Strategy performance info

[lorenzoP]

Hi, if my strategy give me 13 pip in 3 days with 49 trades,does this means i would not do money in real-time using a spread of 1-2pip? 49 * 1or 2 pip, i would always lose

[NinjaTrader_PatrickH]

Hello lorenzoP,

Thank you for your post.

Are you looking for detail on the spread over backtested data? If not, please provide further details on what you are referring to.

There is no spread in backtesting as the data tested is historical and only refers to the Bid/Last data.

If you would like to simulate spreads you could use Market Replay to play back data and test your strategy over the play back of data. For information on Market Replay please visit the following link: http://ninjatrader.com/support/helpG...ket_replay.htm

Please let me know if you have any questions.

[lorenzoP]

but does the real-time uses the spread of the broker?
if yes im using fxcm and the spread should be 0.4,instead forex.com (1.0 - 1.5); since i would like to use forex.com to trade for real, how could i calculate the net profit?

[NinjaTrader_PatrickH]

Hello lorenzoP,

Thank you for your response.

The first item would be to use the connection you need for spreads in real-time. Other wise you will need to export your results and manually factor the spreads.

Please let me know if you have any questions.