Backtesting & Live Testing are Not the Same

GrzegorzPikusa

Hello sincerely, please help me, I have a problem, Below are the settings.

ftmo-5m-161-12-t913-hma-xauusd.cbotset

193B

using these settings I did a bactesting. And started using the settings on the account. Comparing transactions in back testing and real account. The same transactions receive different financial results. Why?
Below are the files.
Regards.
Gregory

algoman

Hi, Gregory,

There are a few common issues when you run a backtest and the results do not match the live trading that happened in the past, these can be caused by the following conditions.

Not using Tick Data in the backtest settings.
The start and end dates do not match your live test.
You have not set the correct commission value for non-Forex.
Your cBot settings for the backtest do not match your live trading settings.

The web link below provides a more detailed explanation of why the backtest may not accurately match a live test.

Backtest & Live Testing Discrepancies