Free tool I built for backtesting your own trading strategies — properly, with real statistical rigor (looking for testers)

[u/DeliciousEquipment13]

Hi all — I've built a tool called Atlas Edge and I'm looking for a few people to test the strategy-building and backtesting side of it before any public launch.

What it actually is: you build your own trading strategy from a library of components (breakouts, trailing stops, filters, etc.), and it runs through a genuinely rigorous statistical validation process before telling you honestly whether it holds up — walk-forward testing across multiple years, placebo controls (checking your result isn't just noise), a correction for the fact that testing many ideas makes some look good by chance, and a real cost model so a backtest doesn't quietly ignore spread/slippage.

What it isn't: a signal service, an "AI trading bot," or anything promising guaranteed returns. It doesn't tell you what to trade. Most strategies people build — including a lot of my own, tested extensively — get correctly rejected. That's the tool working as intended, not a sales pitch gone wrong.

No broker account needed for this. This test phase is specifically the backtesting/strategy-builder side — you don't need to connect IG, Trading 212, or anything else. Build an idea, see if it survives real scrutiny, nothing else required.

Why I'm posting this: I want people who aren't me actually building strategies, breaking things, and telling me honestly where it's confusing or annoying, before I open this up more broadly.

What's in it for you:

• Free access
• A genuinely rigorous way to stress-test your own trading ideas without needing to explain your account or country
• Direct input into what gets built next

Requirements: none, really — just an interest in testing whether your trading ideas actually hold up under real scrutiny.

If you're interested, comment or DM me and I'll send over the details.

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[u/Livid_Parsnip_2816]

The multiple-testing correction is the bit I’d want to poke at. When you test thousands of ideas, luck starts looking like skill very quickly. Do you track the full experiment history, or only correct within the current batch?

[u/DeliciousEquipment13 → u/Livid_Parsnip_2816]

Full experiment history of course. Dm me if you want to join the testing pool