Risk warning
CFDs are complex instruments. 74–89% of retail investor accounts lose money when trading CFDs.
About Course
Module 13 has 28 lessons on measuring a strategy honestly before you risk money. Sources: MetaQuotes’ MT5 Strategy Tester documentation, research on overfitting (Bailey et al., 2014), multiple testing (Harvey, Liu and Zhu), survivorship bias (Carhart, Carpenter, Lynch and Musto, 2002) and the Sharpe ratio (Sharpe, 1994), plus StockCharts on the Ulcer Index. Sample-size figures come from course simulations, described where they are used.
Level: Advanced · Before this: Module 12.
Course Content
Part 1 — Testing methods
-
Lesson 13.1 — What backtesting is
-
Lesson 13.2 — Backtest, paper trading, forward test and live
-
Lesson 13.3 — Manual backtesting with bar replay
-
Lesson 13.4 — What data you need
-
Lesson 13.5 — Data quality
-
Lesson 13.6 — MT5 Strategy Tester modelling modes
-
Lesson 13.7 — Modelling costs and slippage
Part 2 — Biases and errors
Part 3 — Performance metrics
Part 4 — Statistics and decisions
Module quiz and sources
Student Ratings & Reviews
No Review Yet