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Backtesting Strategy - 10 Rules For Backtesting Trading Strategies

    How to test trading strategy before trading in real request? Backtesting is a crucial element of effective trading system development. It's fulfilled by reconstructing, with literal data, trades that would have passed in history using rules defined by a given strategy. The result offers statistics to gauge the effectiveness of the strategy.  The underpinning proposition is that any strategy that worked well in history is likely to work well in the future, and again, any strategy that performed inadequately in history is likely to perform inadequately in the future. This composition takes a look at what operations are used in backtesting, what kind of data is obtained and how to put it to use.   How to Backtest a Trading Strategy Using Data and Tools  Backtesting can give a plenitude of precious statistical feedback about a given system. Some universal backtesting statistics include :  • Net profit or loss Net chance gained or lost   • Volatility measures Maximum chance downside