Does anyone know if it is possible to run automations against historical data (horse racing) to determine if they would have been profitable or not? If so, how do you go about doing this?
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Testing Automations using historical data
In the HFT world this is known as backtesting, the issue is that backtesting comes with its issues (optimisation/look-ahead/survivorship bias)
I however I use it on my own data that I have collected but only to investigate if a strategy is viable before using it live with small stakes.
There are a few spreadsheets that use macros that can collect data in the spreadsheet section or you can purchase data from Fracsoft although it looks like they are not bothering with the new API.
I however I use it on my own data that I have collected but only to investigate if a strategy is viable before using it live with small stakes.
There are a few spreadsheets that use macros that can collect data in the spreadsheet section or you can purchase data from Fracsoft although it looks like they are not bothering with the new API.