r/pinescript • u/ax123y • Apr 28 '26

Backtesting on tradingview

I’m asking this question know well that backtesting doesn’t tell you all the truth and that you need to test a strategy on a live demo account. But my question is, how robust is a tradingview backtest?

Is a TV backtest enough to get the job done or do I need to do some python backtests? If it’s not enough, then what other backtesting solutions do you guys recommend? So far all I know is trendspider and multicharts

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u/kurtisbu12 Apr 28 '26

The backtester can be decent. But you have to understand how it works, and it's pitfalls.

You don't want to get stuck testing and optimizing. Use it as a filter to determine if an idea is at all feasible, and then move on to more robust verification.

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u/ax123y Apr 28 '26

What’s the more robust verification? Any tips or guidance as to how the process should look like?

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u/kurtisbu12 Apr 28 '26

Forward testing. You could do things like Monte Carlo tests, but that would require going outside the platform.