November 2019
Beginner
394 pages
10h 31m
English
The for-loop backtester is very simple to comprehend. It can be easily implemented in any programming language. The main functionality of this type of backtester is to read a file and calculate new metrics based on price alone. Complexity and the need for calculating power are very low. Therefore, execution does not take too long and it is quick to obtain results regarding the performance of the trading strategies.