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ChartsPod Backtest Cost Settings: Settings to Check Before Your First Analysis

ChartsPod lists strategies and backtests. Cost settings — fees, slippage, funding — often decide whether a strategy is profitable at all.

By ChartsPod Editorial Team · Reviewed by ChartsPod Research
Published · Updated · 5 min read

Short answer

Before running a backtest, check the fee rate (maker vs taker, per side), slippage model (fixed ticks or percentage), whether funding is applied to perpetual positions, and whether costs apply to both entry and exit. Compute the strategy's break-even cost — the gross average per trade — and compare it with your settings. Use your actual fee tier and measured slippage, not defaults.

What it shows

ChartsPod's public pages list this tool.

ElementMeaning
FeeMaker / taker, per side
SlippageTicks or %
FundingApplied to perps?
Both sidesEntry and exit
Illustrative net return by cost setting (%)Illustrative net return by cost setting (%): No costs 38 %; Fees only 21 %; Fees + slippage 12 %; + funding 9 %.ILLUSTRATIVE NET RETURN BY COST SETTING (%)No costs38 %Fees only21 %Fees + slippage12 %+ funding9 %
Each cost layer matters. Original ChartsPod editorial graphic.

Settings to check first

Backtest Cost Settings: before you analyseBacktest Cost Settings: before you analyse: Fee rate and side; Slippage model; Funding applied; Entry and exit; Break-even cost.BACKTEST COST SETTINGS: BEFORE YOU ANALYSEFee rate and sideSlippage modelFunding appliedEntry and exitBreak-even cost
Note these with every backtest cost settings screenshot. Original ChartsPod editorial graphic.

Common first-session mistakes:

  • Default zero costs
  • Maker fees on market orders
  • Funding ignored on long holds

Worked example

Illustrative: a strategy returns +38% with zero costs and +9% with realistic fees, slippage and funding. Break-even analysis is covered in Break-Even Win Rates: A Worked Crypto Example With Fees Included.

Related: ChartsPod Formula Lab Strategies: Settings to Check Before Your First Analysis, ChartsPod Backtest Chart Markers: Settings to Check Before Your First Analysis.

Open the backtest cost settings on BTC/USDT and run through the checklist.

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Use your actual fee tier and measured slippage, not defaults.

Review Backtest Cost Settings with bar replay before using it live.

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Questions readers ask

What costs should a backtest include?

Fees, slippage and funding.

Maker or taker?

Match your actual order types.

What's break-even cost?

The gross average profit per trade.

Sources and methodology

ChartsPod features named on its public pages (17 October 2026): 20 chart types, 200 indicators, up to 15 charts, bar replay, one-second bars built from public trades, footprint, CVD, live L2 order book, tape, liquidity heatmap and volume profile. Individual settings are not enumerated publicly, so this guide lists what to check; control names may differ. Examples are illustrative.

  1. ChartsPod: product overview, pricing and FAQ — free terminal, venues, modules, no order placement; checked 17 Oct 2026.
  2. ChartsPod documentation — guides for order flow, derivatives, alerts, backtests, journal and workspaces.
  3. ChartsPod documentation — guides for order flow, derivatives, alerts, backtests, journal and workspaces.

This article explains research tools and workflows. It is not financial advice, does not recommend buying or selling any asset and does not predict prices. Crypto derivatives carry a risk of rapid and total loss of margin.

CHARTSPOD EDITORIAL EDITION · RESEARCH AND EDUCATION ONLY · NOT FINANCIAL ADVICE.