Backtesting

Prove your strategy before you risk it.

Replay real market history candle by candle, place orders as price moves, and find out whether your edge holds up. No code and no real money.

Included in Premium · Forex, crypto, stocks and CFDs

The problem

The live market is an expensive classroom

Most traders skip practice because it's slow and tedious. So they end up testing ideas with real money.

  • Learning with real money

    Every new setup you try live costs money while you find out whether it even works.

  • Too few reps

    A good setup might appear a few times a week. Waiting for it live means months before you know anything.

  • Hindsight on a finished chart

    Scrolling back through history shows you the answer before you decide. What you learn that way doesn't hold up.

How it works

From idea to answer in three steps

Set up once, then get as many reps as you like.

  1. 1

    Set up a session

    Pick your symbols, a date range and your starting capital. Set leverage for each symbol, just like your broker would.

  2. 2

    Replay and trade

    Step forward one candle at a time or press play. Place orders with take profit and stop loss as price moves. The future stays hidden.

  3. 3

    Read your results

    Balance, equity, P&L and every closed trade are tracked as you go, so you know whether the idea deserves real money.

Place orders like you would live

The order panel works the way your broker's does. Set your size, add a target and a stop, and manage the trade while price moves.

  • Market, limit and stop orders
  • Take profit and stop loss by price or by amount
  • Edit orders and close part of a position mid-trade
  • Size checked against your available margin
Backtesting order panel next to a gold chart with take profit and stop loss fields

You control time

Slow down for the open, speed through quiet hours, or jump straight to the day you want to practice. You decide how much history to see at once.

  • Set the replay speed, or step one candle at a time
  • Watch bigger candles form minute by minute
  • Jump to any date in your session
  • High bar detail for more realistic fills

A real account, without the risk

Each session has its own balance, margin and leverage, so position sizing and drawdowns feel the way they would on a funded account.

  • Balance, equity and margin update with every candle
  • Set leverage per symbol
  • Several symbols in one session
  • Add funds whenever you need to

Everything you need to practice properly

The small details that make a session feel like the real thing.

  • One idea per session

    Keep each strategy and its results separate.

  • Multi-symbol

    Set up one session with several symbols.

  • Any date range

    Practice a week, a month or a whole year.

  • Hidden future

    Only what has already happened is on the chart.

  • Start over

    Reset a session whenever you want a clean run.

  • Full chart tools

    Draw levels and use indicators while you replay.

  • Works on mobile

    Get a few reps in from your phone.

  • Kept separate

    Practice trades never touch your live stats.

Trade replay or backtesting? Use both.

One shows you what you did. The other lets you practice what you should do next. Together they close the loop.

Trade replay

Learn from the trades you actually took.

  • Your real trades, with your real money and emotions
  • Check your entries, exits and timing
  • Spot the habits that cost you
  • Best for daily and weekly reviews
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Backtesting

Practice on history before you risk anything.

  • Any date in the past, with no real money at stake
  • Test a new setup or rule
  • Get many reps in a short time
  • Best for building and proving a strategy

Questions, answered

Can't find what you're looking for? Email our support team and we'll get back to you.

support@tradersign.com

It's a practice space where you replay historical market data and trade it as if it were live. You place orders, manage them and see the results, without risking real money.

No. You trade the chart by hand with the same kinds of orders you'd use with your broker. There are no scripts to write.

Forex, crypto, stocks and CFDs such as gold and indices. Available dates depend on the historical data we have for each symbol.

No. Backtesting sessions are kept separate, so your live journal and stats only ever show the trades you really took.

Backtesting is part of the Premium plan. The pricing page lists everything each plan includes.

Orders are checked candle by candle as history plays. Turn on high bar detail and they're checked against smaller candles inside each bar, which gives more realistic fills on higher timeframes. It isn't tick data.

Yes. Add several symbols when you set up a session and give each one its own leverage.

Your next trade deserves a second look.

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