historical data

Old prices from the past, used to test how a trading idea would have done.

The fuller meaning

Past price and volume records used to backtest rules. Results are only as good as the data: check for gaps, holidays and bad prints, make sure delisted names are included to avoid survivorship bias, and use only information known at each moment to avoid look-ahead bias.

historical data.

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