Topic: Sorry in advance) Demo vs. Live performance...
So I think you know where this is going... my experience with my broker is that the demo account is almost identical to the live account I have. I'm trying to test long term strategies in my practice account and then move them up to my live again, however, a lot of folks on this forum seem to be convinced that their practice accounts give totally different results to their strategies than their live accounts, so much so that they say it's pointless to even waste time forward testing in a practice account.
Why is this? Is it a spread issue, or an execution issue? Or a non issue?