Backtesting a Swing Trading Strategy
In this week's episode of Line Your Own Pockets, Michael and I have a heated discussion on swing trading versus day trading.
It starts innocently enough with a question about how to backtest a swing trading strategy with a "trail forever" component.
But then it quickly turns into a swing trading versus day trading cage match.
We do finally end up agreeing on the fundamental approach to backtesting a swing trading strategy - barely.
Topics discussed:
- The differences between backtesting a day trading and a swing trading strategy
- Open-ended trailing exits make backtesting more complicated, and how to handle this in your test
- How outliers can affect your backtest and how the trailing-exit component can magnify them
- Overlapping positions suck up buying power, creating an overnight choke-point
And much more...
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Before you go!
The next time you find yourself in a drawdown, I want you to stop what you're doing and head on over to betterbacktesting.com to sign up for my free backtesting email course.
I hope to see you there!
Before you go!
The next time you find yourself in a drawdown, I want you to stop what you're doing and head on over to betterbacktesting.com to sign up for my free backtesting email course.
I hope to see you there!
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