Content and boundaries
Is this investment advice?
No. QCE teaches methods for specifying, testing and documenting decisions. Nothing on this site recommends an instrument, trade or strategy.
Do you provide signals or a strategy that makes money?
No. A well-supported decision to reject a candidate counts as a successful course result. No program promises profits or income.
Is the data in the sample lesson real?
No. Every number is synthetic, in fictional units. A synthetic example demonstrates a method; it cannot show that any market edge exists.
Do I need to know how to code?
Not for Foundations, which needs percentages, spreadsheet arithmetic and English reading. Engineering is design work on paper. Build requires Python functions and dataframes, command-line use and basic Git, and does not teach programming from zero.
What does permission mean here?
A bounded, expiring authorization for one specific action, issued only after named checks pass. A positive calculation is one input to those checks, never permission by itself. Read the method
Which markets and instruments are covered?
The teaching examples are instrument-neutral and use synthetic data. The first Build cohort excludes derivatives, leverage and multi-asset portfolios.
Will I get a certificate?
Passing the Foundations assessment produces a completion record that reads Course assessment passed. It is not a professional certification, an accreditation or evidence of trading competence.