Two things I do a lot:
1) Honest backtests — walk-forward, real in-sample vs out-of-sample split, proper fees/slippage. No curve-fit fantasy numbers. You get a clear report of whether the edge survives out-of-sample.
2) Market-data pipelines — collect exchange data (WS → PostgreSQL/TimescaleDB) so you have clean history to research on.
Open-source backtest-harness + funding-rate-monitor on my GitHub (link in profile) show the level.
Packages:
- Basic — $200 / 4 days:** Backtest one strategy, walk-forward, honest OOS report + charts. 1 revision.
- Standard — $500 / 7 days:** Data pipeline (WS → TimescaleDB) for chosen symbols/exchange + basic backtest. 2 revisions.
- Premium — $1000 / 12 days:** Full pipeline + ML signal model (XGB/LGB) + walk-forward validation + report. 3 revisions.
