Beginner~40 minPart 1 recommended
Building & Testing
Strategies
Go deeper into computer science fundamentals — decomposition, data structures, state machines, testing, debugging — all through the lens of building and iterating on real trading strategies in Quantide.
What You'll Learn
Five sections covering the CS fundamentals that separate beginners from engineers — taught through real strategy work.
1
Welcome Back
5 minRecap of Part 1What Part 2 covers
2
Thinking Architecturally
10 minDecompositionData structuresAbstraction layersState machines
3
Backtesting & Testing
10 minTesting as scientific methodKey metricsEdge cases & robustness
4
Iterating & Debugging
10 minIterating with AISystematic debuggingAlgorithmic complexity
5
What's Next
5 minQ-EVOLVE & live deploymentThe Blackshore philosophy