Back testing Multiple Symbols

• 11/05/2021 at 10:16 AM #181016
  SpreadBetMH

  Hello

  Can I BackTest a Trading Strategy on multiple symbols at the same time?

  The theory is to develop a strategy that works on multiple symbols and to try and avoid Curve Fitting.

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  11/05/2021 at 12:37 PM #181030
  PeterSt

  See below. 🙂

  I think it is a very nice idea to utilize this in order to avoid curve fitting.

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  11/05/2021 at 12:50 PM #181035
  robertogozzi

  On real accounts (not demo ones) you can backtest up to 3 different symbols (assets, instruments,…) at a time, but they are independent of one another, you cannot add any code to your strategies to compare other results.

   

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  05/20/2025 at 2:48 PM #247382
  Roger B.

  I tried to add another chart to backtest using the ‘+’ sign … just to get an error triggered, stating: “you’ve used the maximum of 1 instruments to optimize” …

  Could this be a premium thing?

   

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  05/20/2025 at 3:06 PM #247384
  robertogozzi

  Yes, exactly.

   

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