Trading Backtesting Frameworks

About

This skill enables Claude to architect and implement production-grade backtesting environments for quantitative trading. It provides specialized guidance on avoiding critical pitfalls such as look-ahead and survivorship bias, while implementing sophisticated patterns like event-driven architectures for realism and vectorized testing for computational speed. It is an essential tool for developers and quantitative analysts who need to transition from raw trading ideas to statistically validated strategies using realistic transaction cost modeling and rigorous walk-forward optimization protocols.

Key Features

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• Realistic transaction cost, slippage, and commission modeling
• Mitigation of look-ahead, survivorship, and selection biases
• Implementation of event-driven backtesting architectures
• High-performance vectorized backtesting patterns
• Walk-forward analysis and optimization workflows

Use Cases

• Conducting out-of-sample performance evaluation and parameter optimization
• Developing and validating algorithmic trading strategies
• Building institutional-grade backtesting infrastructure