Free Download the Amibroker CBT Intensive Course with Matt Radtke – Includes Verified Content:
Master the Custom Backtester and Unlock Amibroker’s Full Power
The Amibroker CBT Intensive Course with Matt Radtke is a focused, 4-hour training designed to teach you how to use the Custom Backtester (CBT) so you can move beyond the limitations of Amibroker’s standard backtest engine and fully control how your strategies are tested and evaluated.
If you’ve ever thought:
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“I wish I could track my own custom metrics,”
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“I need more advanced position sizing,” or
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“I want to hedge, modify, or manage trades programmatically,”
…then the CBT is exactly what you need – and this course shows you how to use it properly.
What Is the Amibroker CBT and Why It Matters
The Custom Back Test (CBT) interface is Amibroker’s advanced feature set that lets you:
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Override and customize the default backtesting process
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Add custom trade and portfolio metrics
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Control how entries, exits, scaling, and hedging are handled
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Design complex strategies that the standard engine can’t express
Out of the box, Amibroker is powerful. But if you want to build serious, non-standard, or institutional-style logic, you need to work with the CBT. This course is your shortcut to understanding it clearly.
Course Outcome – What You’ll Be Able to Do
By the end of the Amibroker CBT Intensive, you will be able to:
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Decide when to use each CBT level
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High-level, mid-level, and low-level CBT – and which makes sense for your problem.
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Add custom trade-level metrics
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Track exactly what matters to your strategy, not just the default Amibroker stats.
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Add custom portfolio-level metrics
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Evaluate how your strategies behave at the portfolio level, not only trade by trade.
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Control entries, exits, and signal processing
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Decide how and when your orders are generated, modified, or closed.
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Implement auxiliary logic like hedging
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Automate hedge systems directly into your backtests using the CBT.
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In short: you’ll go from “fighting with the standard engine” to designing the backtest you actually want.
Who This Course Is For
This course is ideal if you are:
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A quantitative trader or system developer using Amibroker
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A strategy researcher who needs deeper control over backtest logic
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Already comfortable with basic AFL and standard backtests, but limited by the defaults
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Looking to implement custom position sizing, hedging, or complex trade management
If you’re serious about developing robust, tested trading systems in Amibroker, learning the CBT is a major upgrade to your toolset.
Course Structure & Curriculum
The training is broken into four sessions, combining explanation, examples, and resources:
Session 1 – Introduction to the CBT (87:02)
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Overview of the CBT and where it fits in the Amibroker architecture
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How the three levels of CBT (high-, mid-, low-level) work conceptually
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Getting started with simple customizations
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Resources to follow along and practice
Session 2 – High- and Mid-Level CBT (76:31)
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When to use high-level CBT vs mid-level CBT
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How to intercept and adjust signals and trades without rewriting everything from scratch
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Examples of adding custom metrics and logic at these levels
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Common mistakes and pitfalls to avoid
Session 3 – Low-Level CBT (78:16)
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Deep dive into the low-level CBT for maximum control
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Manually creating, entering, modifying, and exiting trades
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Custom portfolio handling and complex backtest flows
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When low-level control is worth the extra complexity
Session 4 – Hedging with the Amibroker CBT (Exclusive)
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How to Hedge with the CBT (15:34)
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Logic for building dynamic hedge overlays
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Hedging Demo (2:08)
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Short, practical demo showing hedging in action
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Additional resources for further experimentation
Each session includes resource files so you can study and adapt the examples to your own systems.
About the Instructor – Matt Radtke
Matt Radtke is:
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An experienced trader, programmer, and software engineer
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A specialist in Amibroker and quantified strategy implementation
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A Computer Science graduate from Michigan State University
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A former programmer for Connors Research
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An active trader in stocks and options since 2008
Matt’s background in both software engineering and systematic trading makes him well suited to explain the CBT in a way that’s both technically correct and practical for real trading research.
Why This Course Is Worth Your Time
If you’re already using Amibroker, you likely know that:
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Standard backtests are good – until you need custom logic, and then they hit a wall.
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Advanced strategies (dynamic hedging, unusual exits, multi-layer position sizing) require manual control over the backtest internals.
Learning the Amibroker CBT turns Amibroker from “very capable software” into a full research and simulation engine that you can shape to your exact needs.
This course gives you:
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A structured path through a complicated topic
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Clear guidance on which level of CBT to use for different problems
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Practical examples you can adapt instead of starting from a blank file
If your goal is to push your system development further than standard tools allow, the Amibroker CBT Intensive Course with Matt Radtke is a highly targeted way to get there.
