What does backtest mean?
Backtest means A test of a strategy, model, etc. using data from a previous time..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
A test of a strategy, model, etc. using data from a previous time..
(Mr. Fosback has also backtested this indicator to the late 1940s, the earliest period for which data on the coincident economic indicators were available, and it performed just as well from then until the late ’70s as it did in more recent decades.)
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Backtest means A test of a strategy, model, etc. using data from a previous time..
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(Mr. Fosback has also backtested this indicator to the late 1940s, the earliest period for which data on the coincident economic indicators were available, and it performed just as well from then until the late ’70s as it did in more recent decades.)
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