How to Forward Test

Requirements

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The following things are required for Forward Testing (paper trading) on AlgoTest :

You need to have an AlgoTest account to do a forward test. If you don’t have an AlgoTest account, you can create one by clicking on this link.

You need a strategy on AlgoTest that you want to deploy for Forward Testing. To know how to create a strategy in AlgoTest, Click Here

To do a Forward Test on AlgoTest you need to buy a Forward Test Execution Plan. To know about pricing and purchase of the execution plan Click Here.

First, you need to log in to your account in AlgoTest. To log in to your account follow some simple steps

Go to the AlgoTest website and click on the login button in the top right corner. If you don’t have an account click on signup and create an account.
Enter your Registered Mobile Number and Password and click on the ‘Login’ button to log in to your account.

To activate your strategy for paper trading (forward test) follow some simple steps as shown below.

Click on the ‘Forward Test’ button as shown in the image below.
Now it will show your strategies under ‘Strategies’ as shown in the image below.

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It is important to note that your BTST, Positional & VWAP strategies will not show here.
Click on the Activate button to activate your strategy. Assume we want to activate a strategy named ‘AlgoTest Forward Test 2’. So we will click on the ‘Activate’ button on the right side of the strategy. It is important to note that you have to activate your strategy daily and you can activate your strategy between 08:45 AM to 03:28 PM. You have to activate your strategy at least 2 minutes before your entry time.
After you click on activate it will show ‘Running’ on top of the page under Deployed Strategies as shown in the image below.
After your entry criteria are met, your strategy will take position. You can see your running MTM on this page as shown in the image below. You can stop the strategy by clicking on the ‘Switch to Manual’ button. You can square off the position in strategy at any time by clicking on the ‘Squareoff’ button. You can also see trade details by clicking on the ‘Trades’ button.