How to replay a chart and trade it candle by candle
A manual backtest reveals past candles one at a time and lets you place Buy and Sell trades with stop-loss and take-profit, to practice and measure a strategy.
Available on: Essential and PRO
Steps
Open Backtesting and click + New backtest.
Choose Manual.
Set Name, Data source, Symbol, Timeframe, From and To dates, Starting balance and Risk per trade (%).
Click Create backtest. The replay opens.
Press Play (or Space) to reveal candles. Use the +1 button or the → key to move one bar.
Under New order leave SL and TP empty for the defaults, or type prices, then click Buy or Sell.
Let the trade close on its stop or target, or click Close now. Stop to breakeven moves the stop to your entry.
Read Session stats: balance, net P&L, win rate, profit factor, average R and max drawdown.
Tips
- Defaults: stop 1.5× ATR(14) away and target 2R. Trades open at the current candle's close, sized so hitting the stop loses exactly your risk %.
- With Build candles live ticked, each candle forms tick by tick. Your progress is saved, and Restart starts over.
- The future stays hidden until you advance. Binance crypto data needs nothing to set up.
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