backtests and inspect the results from your AI app. How the MCP connection works, and the small callback bug we caught before release.

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Aug 13, 2026

What CVD tells you that price can't

How cumulative volume delta uses taker-side flow, why venue coverage changes it, and why divergence or absorption is a condition rather than a result.

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Aug 13, 2026

Walk-forward testing, explained for traders

Walk-forward testing selects parameters on earlier data and evaluates the next period. See the process, a dated five-batch example, and its limits.

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Aug 13, 2026

Stop-loss placement: nine rules tested

Nine Bitcoin stop rules returned from -0.42% to +278.97% in one simulation. See how stop-based sizing and fills shaped the comparison.

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Aug 12, 2026

An EMA Strategy Under Simulated Prop-Firm Rules

A dated Bitcoin EMA experiment under simplified prop-firm rules, with recorded results, methodology gaps, and an unresolved later trade-count difference.