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[User Discussion] - Backtesting an intraday strategy
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| [2024-08-21 17:05:51] |
| User873205 - Posts: 9 |
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Hi, When backtesting a strategy (trading NQ futures) that trades quite frequently (100s per day) i found that using "Stop/Limit" orders are very different results as opposed to "Market if Touched" orders. Do you know which is more accurate for this? Thanks! |
| [2024-11-06 23:31:28] |
| Tin43 - Posts: 90 |
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Well I think market if touched not only you will not get the price for being a market order, but slippage is an adding problem too. I think that limit orders will be more realistic despite MAYBE not getting filled. As we know with Market orders you get filled but not at your desired price, with limits you get the price but is no granted that you will get filled. I suppose that if you are an intraday trader with long moves (more than 4 handles, for me) then maybe that is not a problem. But if you are a scalper going for 3 or 5 ticks, that's a big problem. Maybe you should share the differences you find between market if touched orders and limit orders to give you more insight. |
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