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bars vs. chart replay in backtesting

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[2013-07-16 22:42:59]
User20851 - Posts: 9
Hello,

I am getting quite different results from the two methods of backtesting--by bar and chart replay. Testing by bar indicates profit of $48,000 while testing by replaying the chart indicates a loss of $20,000 in the same time period. Does it seem normal that such a disparity should be recorded, and which results are more representative of reality? I understand the replay is said to be the more accurate approach but noticed that backtesting by bars took much longer (about 10 times longer). Any feedback is welcome.

Thanks.
[2013-07-17 00:31:57]
Sierra Chart Engineering - Posts: 104368
Replay back testing will be more accurate. So you are saying replay back testing was faster than bar based back testing? That would seem unlikely.
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