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Bot Backtest Reality Check: 11 AI prompts for backtest validation

A pack for checking whether a trading bot backtest is robust enough to move toward paper trading or live execution.

Added May 31, 2026 11 copy-ready prompts Library-matched

Copy-ready bot backtest reality check AI prompts

Look-Ahead Bias Trap Detector

Beginner

Checks whether a backtest accidentally used information that would not have existed at decision time.

ID 391
Audit my strategy rules trend-following strategy for look-ahead bias. Check signal timestamps, indicator calculations, candle close usage, revised data, corporate actions, index membership, model training windows, and order execution timing. Explain each possible leak and how to test it.

Slippage, Fees & Fill Realism Check

Pro

Adds real execution costs to a backtest so perfect fills do not hide a fragile strategy.

ID 392
Review my backtest assumptions for crypto market. Add realistic transaction fees, spread, slippage, partial fills, latency, and worse-than-normal liquidity conditions. Show how results should be stress-tested if costs double or spreads widen during volatility.

Trade Count & Sample Size Sanity Check

Beginner

Prevents users from trusting a high Sharpe, win rate, or profit curve built on too few trades.

ID 393
Evaluate whether my backtest sample is large enough. I have number of trades trades over 4 hours with win rate 20% and expectancy result. Explain confidence limits, regime coverage, outlier dependence, and what additional testing is required.

Walk-Forward Split Builder

Medium

Turns a single backtest into rolling in-sample and out-of-sample windows.

ID 394
Design a walk-forward validation plan for my strategy on crypto market using 15-minute data. Choose in-sample and out-of-sample window lengths, re-optimization frequency, embargo rules, pass/fail metrics, and how to combine all out-of-sample results.

Monte Carlo Drawdown Stress Test

Medium

Tests whether the strategy survives shuffled trades, losing streaks, and bad sequencing.

ID 395
Create a Monte Carlo stress-test plan for my backtest trades. Include trade reshuffling, bootstrapped returns, worst-case sequencing, fee/slippage shocks, max drawdown distribution, risk-of-ruin checks, and position-size limits based on the results.

Parameter Sensitivity Heatmap

Medium

Checks whether performance depends on one lucky parameter setting instead of a robust zone.

ID 396
Build a parameter sensitivity test for my strategy trend-following strategy. Identify the key parameters, define sensible ranges, create a heatmap plan, and explain how to tell the difference between a robust plateau and a fragile peak caused by overfitting.

Regime Robustness Review

Medium

Tests whether a bot survives different volatility, trend, liquidity, and correlation regimes.

ID 397
Stress-test my bot across market regimes: low-volatility chop, high-volatility trend, crash, rebound, liquidity drought, and correlation breakdown. For each regime, list expected failure modes, metrics to monitor, and rules for reducing or pausing the bot.

Paper Trading Graduation Gate

Medium

Creates objective rules for moving from backtest to paper trading, then to small live size.

ID 398
Create a graduation checklist from backtest to paper trading to small live size. Include minimum paper-trading duration, execution reconciliation, slippage tolerance, alert quality, drawdown limits, logging requirements, and stop conditions.

Survivorship & Universe Audit

Pro

Checks whether the backtest universe quietly excluded assets that failed, delisted, or became untradeable.

ID 399
Audit my backtest universe ETF portfolio for survivorship bias. Check delisted assets, current-members-only data, unavailable historical constituents, corporate actions, liquidity filters, exchange listings, and whether the strategy could actually trade each asset at the time.

Production Kill-Switch Rules

Pro

Defines when a bot should reduce size, stop trading, or require human review after deployment.

ID 400
Design production kill-switch rules for my trading bot. Include max daily loss, max drawdown, slippage spike, data outage, order rejection, latency, unusual fill rate, regime shift, exchange incident, and manual override procedures.

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