The Truth You Can't See in Automated Trading Backtests

The parameters are perfect

The strategy is also perfect

Even if the results are very good

there are things that a backtest cannot show

That is the swap

You will understand this only after doing a forward test

When programming an EA

It is good to define whether the amount includes the swap or not

Whether it does or does not

you should define it

Recently, no-swap brokerages

have been increasing

So if you use them

you may not need to worry

but many places still adopt swaps

so include in the source code whether the swap amount is included

or not

because the performance can be completely different

Swaps greatly influence trades

As an example

When the parameter reaches $10

I set it to close the position

as shown in this image

Even if the profit and loss becomes $12

a $5 loss is subtracted due to the swap

so the position remains open for a long time

To avoid this kind of trouble

Please rethink about swaps