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What is Look-ahead bias?
Using information in a decision (or in a backtest) that was not yet available at the moment of that decision.
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Look-ahead bias means using information in a decision that was not yet available at the moment the decision was made. Imagine betting on yesterday's horse races while holding today's newspaper: you would look like a genius, and you would learn nothing about betting.
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