5 Reasons Why You Should Backtest

01/09/2021 16 min
5 Reasons Why You Should Backtest

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Episode Synopsis

Backtesting is the most under-utilized secret weapon in trading.
It's not a secret because successful traders don’t want you to know about it. All great trading mentors will tell you about backtesting. It’s a secret because most traders don’t want to know about it.
It’s not glamorous. It’s not sexy.
Many people find it to be boring, monotonous, difficult, and worst of all, pointless. They’ve been led to believe that backtesting doesn’t work or isn’t worthwhile, so they don’t bother with it, or they do a poor job of it.
But I disagree with that attitude completely. In today's episode I explain why.
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