Observed arrival · 2026-09-22
Backtest Audit: How Much of Your Return Is Wishful Thinking?
A Chinese-language service audits trading backtests for optimistic execution assumptions that can inflate reported returns.
- For
- Algorithmic traders testing backtest claims
- Worth noticing
- The audit targets three silent assumptions: gap-free stop fills, zero entry slippage, and minimum-tier fees.
Field notes
The service frames backtest review as an execution-audit problem rather than a strategy-picking exercise. Its examples concern gap-through stop losses, market orders that do not fill exactly at the open, and fee schedules that may be better than a trader's real tier. The page offers a conclusion-only free check, paid HTML reporting with an audit ID, a public badge, and a highest-tier workflow involving engine reproduction and ledger reconstruction.
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