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The FAQ question backtesting.py can't answer: "where do I forward-test this for free?" #1405

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Hi — backtesting.py is where a huge share of Python strategy ideas get their first honest evaluation, and its docs are admirably clear that a backtest is evidence, not proof. Which leaves the question your users hit next: after the backtest looks good, where do you forward-test without risking money?

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That's the missing second half: a strategy's directional views, filed as daily forecasts, accumulate an independently settled forward track record — the out-of-sample evidence a backtest structurally cannot provide, free and with no brokerage account. If you think it's a fit, a one-line mention in the docs/FAQ ("options for forward-testing a signal") would genuinely serve your users; I'm not asking for placement beyond what you judge useful, and happy to write the sentence for your review or just leave this here for users who search the issues.

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