Backtesting
Backtest bar by bar. Then prove it live.
Pick a market and a date, step the chart forward, and trade it on charts we built ourselves. When the run ends the stats sit in the same journal as your real trades.
- Bar by bar
- Replay at your pace
- 2 lifetime
- Free sessions to start
- Unlimited
- Sessions on Pro
- 1 journal
- For tests and live trades
How it works
- 01
Pick a market and a date
Choose the instrument and where in history to start. Jump to any moment you want to study.
- 02
Trade the replay
Step forward one bar at a time and place entries, stops and targets as if it were live.
- 03
Read the stats
Win rate, expectancy and drawdown for the idea, and the trades saved where your live record lives.
Jump to time
Study the moments that matter.
Jump straight to a news release, a session open or a setup you remember, instead of scrolling through weeks of quiet chart.
- Any date, any session
- Hide the future until you step into it
- Your drawings stay on the chart
Session stats
The stats of the idea, when the run is done.
Every simulated trade is logged with its R multiple, so a session ends with numbers rather than a feeling.
- Win rate, expectancy, drawdown
- Per-trade R and equity curve
- Export to your Trade Log on Pro
Backtest, forward test, live
One record from the first test to the funded account.
The same setup moves from the backtester to a forward test to a broker-synced live account, and the verified record at the end is the one a funder can check.
- Backtests and live trades in one journal
- Forward tests count toward DT Scholarships
- Edge suggests the next test from your results
What is free
Free includes two full sessions.
Pro makes them unlimited, $18 a month or $149 a year.
| Feature | Free | Pro |
|---|---|---|
| Backtest sessions | 2 lifetime | Unlimited |
| Trades per session | 50 | Unlimited |
| Markets per session | 1 | Unlimited |
| Sessions never expire | ||
| Strategy linking and rule compliance | ||
| Export backtests to your Trade Log |
Full comparison on the pricing page.
Questions
Is the backtester free?
A free account gets 2 full sessions to try it, with up to 50 trades in each. Pro, at $18 a month, removes every cap and keeps sessions forever.
What markets and data does it use?
Real historical candles for the forex pairs, indices, crypto and futures in the app, on charts DT Terminal built rather than an embed. Coverage grows as data partners are added.
How is this different from bar replay on a charting site?
A replay on a charting site ends when you close the tab. Here every simulated trade is logged with its R multiple, the session has stats, and on Pro the trades export into the same Trade Log as your live ones, so the backtest and the live record can be compared.
Can I test a written strategy against its rules?
Yes. On Pro a session can be linked to a strategy in your Playbook, and each trade is checked against the rules you wrote down.
Do backtests count toward DT Scholarships?
A completed and reviewed backtest session is one of the three things the scholarship application asks for, beside ten logged trades and a 14-day logging streak.
Can Edge help with backtesting?
Edge reads the results of a session, answers questions about it with your numbers, and suggests what to test next. It does not trade for you.
Can I run DT Terminal from Claude?
Soon. We are building an MCP connector that opens the whole of DT Terminal to Claude: every workspace and every piece of your data, to read and to act on, with your consent per scope. It works with any assistant that speaks MCP, and it is in development, not live yet.
Test the idea before the money is on it.
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