Tested under real costs
Where trading strategies come to die.
Most trading content sells the dream. We run the numbers. Every week, one popular trading strategy goes through our testing engine with real spreads, commissions and fills — and we publish the verdict, whatever it is.
Latest autopsies
- RSI below 30: we tested buy-the-dip 2,473 times
The most repeated indicator rule in retail trading, tested on 2,473 real signals across 369 stocks with real costs. It died, and not for the obvious reason.
- The golden cross: we tested it on 337 stocks
The most famous chart signal there is, tested on 661 real crossings. It lost to buying and holding, and then it lost to random entry dates.
How we test
- Rules fixed first Universe, entry, exit and dates are frozen before the test runs. No hindsight, no tuning until it works.
- Real costs, in full Spreads, commissions including minimums, realistic fills — and the position limits a real account actually has.
- The boring benchmark Every strategy must beat simply owning the thing — and, where it matters, random entries at the same exposure.
The numbers behind the verdicts
- 2,473real RSI signals tested against 233,703 control days
- 100%of verdicts published — including the ones that make us look wrong