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Zorro Backtest Result - Contradiction #480047
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Can someone please explain me what I do wrong here?

Backtest shows overview seems to be contradicting itself.

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Re: Zorro Backtest Result - Contradiction [Re: danatrader] #480048
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An overall loss of pips in a trading system does not imply an overall loss of dollars.

Re: Zorro Backtest Result - Contradiction [Re: danatrader] #480050
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Sound like an oxymoron.
I just don't fully get it.

Re: Zorro Backtest Result - Contradiction [Re: danatrader] #480051
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Some pips are more valuable than others. Some pips have had larger positions allocated to them than others. A pip in Asset A is more valuable than a pip in Asset B.

I don't think this is a very useful metric - it's remotely helpful only if you're trading exactly one lot of one asset for the entirety of the backtest.

Re: Zorro Backtest Result - Contradiction [Re: danatrader] #480053
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Thank you, now it makes perfectly sense, yes, there is dynamic position allocation within the trade logic.
So I will remove that for devloping and add it only at the end.

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Originally Posted by danatrader
Thank you, now it makes perfectly sense, yes, there is dynamic position allocation within the trade logic.
So I will remove that for devloping and add it only at the end.


isn't changing MM post-backtesting going to change the strategy itself as a whole?


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