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20 Aug 2026Funding never paid a short more than the interest rateIn 2683 settlements the rate paid to shorts never exceeded 0.0100 per cent. The exchange cap is seventy five times higher.Methods20 Aug 2026What a rally can and cannot take from a covered shortThe loss on this structure is bounded by arithmetic. Today that bound sits at 8.75 coins against a 7.34 stack.Methods18 Aug 2026How to read the live accountWhat every figure on the dashboard means, and how it is counted.Methods15 Aug 2026Five questions to ask of any backtestA checklist for reading someone else's track record.Methods15 Aug 2026Why a good backtest is not evidenceThe curve you are shown is the best of an unknown number of attempts.Methods29 Jul 2026Three hundred settings can be worth one trialThe correction needs independent trials, and a grid rarely has many.Methods29 Jul 2026A Sharpe ratio without skew and kurtosis is half a numberWhy the raw Sharpe ratio flatters strategies with rare, large losses.Methods28 Jul 2026Your benchmark is whatever the money would have done without youThe benchmark is a claim about the investor's real alternative.Methods28 Jul 2026What Hansen's SPA test actually asksA test that charges you for the size of your search, not just your winner.Methods