I Stopped Coding Strategies! Do This Instead.

GET BUILD ALPHA + FREE ALPHA COMPASS ACCESS (LIMITED OFFER): https://easylanguagemastery.com/produ... Purchase Build Alpha through the link above and I'll manually add you to my Alpha Compass course free for 20 days — so you can see exactly how I build and validate systems with the tool. --- I've been building algorithmic trading systems by hand for years. And honestly? I've always had this nagging fear that tools like Build Alpha would eventually make hand-coding obsolete. Well... I now have the data. And the results surprised me. In this video, I compare two strategy vaults I've been running since 2022 — one filled with hand-coded systems from my System Development Masterclass students, and one filled with systems built using Build Alpha in my Alpha Compass course. I ran both through Portfolio Analyst, optimized on 2020–2024 data, and walked both portfolios forward on 2025 out-of-sample data. The Build Alpha portfolio came out ahead on annual return, drawdown, and efficiency. I didn't expect that. Here's the breakdown. --- Chapters: 0:00 - Introduction 0:31 - My background with Build Alpha & Alpha Compass 1:22 - What is the Strategy Vault? 2:48 - Alpha Compass Vault: Pass/fail results (47 strategies) 3:31 - Fellowship Vault: Pass/fail results (51 strategies) 4:26 - Comparing pass rates side by side 6:33 - The portfolio experiment: methodology 8:03 - Fellowship portfolio out-of-sample results (2025) 9:30 - Alpha Compass portfolio out-of-sample results (2025) 10:12 - Head-to-head comparison — the shocking part 12:09 - What this means for algorithmic traders 13:12 - Build Alpha 3.0 + the free offer 16:26 - Wrap up --- Questions? Email me: [email protected]