carry foreign tax credit back versus forward, do i have a choice?

Im confused on the way the unused foreign tax credit works.   

 

am I required to first try to carry it backwards one year?  does that mean having to file an amended return?

 

OR can i just push it into next year?  and if i do this.. the downside is you can only keep pushing it forward up to 10 years.  and that means 2019 carry fwd amt can be used up to 2029 but if i have  2020 unused, that amt can be used up to 2030  ?

 

thx