backtesting data gives you so much mental edge that you probably don’t even realize.
having 200-500 trades in your excel sheet and seeing how even 9 losses in a row can happen - and you still end up very profitable by the end of the year - helps you handle those 9 losses much better than if you didn’t have that data.
people who say backtesting isn’t important because the market doesn’t run on past data either:
1. don’t have an edge themselves
2. are selling you a dream (in a discord or pdf format)
3. both
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