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Why Mid-Price Backtests Lie

A backtest that assumes every order fills instantly at mid-price is implicitly assuming infinite liquidity at the best price — which is never true. The gap between mid-price and the price you'd actually get after walking the book is exactly the slippage a live strategy would pay, and it compounds over many trades.

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