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Test the edge
before you trade it.
Bring a Spark to your Trading
Trading-Sparks builds and validates systematic strategies for Indian markets — rigorous in-sample and out-of-sample testing, and clean Pine Script and AmiBroker AFL you can actually run.
What we do
Validation and clean code — the unglamorous work that separates an edge from a curve fit.
Strategy backtesting
Your idea, built and stress-tested: in-sample / out-of-sample splits, robustness across parameters, MAE/MFE and drawdown diagnostics — with a report that tells you where the edge actually lives.
Learn more →Pine v6 · AmiBroker AFLIndicator & strategy coding
Pine Script v6 and AmiBroker AFL written properly — custom indicators, bar-by-bar exit logic, conversions between platforms, and migrations that don't break on the next version.
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Notes from the research desk
Why most backtests lie — and what in-sample vs out-of-sample actually fixes
A strategy that looks brilliant on history has usually been fitted to it. The split between in-sample and out-of-sample data is the cheapest honesty test you can run.
10 Jun 2026 · 2 min readReading FII and DII flows without fooling yourself
Daily provisional flow numbers are the most over-interpreted data in the Indian market. Here is what they can and can't tell you.
29 May 2026 · 2 min readWhat the Put-Call Ratio actually tells you (and what it doesn't)
PCR is treated as a sentiment gauge with a fixed rulebook. It is really a context-dependent reading that means different things at different strikes and times.
Coming soon
Live tools — RPRG and a Pre-Market Dashboard.
Relative Performance Rotation Graphs and a Pre-Market Dashboard are being rebuilt to live here. Subscriber access is on the way.
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