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Strategy vs Backtesting - What's the difference?

strategy | backtesting |

As nouns the difference between strategy and backtesting

is that strategy is the science and art of military command as applied to the overall planning and conduct of warfare while backtesting is the process of testing a strategy, model etc using data from a previous time.

strategy

English

(wikipedia strategy)

Noun

  • The science and art of military command as applied to the overall planning and conduct of warfare.
  • A plan of action intended to accomplish a specific goal.
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  • The art of using similar techniques in politics or business.

    • Usage notes

    * Verbs often used with "strategy": drive, follow, pursue, execute, implement, adopt, abandon, accept, reject.

    Derived terms

    * exit strategy * strategic * strategics * strategist

    Related terms

    * stratagem

    Coordinate terms

    * (an art of using similar techniques in politics or business) tactics

    See also

    * long game

    External links

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    backtesting

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia backtesting) (-)
  • The process of testing a strategy, model etc. using data from a previous time

    • Anagrams

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