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Curve Fitting Simulator

The more strategies you test on historical data and pick the best, the more you are fitting to noise — not finding a real edge. Drag the slider to see how in-sample performance grows while out-of-sample performance collapses.

1 — No Optimization1,000 — Heavy Optimization
Best selected strategy Pool average (baseline)
IN-SAMPLEOptimization Period
Best Strategy
Pool Average
OUT-OF-SAMPLELive Trading Period
Best Strategy
Pool Average