SledgeKey Learn

Understand the Tools. Master the Strategy.

Free educational resources on financial metrics, backtesting methodology, and investment screening — written by the team that builds the tools.

Financial Metrics Library

Every metric SledgeKey uses to screen stocks — what it measures, how to calculate it, how to interpret it, and how to use it in a screening strategy.

  • Valuation: P/E, P/B, P/S, EV/EBITDA, PEG
  • Profitability: ROE, ROA, Net Margin, Gross Margin
  • Growth, Leverage, Liquidity & Income

Backtesting Academy

Every term you encounter in a SledgeKey backtest, explained. Configuration parameters, performance metrics, risk measures, and the methodology that keeps results honest.

  • Configuration: Rebalance, Costs & Weighting
  • Performance: Sharpe, Sortino & Drawdown
  • Methodology, Hedging & Risk Metrics

Backtests

Classic investment strategies, screened and backtested on honest point-in-time data that keeps delisted companies in. A new backtest is published every week, each one measured against a benchmark that fits the strategy. See how each screen is built, how it performed, and where it fell short.

  • The Greenblatt Magic Formula
  • The Piotroski F-Score
  • Midcap Value, tested two ways

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Stock screening across 5,000+ NYSE and NASDAQ companies, with backtesting on point-in-time data — free.

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