how long hourly data take for the backtest ?

[Rockman]

Hello there,

I want to ask all of your experiences (maybe statistics), usually I backtest EOD data for 15 years, now I use hourly data and doing baktest,

according to your experience how many years backward of test that worth using as a reference if the data is hourly?

thank you.

[Admin]

Not specifically an AmiBroker related question but you may take a look here for example
quant.stackexchange.com/questions/10666/backtesting-period