By Islam BarakaDefinitions
In plain terms
A historical run should only use bars that were available at its declared cutoff.
Technical
Only candidates with confirmation_index <= knowledge_cutoff may enter downstream features or clusters.
Scope
Using the full final dataset to label earlier knowledge states creates look-ahead leakage.
Examples
- A reviewer computes Pivot Knowledge Cutoff on a small deterministic fixture and checks timing, units, and boundary behavior before publication.
Common misconceptions
- Using the full final dataset to label earlier knowledge states creates look-ahead leakage.
Concept relationships
Where this concept is used
Tutorials planned
These catalogued topics use this concept, but their complete build has not shipped yet.
- D08-F01-A01 Important
Evidence and governance
- Pine Script repainting concepts TradingView · official platform documentation
Supports: preferred label, short definition, technical definition
Limits: Platform display behavior does not establish financial usefulness or predictive value.
- scipy.signal.find_peaks SciPy · first party technical publication
Supports: preferred label, short definition, technical definition
Limits: This retrospective signal function is not itself a causal OHLC pivot detector.
- Closing Price Investor.gov · official standard
Supports: preferred label, short definition, technical definition
Limits: A close is not automatically an adjusted close and may vary by market session convention.
- Reviewed by
- fintech-builder-batch-011
- Last reviewed
- 2026-08-09
- Next review
- 2027-08-09
- Record status
- evidence reviewed
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