How to trade on historical data?

In the Bar Replay mode, trading on historical data is available. This is a separate trading mode from Paper Trading. Data on trades and the overall result are available only in the session itself, and they are not saved anywhere.

To start it, just click on Replay Trading and launch the Bar Replay.

Before pressing the Play button, you can also configure your initial capital, base currency, and commission size in the appropriate menu within the Replay Trading panel. These settings will impact your trading session, so setting them up according to your needs is important.

Trading on historical data is available immediately after selecting the starting point. You can open positions and place limit, stop, and stop-limit orders, just like you would with a real broker. To trade, use the Buy and Sell buttons in the top left corner of the chart, the plus menu on the chart, or the Order Ticket, which you can open by clicking Trade.

The choice of the number of positions and orders to be opened is available and has default values as 1 unit for all types of symbols except Forex. For them, the default number is 1000 units.

You can also interact with positions and orders on the chart. By dragging and dropping TP/SL elements on the chart, you can set up bracket orders to protect your position. The position and order can be closed using the cross button or the context menu. Reversing a position can be done via the reverse position button or the context menu.

When buying a position on the chart, executions are also displayed as arrows with data on the quantity and price of the position.

Inside the position, the chart shows the unrealized profit/loss. The currency of profit/loss corresponds to the currency of the symbol.

For additional trading statistics, you can check the Overview, Performance, Trades analysis, Risk/performance ratios, and List of trades tabs in the Replay Trading panel. The Performance and List of trades can also be exported for further analysis or record-keeping.

After the end of the replay, if at least one trade is made, a pop-up appears with the trading results for this session. From this pop-up, you can either switch to trading with a real broker or open a full report of your replay session.