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A profitable backtest does not tell the whole story. Learn how drawdown, profit factor, expectancy, win rate, average wins and losses, trade count, and other metrics can reveal how an options strategy actually behaved.
A strong options backtest can weaken when a strategy meets live markets. Learn how slippage, fill assumptions, liquidity, overfitting, and changing conditions can create a gap between historical testing and real execution.
Backtesting and paper trading answer different questions. Learn how options traders can use historical testing to research strategy rules, then paper trading to validate the workflow under current market conditions before considering automation.
A useful options backtest starts before you run the test. Learn how to define the strategy, test realistic rules, review the right metrics, challenge your assumptions, and decide whether the idea deserves forward testing or automation.