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  • verb Simple past tense and past participle of backtest.

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Examples

  • For example, if a strategy was only backtested from 1999-2000, it may not fare well in a bear market.

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  • This strategy was then backtested from 2001 - 2010 and the results show an average annual return of 34.5% compared to the S&P 500's 3.4%.

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  • Be sure to paper trade a system that has been successfully backtested before going live to be sure that the strategy still applies in practice.

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  • This index, while not backtested, reflects theoretical performance an investor would have obtained had it invested in the manner shown and does not represent returns that an investor may have actually attained as an investor cannot invest directly into an index.

    The Earth Times Online Newspaper 2010

  • Portions of the AllWeather Indexes include backtested data.

    The Earth Times Online Newspaper 2010

  • Leveraged ETF PowerRatings, quantified, backtested strategies for buying the selling and selling the buying in the leveraged ETF market are accessible to retail traders for the first time.

    TradingMarkets 2010

  • With 16 quantified, backtested trading strategies for both bull markets and bear markets,

    TradingMarkets 2010

  • With the arrival of Leveraged ETF PowerRatings, quantified, backtested strategies for buying the selling and selling the buying in the leveraged ETF market are accessible to retail traders for the first time.

    TradingMarkets 2010

  • This index, while not backtested, reflects theoretical performance an investor would have obtained had it invested in the manner shown and does not represent returns that an investor may have actually attained as an investor cannot invest directly into an index.

    The Earth Times Online Newspaper 2010

  • Portions of the AllWeather Indexes include backtested data.

    The Earth Times Online Newspaper 2010

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