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backtest

backtest noun: a test of a strategy, model, etc. using data from a previous time.

Noun

backtest (plural backtests)

  1. A test of a strategy, model, etc. using data from a previous time.

Verb

backtest (third-person singular simple present backtests, present participle backtesting, simple past and past participle backtested)

  1. (ambitransitive) To test a strategy, model, etc. using data from a previous time.
    • (Mr. Fosback has also backtested this indicator to the late 1940s, the earliest period for which data on the coincident economic indicators were available, and it performed just as well from then until the late ’70s as it did in more recent decades.)2008 May 18, Mark Hulbert, “An Alarm Is Blaring: Time to Buy”, in New York Times

backtest meaning in Bengali

backtest in Bengali

মডেল ইত্যাদির পরীক্ষা, মডেল ইত্যাদির পরীক্ষা করা

Forms of backtest

Noun
pluralbacktests
Verb
third-person singular presentbacktests
present participlebacktesting
past participlebacktested
pastbacktested

Origin of backtest

From back + test.

Questions about backtest

What does backtest mean?
Backtest means a test of a strategy, model, etc. using data from a previous time.
What is backtest in Bengali?
Backtest in Bengali is মডেল ইত্যাদির পরীক্ষা, মডেল ইত্যাদির পরীক্ষা করা. See Backtest meaning in Bengali.
What part of speech is backtest?
Backtest can be a noun or a verb.
What is the plural of backtest?
The plural of backtest is backtests.

Words near backtest in the dictionary

  1. backtaxied
  2. backtaxies
  3. backtaxiing
  4. backtaxis
  5. backtaxying
  6. backtest
  7. backtested
  8. backtesting
  9. backtests
  10. backthrust
  11. backthrusted

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Adapted from Wiktionary: backtest (page history and authors); backtest (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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