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Type I and type II errors, in trading terms

You are testing a null hypothesis H0H_0, say, "this trading signal has no edge", against the alternative H1H_1 that it does.

Define type I and type II errors, explain how they trade off against each other, and give the trading interpretation of each.

Your answer

This one is open-ended. Work it through, then check your reasoning against the full solution.

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