How to Backtest

How to BacktestLeçon 6 sur 94 min de lecture

Structure you miss

The second problem with bar replay. Your bias is fixed at the start, and the developing structure that would have changed it never reaches you.

The timeframe lock does a second kind of damage, and this one shows up after the trade is open.

The bias gets fixed at the start

In a replay you read the chart once, decide the side, and step forward on a single timeframe. The decision is made and nothing prompts you to revisit it.

A replay fixes your bias at the start and never asks about it again.

Real charts keep developing

A live chart does not hold still while you are in a position. The 1 hour closes a candle past a swing point while you are watching the 5 minute, and that is a real event with consequences.

The charts above your entry chart keep printing while the trade is open.

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