Post #3031 by Baltassar on the Mechanical Investing board

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I agree about "approximately correct". That is the only way to look at any backtest if you ask me. But the discrepancies in this case only arise among leveraged tickers. The scale of the error (several hundred basis points) is also cause for concern.

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