# Skipping the signals that look wrong means you never ran the strategy you tested.

CRAFT · https://karlaurel.io/tips/cherry-picking-destroys-the-sample

An edge is a statement about a series, not about the next trade. Take some of
the signals and you have run a different strategy — one nobody has any evidence
for.

The skipped trades are the hardest to audit, because they leave no mark in the
account.