slippage

what kind of slippage do you guys use for a basic backtest to see if a strategy should be considered further ?

Is 5 ticks reasonable for crude oil? $50 per trade of slippage ?

thanks
shane

Hello

First, it depend on your broker spread. I don't trade the crude so I got no idea for it

I trade mainly the Forex and my broker is IB. My normal spread is 0.5Pip on Eur.Usd. So for my simulation I will use 1 full pip per side

Good luck
Martin