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Probability of Backtest Overfitting

An estimate derived from combinatorially symmetric cross-validation measuring the likelihood that an in-sample optimal strategy underperforms out-of-sample.

Source: Trained, Frozen, or Absent: Identifying What a Quantum Layer Contributes to Cross-Sectional Equity Ranking (Academic research) · p.9

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