Backtesting vs Forward Testing
Quick comparison to help you distinguish these two crypto terms.
Backtesting
intermediate
strategy
The process of applying a trading system's complete rule set to historical price data to evaluate how those rules would have performed before committing real capital to live market execution.
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intermediate
strategy
The practice of executing a trading system's rules on live markets without real capital — recording every signal and outcome in real time — to validate performance before committing actual funds to execution.
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