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Discover tutorials, walkthroughs, and everything to do with investing on Composer.

How to use Composer’s free database of trading strategies to create a stock trading bot

Using Composer's free database of algotrading strategies to find trading inspiration

How to Invest in Hedge Funds

What are hedge funds? Learn about alternatives to hedge fund investing and how to improve your portfolio with Composer.

Exponential Moving Average (EMA)

In this article, you'll learn about exponential moving average (EMA), how it's calculated, and how it's used in Composer.

Simple Moving Average (SMA)

Learn about simple moving average with Composer and use our step-by-step guide to calculate this important portfolio metric.

How To Get Detailed Statistics About Your Quant Trading Strategy In Minutes (No Coding Needed)

Get detailed backtesting quantstat statistics for your Composer trading strategy in minutes

Sharpe Ratio

Learn about Sharpe ratio and follow Composer's step-by-step guide to calculating this useful portfolio metric.

Relative Strength Index (RSI)

Learn about relative strength index on Composer and follow our step-by-step guide to calculate this important momentum indicator.

Max Drawdown

Learn about max drawdown with Composer and follow our step-by-step guide to calculate this important portfolio metric.

Standard Deviation

Learn about standard deviation with Composer and follow our step-by-step guide to calculate this important portfolio metric.

Threshold Trading

In this article, you’ll learn about the threshold trading setting and how it’s used in Composer.

Inverse Volatility Weighting

In this article, you'll learn how inverse volatility weighting works and how it can be used in automated trading strategies.

Cumulative Return

In this article, you'll learn about cumulative return and how it's calculated in Composer for automated trading strategies..

Beta

In this article, you'll learn about beta, how to use it to evaluate the relationship between a symphony and it's benchmark, and how it's calculated in Composer.

Calmar Ratio

In this article, you'll learn about the Calmar ratio and how it's calculated in Composer for automated trading strategies.

Annualized Return

In this article, you'll learn about the annualized return and how it's calculated in Composer.

Ernest Chan on Trading with Composer

Learn about investing from author Ernie Chan. Explore Ernie Chan's thoughts on algorithmic trading and more with Composer.

Perspectives from a Composer Power User: Pietros Maneos

Explore the concept of all weather portfolio backtests & construction with Pietros Maneos. Read Composer for his thoughts on our trading platform.

Backtesting Basics

A “backtest” is a model, or simulation, of how a symphony may have performed in the past based-on historical data.