Complete lecture by Erez Katz. Quantitative trading strategy creation is a unique intellectual undertaking that draws on human insight, proprietary data, and nearly all aspects of computer science. Our goal in this presentation is to take you on a creative journey from the seed of a trading idea to a live traded systematic strategy. Finding real value in systematic trading requires constant attention to detail to avoid the trap of overfitting. Forex is perhaps the deepest most liquid market on Earth, but it offers new challenges to the trader with equity experience.