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Avoid These Common Backtesting Mistakes // Ep. 107

Backtesting is a tremendously valuable tool for testing a strategy and developing confidence in it. But it's very easy to do it wrong

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In This Episode

  • Common backtesting myths
  • Why 100 trades is not realistic
  • Get our individual lists of common mistakes

A Lot of Traders Get Backtesting All Wrong

Backtesting is a tremendously valuable tool for testing a strategy and developing confidence in it.

But it's very easy to do it wrong.

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We break down all of the common mistakes that we see traders making when backtesting their trading strategies.

Many are perpetuated by well-meaning, but incorrect educators…and others are just the result of human nature.

So before you do your next backtest, be sure to watch this episode.

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