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Charts of the Month: How to Backtest One Market, Based on Technical Analysis in a Different Market

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It is straightforward to backtest a trading strategy in market A, based only on the price of market B. 
But what about backtesting A in terms of any technical analysis indicator on market B?
Learn how to backtest a single equity in terms of technical analysis on an entire sector, index or portfolio.
Or maybe backtest a cross-asset strategy (eg the US dollar or inflation swaps against a technical indicator in base metals or oil).

Speakers

Tim McCullough

Technical Analysis Application Specialist

Bloomberg

Tim is the application specialist in Technical Analysis at Bloomberg LP in London, where he manages the rapidly increasing demand for charting and data visualization tools in EMEA. 

He has over 30 years’ experience in financial markets, in trading, sales and research at major international banks, including State Street, UBS, BNP Paribas and Lloyds. He uses diverse but complementary technical methodologies, based on behavioral finance, to help Bloomberg clients to analyze sentiment in all asset classes and all conditions of volatility and liquidity.

In 2018 he additionally took an MSc in Financial Investigation, including a dissertation examining the dependency of financial markets on illicit flows from money laundering. He previously took a BA in Classics and is a full member of the Society of Technical Analysts in London and of IFTA.

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