What to Decide Before Backtesting: Questions and Rules for U.S. ETF Quant Research
Set the research question, trading rules, baselines, and time splits before a first U.S. ETF study. Record the experiment contract before seeing results.
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Set the research question, trading rules, baselines, and time splits before a first U.S. ETF study. Record the experiment contract before seeing results.
Separate AI's research value from investment profitability and define evidence for usefulness through chronological testing, baselines, and reproducible records.
Distinguish document transformation, validation support, and decision boundaries in LLM-assisted quant research. Check drafts against primary sources and raw data.
Compare the inputs and outputs of rules, machine learning, deep learning, and LLMs. Define the task, data, and evaluation criteria before selecting a tool.
Distinguish AI's roles in prediction, research, and automation, and plan separate tests of productivity and investment performance while accounting for key risks.