The Kudbee Quant blog
Practical, jargon-free writing on quant trading — backtesting, signals, risk, and building strategies that actually hold up.
What Is Backtesting? A Trader's Plain-English Guide
What backtesting is, why it matters, and the traps (overfitting, look-ahead bias) that make a great-looking backtest worthless.
Risk metricsHow to Read a Sharpe Ratio (Without a Math Degree)
The single number that tells you whether a return was worth the risk — what counts as good, and where it lies to you.
Getting startedTrade Signals vs. Trading Strategies: What's the Difference?
Why a signal is only half the story, and how the two work together to turn an idea into a repeatable edge.
StrategyMomentum vs. Mean Reversion: Two Ways to Trade an Edge
The two core families of trading strategies — how each works, and which market regime makes each one shine.
Risk managementPosition Sizing & Risk Management: The Skill That Keeps You Alive
Why how much you risk matters more than your entry — and how the 1% rule keeps you in the game.
Backtesting5 Backtesting Mistakes That Wreck Real Returns
Why a brilliant backtest can lose money live — overfitting, look-ahead bias, costs, and the other usual suspects.
Risk metricsWhat Is Drawdown? Why It Matters More Than Returns
The risk metric that decides whether you can actually stick with a strategy — and why recovery math is brutal.