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Backtesting Help Guide

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Gate’s Trading Bot Strategy Center has been upgraded with a backtesting feature. Now, you can run backtests based on your selected strategy and time period. The backtest results will display comprehensive trading data for the chosen strategy and timeframe, including total returns, maximum profit and loss, maximum drawdown percentage, and more. Users can perform a backtest before executing a strategy, using the results as a reference to assess the strategy’s viability.

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1. How to Create a Backtest Strategy:

Click on Trading Bots in the navigation bar, select CTA - Expert Bot - MACD-RSI - Perpetual Contract, and then click Backtest to create a backtest. 1

For example, to backtest the MACD - Perpetual Contract strategy, complete the Basic Configuration and Parameter Configuration, select the Backtest Time Period, and click Backtest to run the backtest for your strategy. 1

2. How to View Strategies Undergoing Backtesting

After creating a backtest strategy, click My Bots and then My Backtests. Under Backtesting, you can view strategies currently being backtested. Here, you’ll see details such as backtest time, backtest data period, bot type, trading market, cycle, status, and more. q

3. How to View Backtest Records

Once a backtest is complete, go to My Backtests and click Backtest Records to view strategies that have finished backtesting. 1

Note:

  1. You can filter backtest records by trading type, trading market, bot type, and rate of return.
  2. You can view information such as backtest time, backtest data period, bot type, trading market, cycle, bot profit, bot rate of return, number of trades, win rate, loss rate, maximum profit, maximum loss, maximum drawdown, and available actions.
  3. You can create a bot based on the backtest results.
  4. You can delete backtest records.

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