# Backtesting

[Backtest](http://www.klickanalytics.com/backtest) Strategy app allows you to;

* Backtest investment strategies based on various technical Indicators
* You can analyze any Stocks, ETFs, Crypto currency and more

**Filters**

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To analyze a strategy, you can use the following filters&#x20;

* **Symbol :** Set a global symbol e.g AA, TSLA, DOGE-COIN etc.
* Set **Initial Cash** as investment
* **Commission** per trade
* **Trading Date range** - from and to
* Following strategies are available to play around
  * **Simple Moving Average Crossover**
  * **Exponential Moving Average Crossover**
  * **MACD**
  * **RSI**
  * **Bollinger Bands**
* You can **change various input parameters for the strategies** to compute various results sets and analyze them accordingly.

**Strategy Output**

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Once you select the strategy of your choice and hit 'Run Backtest', our system will compute the following

* **Quick investment performance** data with
  * Initial Investment
  * Final Investment value
  * % Change of investment
* **Historical chart with Buy/Sell signals indicators,** to help you to quickly visualize the trades
* Corresponding **technical indicator** is plotted on the historical chart so that you can compare, zoom in/out to see when a particular buy or sell signal is generated.

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* A Transactions data table is displayed to enlist all possible Buy/Sell signals found by the selected strategy with the following data items
  * Date
  * Type (Buy or Sell)
  * Price
  * Size&#x20;
  * Transaction Value
  * Any commission for the trade
  * Profit and Loss

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Run backtest strategy tool with different strategies to see the overall investment performance to look for investment opportunities and more.

**To access:** From the top menu bar, click on Menu > [Backtest](http://www.klickanalytics.com/backtest)