In the Column Analysis report, you'll see the top 10 column/filter suggestions found by the Cruncher from your backtest.

First of all, let's discuss what NOT to do with the suggestions.

Don't Do These Things

Don't Blindly Follow The Suggestion Without Thinking

The purpose of the report is to make you think more deeply about your strategy and determine what makes it work and what makes it not work.

The Strategy Cruncher is NOT an investment advisor. It is helping you learn more about your strategy and how YOU can make it better.

Don't Apply More Than One Suggestion From a Report

Some trader take one look at the report and apply ALL the suggested filters to their strategy.

This is WRONG. (See below)

The Right Workflow

The right workflow is to:

1. Review all the suggestions
2. Think deeply about each suggestion
3. Choose at most one suggestion
4. Apply it to your backtest
5. Re-submit a new backtest to get a new optimization report

Go to the next lesson to learn how to generate a CSV from your specific backtesting platform.