What you will learn
- Archive the rule version
- Record excluded observations and reasons
- Produce gross and net results
- Have another learner reproduce the sample
Archive the rule version
Archive the exact rule version, data source and transformation steps. Another learner should be able to locate the same observations and understand how the decisions were generated. A screenshot collection alone is not a reproducible study.
Record excluded observations and reasons
Record every exclusion and its reason. Distinguish missing data from a rule-based no-trade decision. Counts should reconcile from raw observations through eligible cases to executed or simulated trades.
Produce gross and net results
Publish gross and net results with the cost bridge between them. A reviewer should see how each charge or assumption changes the result. Avoid a single unexplained adjustment that cannot be traced to trades.
Have another learner reproduce the sample
Ask another learner to reproduce a bounded part of the study before relying on the whole report. Disagreements can reveal unclear rules, timestamp errors or accounting differences. Resolve them with documented changes rather than silently editing outputs.
Worked example
The report contains 100 raw candidates, 15 predefined exclusions and 85 eligible cases, of which 60 trigger entries. These stages should reconcile; the remaining 25 eligible non-entries are not missing trades.
Try it yourself
Create a flow table for those counts and state what evidence must accompany the fifteen exclusions.
Show the worked solution
Show 100 raw, 15 excluded, 85 eligible, 60 entries and 25 non-entries. Each exclusion needs its predefined reason and supporting observation. The accounting of cases prevents selective disappearance of inconvenient examples.
Apply this to your course project
Submit a rulebook, chronological trade sample and unseen validation results.
Keep the calculation inputs, assumptions and decisions with your work. Practical exercises are self-reviewed; the scored knowledge checks assess the questions shown, not an independent certification of practical competence.