Backtesting Trading Strategies in Just 8 Lines of Code
Using the functionalities in MATLAB® and Financial Toolbox™, you can perform a strategy backtesting in just eight lines of code.
This includes:
• Data preparation
• Trading signal generation
• Calculation of portfolio returns, Sharp ratio, and maximum drawdown
• Equity curve plotting
In fact, there are a lot of things you can do in MATLAB. For example, you can:
• Use Datafeed Toolbox to download market data directly from various data providers
• Generate trading signal using Econometrics Toolbox or Statistics and Machine Learning Toolbox
• Automatically execute your strategies by using Datafeed Toolbox
Published: 12 Jul 2017