26.09.19
Sherry Yang
Rebalance Ep 8: Alpha Contest & Wallet Widget
Rebalance is a weekly flash briefing of new features and updates for you, our QC community. In our eighth episode we’re happy to share: A Big Announcement! QuantConnect will open its first Alpha Streams competition in October. To participate, implement an algorithm using one of the 5 ETF universe modules we released last week. You […]
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18.09.19 Sherry Yang
Rebalance Ep 7: Universe Modules, & Research
Rebalance is a weekly flash briefing of new features and updates for you, our QC community. In our seventh episode we’re happy to share: New Modules Shipped! Want to try trading by sector? Earlier this week we shipped 5 new ETF universe modules focusing on energy, precious metals, technology, US Treasuries and Volatility ETFs. You […]
12.09.19 Sherry Yang
Rebalance Ep 6: Alpha Streams, Algorithms, & Boot Camp
Rebalance is a weekly flash briefing of new features and updates for you, our QC community. In our sixth episode we’re happy to share: An Alpha Streams Marketplace Update! Our team is getting the community’s alpha streams in front of more institutions. The Alpha Streams market provides you with unparalleled distribution to institutional capital to […]
09.09.19
Jared Broad
Founder & CEO
Making Models that Fit the Signal, Not the Noise
One of the most common pitfalls when creating an algorithm is overfitting. Overfitting is the act of fine-tuning the parameters of an algorithm to fit the detail and noise of backtesting data to the extent that it negatively impacts the performance of the algorithm on new data. It can manifest itself in a variety of […]