Before You Start

How to follow this series

01

Watch in order

Each episode builds directly on the previous one. Do not skip episodes. The process is sequential by design.

02

Read the transcripts

Every episode has a written transcript available via the Read link.

03

Apply it to your own research

This series is not meant to be consumed passively. The goal is a repeatable process you can apply to your own ideas and dataset.

04

Discuss in Discord

Every episode has a dedicated thread in the Discord server. Post questions in the relevant thread so answers stay organised.

// IMPORTANT The early episodes document the manual research phase — a necessary first step in the process. The series will progress through automated validation and full automation as subsequent episodes are released.
Episode Index

All episodes

# Title Description Status / Links
01 How I Built A Quant-Inspired Trading Strategy Series overview and the full development process from idea to execution.
02 Feature Engineering For Traders Structuring raw price data into testable, measurable features.
03 Market Regimes Explained Defining market structure mechanically so results can be compared across time.
04 From Observation to Hypothesis Turning informal market observations into formally testable claims.
05 From Hypothesis to Measurable Data Operationalising trading concepts into structured, consistent data.
06 How to Collect Impartial Trading Data Manual backtesting done correctly — without bias corrupting the results.
07 Structuring & Evaluating Trading Data Determining whether features have genuine predictive value.
08 Engineering Sub-Hypotheses Refining a model without corrupting the original dataset.