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October 5th, 2020, 08:35 AM

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Backtest Strategy weak points

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Posted By kevinkdog

"1 in slippage" - is that dollars, or...

"1 in slippage" - is that dollars, or ticks?

Forum: NinjaTrader

October 5th, 2020, 07:07 AM

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Backtest Strategy weak points

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Posted By kevinkdog

Speedytradingservers is great, but it will not...

Speedytradingservers is great, but it will not save you from slippage.

When your order goes to the market, for a buy you pay the higher ask price. BUT, your strategy might think you have been...

Forum: NinjaTrader

October 4th, 2020, 08:04 PM

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Backtest Strategy weak points

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Posted By kevinkdog

Are you placing all limit orders, or are at least...

Are you placing all limit orders, or are at least some orders market and/or stop orders?

You can't buy at the bid and sell at the ask, which is what $0 slippage implies...

Forum: NinjaTrader

October 4th, 2020, 06:40 PM

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Backtest Strategy weak points

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Posted By kevinkdog

$0 slippage, and lack of any out of sample...

$0 slippage, and lack of any out of sample results make this strategy a non-starter for me.

I can almost guarantee that if you only traded this strategy, you'd never be able to survive the 328 day...

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