Algo trading guides
These guides explain algorithmic trading in plain English: how to backtest a strategy, how to read the results, why paper trading comes next, and where the risks are. They are written around what AKQX actually does, with made-up example numbers, and they never recommend a trade or promise a result.
Start here
- How to backtest a crypto strategy, step by stepWrite the rule, set realistic costs, read the report properly, stress test it, then paper trade it. What a backtest can and cannot tell you. (Beginner)
- What is algo trading? A plain-English guideWhat an algorithm actually does, what it is good and bad at, and a sensible way to start with no real money. (Beginner)
- Backtest vs paper trading vs live tradingThree stages, three different questions. What each one tests, what it hides, and why the order is not optional. (Beginner)
Strategies
- Footprint charts and order flow explainedHow to read delta, point of control and imbalance, what a footprint cannot tell you, and how to turn a chart observation into a test. (Beginner)
- ICT and SMC concepts explained for algo testingThe vocabulary, the decision each term hides, and how to turn a discretionary idea into a rule a backtest can evaluate. (Intermediate)
- How to avoid overfitting in a backtestThe warning signs and four defences: a small model, nudged parameters, held-back data and resampled outcomes. (Intermediate)
Risk and safety
- Algo trading risk management: a practical guideFive layers of limits, from sizing every trade to watching the plumbing, with a worked example and what they will not do. (Beginner)
- Is algo trading legal in India? A plain guideWhat SEBI's retail algo framework requires, how crypto is treated differently, and a checklist to run before you automate anything. (Beginner)
How these guides are written
Each guide starts with a direct answer, lists the key takeaways, walks through the steps, works one example with deliberately round and made-up numbers, and ends with the mistakes that waste the most time. They are educational. AKQX is software only, is not a SEBI-registered Investment Adviser or Research Analyst, and nothing here is investment advice.
More guides are added over time. Terms used in them are defined in the glossary, and anything about how AKQX scores a result is on the methodology page.
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