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    Walk Forward Analysis - the only logical successor to backtesting [DISCUSS]

    Walk Forward Analysis - the only logical successor to backtesting [DISCUSS] Hello, I'm Darwin and this is my second article in which I will try to explain how a walk-forward-analysis works and what benefits it brings you as an EA trader. But I do not just want to explain how a...
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    Why backtests are useless, EAs are flawed and their parameters are bad [DISCUSS]

    Yes, forward tests are very important, tough, the small timespan of a forward test is the problem, as you will not get statistical relevant data to judge from. So it is best to use the forward test to check if the characteristics stay the same as in a walk-forward-analysis, but not good to...
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    Why backtests are useless, EAs are flawed and their parameters are bad [DISCUSS]

    Hi, I am Darwin and I am new here. tl;dr In the next weeks, I am planing to release my private Walk Forward Analyzer, but before I do this, first I want to make sure that also the beginners in mechanical trading understand why common backtests are quite useless and why walk forward analysis...
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