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Whats the deal with backtesting?

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  • First Post: Aug 17, 2006 12:17pm Aug 17, 2006 12:17pm
Why is backtesting so inaccurate? If it simply runs an EA through years of past data why is it so off in foward testing? Thanks guys.
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  • Last Post: Aug 17, 2006 12:49pm Aug 17, 2006 12:49pm
Quoting fsufootball42
Why is backtesting so inaccurate? If it simply runs an EA through years of past data why is it so off in foward testing? Thanks guys.
There is a LOT more to backtesting than simply running it through an EA.

Read this article by our very own Wizard, Merlin Jeffries, published in Stocks & Commodities Magazine.

http://www.forexfactory.com/forexfor...erlin+Jeffries

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