Strategy Pipeline — From Backtest to Live
A trading strategy is only as good as the process behind it. Before risking real money, every strategy should pass through a systematic pipeline that answers four critical questions. Our tools guide you through each step.
Is This Strategy Worth Trading?
A backtest that looks profitable isn't enough. You need to know if the edge is real or just curve-fitted noise. Robustness testing answers this by stress-testing your strategy against statistical benchmarks. If a strategy can't prove it has a genuine edge, everything that follows is gambling.
Does this strategy have a statistically significant edge, or could random trading produce similar results?
Strategy Robustness AnalyzerCan I Improve the Trade Management?
A strategy with a real edge might still be leaving money on the table. Trade quality analysis examines how well your entries, exits, and stops are working. Are you getting stopped out too early? Leaving profits on the table? Holding losers too long? Small improvements in trade management can dramatically change your equity curve.
Are the stop losses, profit targets, and exit timing optimized for this strategy's behavior?
Trade Quality AnalyzerHow Should I Size and Deploy It?
Now that you have a validated, optimized strategy, the next question is how many contracts to trade and on which accounts. Too many contracts and you blow through your drawdown limit. Too few and you waste time. Monte Carlo simulation models thousands of possible outcomes to find the sweet spot between speed and safety.
What position size gives me the best probability of passing my prop firm evaluation or hitting my account goals?
Is It Still Working?
Markets change. A strategy that worked last year might not work today. Ongoing performance monitoring tells you whether your strategy is still behaving within its expected parameters or if something has shifted. The goal isn't to react to every losing streak — it's to know the difference between normal variance and a broken edge.
Is the live performance consistent with what the backtest predicted, or has the strategy's edge degraded?
Ready to Get Started?
All of these tools are included with your Aeromir subscription. Upload your trade data and start running your strategy through the pipeline today.