Many traders spend years searching for the perfect strategy, yet still struggle to achieve consistency. In your opinion, what separates a profitable strategy from one that only looks good during backtesting, and how do you personally validate a strategy before trusting it with real capital?
A profitable strategy works consistently in real market conditions, not just in backtesting. I validate a strategy by forward testing it, checking risk management, and ensuring it performs over a large sample of trades before using real capital.
It's not about the perfect strategy , it's about the psychology and rules that we don't follow