diff --git a/docs/backtesting.md b/docs/backtesting.md index d6775e17c..9b2997510 100644 --- a/docs/backtesting.md +++ b/docs/backtesting.md @@ -202,7 +202,7 @@ Since backtesting lacks some detailed information about what happens within a ca - Buys happen at open-price - Sell signal sells happen at open-price of the following candle -- Low happens before high for stoploss, protecting capital first. +- Low happens before high for stoploss, protecting capital first - ROI - sells are compared to high - but the ROI value is used (e.g. ROI = 2%, high=5% - so the sell will be at 2%) - sells are never "below the candle", so a ROI of 2% may result in a sell at 2.4% if low was at 2.4% profit @@ -212,6 +212,7 @@ Since backtesting lacks some detailed information about what happens within a ca - High happens first - adjusting stoploss - Low uses the adjusted stoploss (so sells with large high-low difference are backtested correctly) - Sell-reason does not explain if a trade was positive or negative, just what triggered the sell (this can look odd if negative ROI values are used) +- Stoploss (and trailing stoploss) is evaluated before ROI within one candle. So you can often see more trades with the `stoploss` and/or `trailing_stop` sell reason comparing to the results obtained with the same strategy in the Dry Run/Live Trade modes. Taking these assumptions, backtesting tries to mirror real trading as closely as possible. However, backtesting will **never** replace running a strategy in dry-run mode. Also, keep in mind that past results don't guarantee future success.