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Why Your Backtest Lies: Survivorship & Look-Ahead Bias

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Backtesting Biases — Survivorship & Look-Ahead

  • Survivorship bias hides failed companies
  • Look-ahead bias uses future data
  • Both distort performance metrics
  • Robust testing requires error awareness
  • EPAT by QuantInsti recommended

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