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How to properly backtest your own forex scalping strategy?

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PTScalper
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Re: How to properly backtest your own forex scalping strategy?

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Btw these are my results and statistics from last backtesting of one of my strategy.

(Bear in mind, that allmost all of my trades/scalps i do for myself, not by bot or EA)

If you would like to see it in better resolution, i can find it for you on my working station.
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Re: How to properly backtest your own forex scalping strategy?

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PTScalper wrote:Thank you for sharing this story. It happens a lot, that is the difference between teory and reality.
Too right... my edge only vanished once I logged fills around news.
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