{"id":3757,"date":"2010-09-22T21:44:26","date_gmt":"2010-09-23T07:44:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.tradingheroes.com\/?p=3757"},"modified":"2024-03-22T11:27:20","modified_gmt":"2024-03-22T18:27:20","slug":"forex-tester-2-tip-how-to-change-the-leverage-you-use-during-backtesting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tradingheroes.com\/forex-tester-2-tip-how-to-change-the-leverage-you-use-during-backtesting\/","title":{"rendered":"Forex Tester 2 Tip: How to Change the Leverage You Use During Backtesting"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I had a question from a reader about how to change the leverage that is used during backtesting.\u00a0\u00a0 This is a great question and I don't think they go over it in their instructional videos.<\/p>\n<p>The leverage does not need to be exact to the penny, but it must give an accurate representation of actual trading conditions. If you are backtesting at a much higher leverage, your strategy could margin call when you trade in a real account with lower leverage.<\/p>\n<p>But you already knew that&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Anyway, here is a quick tutorial on how to change the leverage in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tradingheroes.com\/forex-tester-5-review\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"49\">Forex Tester<\/a> 2:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/iaVVYpbRCto?rel=0\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I had a question from a reader about how to change the leverage that is used during backtesting.\u00a0\u00a0 &#8230; <\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more-container\"><a title=\"Forex Tester 2 Tip: How to Change the Leverage You Use During Backtesting\" class=\"read-more button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tradingheroes.com\/forex-tester-2-tip-how-to-change-the-leverage-you-use-during-backtesting\/#more-3757\" aria-label=\"Read more about Forex Tester 2 Tip: How to Change the Leverage You Use During Backtesting\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2022,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[201007],"tags":[751],"class_list":["post-3757","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-trading-software-tutorials","tag-forex-tester-tutorials","generate-columns","tablet-grid-50","mobile-grid-100","grid-parent","grid-33"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.1.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Forex Tester 2 Tip: How to Change the Leverage You Use During Backtesting - Trading Heroes<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tradingheroes.com\/forex-tester-2-tip-how-to-change-the-leverage-you-use-during-backtesting\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Forex Tester 2 Tip: How to Change the Leverage You Use During Backtesting - Trading Heroes\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"I had a question from a reader about how to change the leverage that is used during backtesting.\u00a0\u00a0 ... 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