AlphaLab-AI Academy
Trading-tech education without the hype.
Short, practical articles on risk, strategy, brokers, infrastructure and prop firms. We write for traders who want to think clearly about automation, not be sold to.
- 6 min read
Risk fundamentals
Drawdown literacy: what 10% really means
Why drawdown is a property of the strategy, not the market — and how to read drawdown numbers without fooling yourself.
- 8 min read
Backtests
How to read an honest backtest
The five questions you should ask of any backtest: sample period, spread, slippage, broker, and methodology.
- 9 min read
Strategy
Mean-reversion vs. momentum: when each one breaks
Both work — until they don't. A practical look at the regime conditions that flip each style from edge to liability.
- 7 min read
Brokers
Choosing a broker for automation: a checklist
Execution, spreads, commissions, slippage policies, server location, hedging vs. netting — and the ones that matter most for EAs.
- 5 min read
Infrastructure
VPS for traders: latency, RAM, and the boring details
Why a $5/month VPS isn't the same as a $35/month VPS — and how to pick one without overpaying.
- 10 min read
Prop firms
Prop-firm rules without the marketing spin
Daily-loss, overall-drawdown, consistency, news, weekend holds — what they really mean for an EA-based strategy.