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Re:Using Reinforcement Learning in the Algorithmic Trading P... by solidasparagus on Wednesday April 29, 2020 @04:29PM (#23023859)
I was referring to these statements:

> This paper, just like pretty much any academic paper on the subject, ends with a backtest on historical data, not a real system

> Whenever you see a paper ending with a backtest you can already assume it's BS.

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Re:Using Reinforcement Learning in the Algorithmic Trading P... by fakedang on Wednesday April 29, 2020 @10:57PM (#23027013)
I guess he was referring to the fact that though the people may be great, their published content in that one paper need not be so.
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