Backtests

How to run a backtest

Pick a strategy, set a date range and starting capital, queue the run, read results.

Backtest results overview

What each block on the backtest detail page tells you about a run.

Backtest reproducibility

Every backtest captures a strategy snapshot so re-runs are exact replays.

Backtest pitfalls

Look-ahead, over-fitting, regime dependence, and other ways backtests lie.

Key metrics

Every headline metric the backtest reports, in plain language.

Equity curve

How to read the equity curve beyond the final number.

Trades table fields

What every column in the backtest trades table means.

Exit reason values

What each exit_reason in the trades table means.

Optimizing a strategy

Tune a strategy's parameters with Bayesian search, score on walk-forward validation, and save the best variant.

Improving a strategy

Search for a parameter variant that beats your current strategy on out-of-sample data, and save only a genuine forward improvement.