What steps ?

Ok guys.

I've look at a setup which seems to produce results, containing 3 indicators - all there for a reason.

Its on a 5 min tf, usually the EURUSD, based on a hard stop of -10, and TP of 10 (I am working out if its worth close out 50% poisition at 10 pips and moving the SL to breakeven and letting the other 50% run)

How many days should i go to manually bbacktest to get an idea of how successful the system is ?

Since i work full time i can only backtest and can forward test in the evenings

Good that you are looking at th 5M but indicators will not work very well there...I tried them all for several months on demo account and with real money.. The key problem: how to know if PA is trending or ranging...PA leads the indicators and in the 5M, trading will be too late...

The key thing to do is to define 3 time frames: Main trend , Trading, and timing...If I were using indicators I would place them in the 30S, but I never explore them in that time frame. A good set would be 1H-5M-30S

If I do not have much trading time, I would do naked trading: no indicators, not stops, just PA.

I would not bother with backtesting. Why? Because trading is mostly a psychological activity...fear and greed rule..I would get a demo account to learn how to use the platform, then open an Oanda small account, and use very small sizes...then you will see that fear and greed will rush in...

Note: I came here because you visited my journal and I checked you out. I read here exactly what I was doing at the beginning of my journey. I wish you the best.

Good luck.