The difference between real account performance and backtest results

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Hello,
I would like to understand why some currency pairs, which perform very well and are profitable in real trading with an EA, do not show good results when backtested with the same EA. The backtest results are completely different from the real trading outcomes.
What could be the reason for such a significant discrepancy?
 
Yuki Honda:
I would like to understand why some currency pairs, which perform very well and are profitable in real trading with an EA, do not show good results when backtested with the same EA. The backtest results are completely different from the real trading outcomes.
What could be the reason for such a significant discrepancy?
This is a good problem to have!
 
Yuki Honda:
Hello,
I would like to understand why some currency pairs, which perform very well and are profitable in real trading with an EA, do not show good results when backtested with the same EA. The backtest results are completely different from the real trading outcomes.
What could be the reason for such a significant discrepancy?
because the advisor reads history, that's why. any programmer will quickly determine this, but you won’t
 
Oleksandr Medviediev #:
This is a good problem to have!

Some questions might not have clear answers, or perhaps some of the questions themselves are flawed.


Regardless, I don’t fully understand why this is happening.


I would appreciate it if someone could provide an explanation.

 
Dz Mak #:
because the advisor reads history, that's why. any programmer will quickly determine this, but you won’t

Kindly provide a clear answer.

 
Yuki Honda #:

Kindly provide a clear answer.

It is hard to give a clear answer because we don't know your strategy or how you've setup the strategy tester.

I suggest that you double check the settings tab, make sure that the settings are a good match for live trading:

For example: If you are using "Every tick based on real ticks" check the history quality in the Backtest tab.

Check the journal for error messages etc. 

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