{"id":785,"date":"2026-09-03T10:10:59","date_gmt":"2026-09-03T10:10:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.myfxbook.com\/help\/?post_type=ht_kb&#038;p=785"},"modified":"2026-09-03T10:11:24","modified_gmt":"2026-09-03T10:11:24","slug":"1-what-is-myfxbook-backtest","status":"publish","type":"ht_kb","link":"https:\/\/www.myfxbook.com\/help\/knowledge-base\/1-what-is-myfxbook-backtest\/","title":{"rendered":"1. What is Myfxbook Backtest?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Myfxbook Backtest is an interactive market-replay tool that lets you test trading strategies using historical market data.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Instead of waiting for a trading setup to appear in the live market, you can select a previous date and replay price movements as they occurred. You can then analyze the chart, place simulated trades and measure the results of your strategy without risking real money.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Myfxbook Backtest includes:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>More than 20 years of historical market data<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Historical data down to the one-minute timeframe<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Hundreds of supported symbols<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Manual market replay<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Multiple synchronized charts<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Multiple timeframes<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Indicators and drawing tools<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Simulated trade execution<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Myfxbook performance analytics<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Saved and shareable backtests<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Myfxbook Backtest is completely free, although you must be signed in to a registered Myfxbook account to use it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Myfxbook Backtest versus Strategy AI backtesting<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Myfxbook Backtest is designed for <strong>manual backtesting<\/strong>. You replay the market, analyze each setup and decide when to open or close a trade.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Strategy AI backtesting is a separate feature that tests an Expert Advisor generated through Strategy AI. Those automated backtests are processed on Myfxbook\u2019s servers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Important:<\/strong> Backtest trades are simulated. They are not sent to a broker and do not use real funds. Historical performance does not guarantee future trading results.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Myfxbook Backtest is an interactive market-replay tool that lets you test trading strategies using historical market data. Instead of waiting for a trading setup to appear in the live market, you can select a previous date and replay price movements as they occurred. You can then analyze the chart, place&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"footnotes":""},"ht-kb-category":[87],"ht-kb-tag":[],"class_list":["post-785","ht_kb","type-ht_kb","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","ht_kb_category-backtest"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myfxbook.com\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb\/785","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myfxbook.com\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myfxbook.com\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/ht_kb"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myfxbook.com\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myfxbook.com\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=785"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.myfxbook.com\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb\/785\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":786,"href":"https:\/\/www.myfxbook.com\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb\/785\/revisions\/786"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myfxbook.com\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=785"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"ht_kb_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myfxbook.com\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb-category?post=785"},{"taxonomy":"ht_kb_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myfxbook.com\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb-tag?post=785"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}