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Tutorials you’ll likely find interesting:
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* `High-Frequency Grid Trading - Comparison Across Other Exchanges <https://hftbacktest.readthedocs.io/en/latest/tutorials/High-Frequency%20Grid%20Trading%20-%20Comparison%20Across%20Other%20Exchanges.html>`_
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* `High-Frequency Grid Trading - Simplified from GLFT <https://hftbacktest.readthedocs.io/en/latest/tutorials/High-Frequency%20Grid%20Trading%20-%20Simplified%20from%20GLFT.html>`_
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* `Market Making with Alpha - Order Book Imbalance <https://hftbacktest.readthedocs.io/en/latest/tutorials/Market%20Making%20with%20Alpha%20-%20Order%20Book%20Imbalance.html>`_
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* `Market Making with Alpha - APT <https://hftbacktest.readthedocs.io/en/latest/tutorials/Market%20Making%20with%20Alpha%20-%20APT.html>`_
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* `Accelerated Backtesting <https://hftbacktest.readthedocs.io/en/latest/tutorials/Accelerated%20Backtesting.html>`_
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* `Making Multiple Markets - Introduction <https://hftbacktest.readthedocs.io/en/latest/tutorials/Making%20Multiple%20Markets%20-%20Introduction.html>`_
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* `High-Frequency Grid Trading <https://hftbacktest.readthedocs.io/en/latest/tutorials/High-Frequency%20Grid%20Trading.html>`_
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* `High-Frequency Grid Trading - Comparison Across Other Exchanges <https://hftbacktest.readthedocs.io/en/latest/tutorials/High-Frequency%20Grid%20Trading%20-%20Comparison%20Across%20Other%20Exchanges.html>`_
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* `High-Frequency Grid Trading - Simplified from GLFT <https://hftbacktest.readthedocs.io/en/latest/tutorials/High-Frequency%20Grid%20Trading%20-%20Simplified%20from%20GLFT.html>`_
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* `Impact of Order Latency <https://hftbacktest.readthedocs.io/en/latest/tutorials/Impact%20of%20Order%20Latency.html>`_
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* `Order Latency Data <https://hftbacktest.readthedocs.io/en/latest/tutorials/Order%20Latency%20Data.html>`_
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* `Guéant–Lehalle–Fernandez-Tapia Market Making Model and Grid Trading <https://hftbacktest.readthedocs.io/en/latest/tutorials/GLFT%20Market%20Making%20Model%20and%20Grid%20Trading.html>`_

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See `full document here <https://hftbacktest.readthedocs.io/>`_.
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* `High-Frequency Grid Trading - Comparison Across Other Exchanges <https://hftbacktest.readthedocs.io/en/latest/tutorials/High-Frequency%20Grid%20Trading%20-%20Comparison%20Across%20Other%20Exchanges.html>`_
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Tutorials you’ll likely find interesting:
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* `High-Frequency Grid Trading - Simplified from GLFT <https://hftbacktest.readthedocs.io/en/latest/tutorials/High-Frequency%20Grid%20Trading%20-%20Simplified%20from%20GLFT.html>`_
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* `Market Making with Alpha - Order Book Imbalance <https://hftbacktest.readthedocs.io/en/latest/tutorials/Market%20Making%20with%20Alpha%20-%20Order%20Book%20Imbalance.html>`_
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* `Market Making with Alpha - APT <https://hftbacktest.readthedocs.io/en/latest/tutorials/Market%20Making%20with%20Alpha%20-%20APT.html>`_
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Why Accurate Backtesting Matters — Not Just Conservative Approach
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Trading is a highly competitive field where only the small edges usually exist, but they can still make a significant
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difference. Because of this, backtesting must accurately simulate real-world conditions.: It should neither rely on an
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overly conservative approach that hides these small edges and profit opportunities, nor on an overly aggressive one that
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overstates them through unrealistic simulation. Or at the very least, you should clearly understand what differs from
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live trading and by how much, since sometimes fully accurate backtesting is not practical due to the time it requires.
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This is not about overfitting at the start—before you even consider issues like overfitting, you need confidence that
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your backtesting truly reflects real-world execution. For example, if you run a live trading strategy in January 2025,
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the backtest for that exact period should produce results that closely align with the actual results. Once you’ve
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validated that your backtesting can accurately reproduce live trading results, then you can proceed to deeper research,
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optimization, and considerations around overfitting.
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Accurate backtesting is the foundation. Without it, all further analysis—whether conservative or aggressive—becomes
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unreliable.
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Getting started
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* `Making Multiple Markets - Introduction <https://hftbacktest.readthedocs.io/en/latest/tutorials/Making%20Multiple%20Markets%20-%20Introduction.html>`_
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* `High-Frequency Grid Trading <https://hftbacktest.readthedocs.io/en/latest/tutorials/High-Frequency%20Grid%20Trading.html>`_
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* `High-Frequency Grid Trading - Simplified from GLFT <https://hftbacktest.readthedocs.io/en/latest/tutorials/High-Frequency%20Grid%20Trading%20-%20Simplified%20from%20GLFT.html>`_
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* `Impact of Order Latency <https://hftbacktest.readthedocs.io/en/latest/tutorials/Impact%20of%20Order%20Latency.html>`_
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* `Order Latency Data <https://hftbacktest.readthedocs.io/en/latest/tutorials/Order%20Latency%20Data.html>`_
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* `Guéant–Lehalle–Fernandez-Tapia Market Making Model and Grid Trading <https://hftbacktest.readthedocs.io/en/latest/tutorials/GLFT%20Market%20Making%20Model%20and%20Grid%20Trading.html>`_
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