QubitQuant Academy

Free courses on markets, risk, and how to test what you believe.

Open to anyone, with no sign-up. Each course has short lessons that show their arithmetic, questions after every lesson, a problem set with worked solutions, and references to the books and papers the material comes from.

4
courses
23
lessons
3
problem sets

Courses

Take them in order. Each one lists what it assumes you already know.

  1. QQ 101Markets and instrumentsWhat is being traded, who is on the other side, and what the price on the screen means.Market structureForeign exchangeCommoditiesFuturesIntroductory4 lessonsAbout 8 min
  2. QQ 102Returns and riskThe handful of formulas behind every performance number, and what each one hides.ReturnsVolatilitySharpe ratioDrawdownPosition sizingIntroductory5 lessonsAbout 10 min
  3. QQ 201Testing a strategyWhat a backtest can and cannot tell you, and the ways a good-looking result turns out to be nothing.BacktestingLook-ahead biasOverfittingMultiple testingWalk-forwardTransaction costsIntermediate5 lessonsAbout 10 min
  4. QQ 301How the terminal tests a strategyThe reference for QubitQuant Terminal, written from its code. How a backtest runs, the cost model, every statistic with its formula, and every validation check.Backtest engineCost modelPerformance statisticsValidation checksData formatReference9 chaptersAbout 66 min

Written by the two engineers who build QubitQuant. This is education, not financial advice, and there is no certificate. Progress is kept in your browser only.