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    How to mimic forex spread in backtest?

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    • bowguo
      bowguo last edited by

      I am using backtrader to backtest my strategy for forex trading. In live trading there is spread (difference) between the buy and sell price of a currency. For example, the price of euro/usd is 1.1850/1.1857, meaning when I buy one euro, I need to pay $1.1857; yet when I sell one euro, I can only get $1.1850. This spread can really make a difference to the profit of my strategy.

      How can take the spread into consideration when doing backtest?

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      • run-out
        run-out @bowguo last edited by

        @bowguo Try looking at slippage

        RunBacktest.com

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