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Retail Algo Trader Survey: How do you sanity-check backtests?

Q1. How long have you been doing algo trading?

Q1. How long have you been doing algo trading?
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Q2. What asset class is your primary focus?

Q2. What asset class is your primary focus?
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Q3. Are you currently running strategies live with real money?

Q3. Are you currently running strategies live with real money?
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Q4. When you finish a backtest, how do you decide whether to go live?

Q4. When you finish a backtest, how do you decide whether to go live?

Q5. On average, how does your live performance compare to backtest?

Q5. On average, how does your live performance compare to backtest?
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Q6. What's your BIGGEST pain point in the backtest-to-live process?

Q6. What's your BIGGEST pain point in the backtest-to-live process?
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Q7. Have you ever gone live with a strategy that "looked great in backtest" and then lost money?

Q7. Have you ever gone live with a strategy that "looked great in backtest" and then lost money?
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Q8. Imagine a tool where you upload your backtest CSV (trades list) and within 30 seconds it shows you:

Realistic Sharpe / return after applying real slippage and your broker's fees
5+ overfitting checks (sample size, period dependence, Sharpe sanity, etc.)
Look-ahead bias scan
Liquidity reality check
Green/Yellow/Red verdict before going live

How interested would you be in using this?

Q8. Imagine a tool where you upload your backtest CSV (trades list) and within 30 seconds it shows you:
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Q9. If this tool existed and worked well, what would you pay?

Q9. If this tool existed and worked well, what would you pay?
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Q10. Which feature is MOST important?

Q10. Which feature is MOST important?