Backtesting - how to get started ?

[robin73736 10]

Hi, is there a very easy way to test simple strategies?

I just want the easiest possible way to play around with some ideas.

 

Thank you,

Robin

[NetTecture 10]

Reading. Before going into a tangent that totally will not work, read Robert Pardos book The Evaluation and Optimization of Trading Strategies.

 

Too many people think they know what they do in a backtest and then are shocked that the real world is different.

 

Also if you think of using Renko charts read this blog post about backtests and renko charts - and make sure your simulator handles them better (or get better renko that is appropriate for backtesting) - otherwise you basically waste your time.

 

It does not start with throwing some ideas into a program and looking at the results - not if you want to make money. In this case, reading up on what you actually do in a backtest is not a bad approach.

[prax 10]

Hi, is there a very easy way to test simple strategies?

I just want the easiest possible way to play around with some ideas.

 

Thank you,

Robin

 

you have to spesific your question by adding manual trade backtesting.

many people would think, it's an EA backesting.

i have a script on my armada markets platform called "LFH trading simulator"

it's a simulator for your manual trading strategies.

check attachment for the file

armada markets_Trading_Simulator.zip