Backtester

Your Complete Visual Backtesting Studio

Overview

Stop coding backtests from scratch! Backtester provides a powerful, intuitive desktop interface built on the robust Backtrader engine. Visually configure, run, and analyze your trading strategies with unprecedented ease and speed. Go from idea to results in minutes.

**Exciting News!** Backtester v4 is out, bringing an innovative rolling backtest feature and over 30 enhanced strategies to elevate your analysis. Get it Now!

Core Features

Effortless Configuration

• Asset Selection: Easily choose from a list of supported assets (e.g., BTC-USD, AAPL, EUR/USD - list expandable).
• Flexible Date Range: Define precise start and end dates for your backtests.
• Realistic Simulation: Set your initial investment amount and commission rates to match broker conditions.

Advanced Strategy Management

Take full control of your trading logic:

• Built-in Strategies: Start quickly with included strategies like Ichimoku Cloud Breakout.
• Parameter Tuning: Visually adjust strategy parameters (e.g., moving average periods, RSI levels) without touching code.
• Add Your Code: Seamlessly integrate your own custom Backtrader strategy files.
• Modify Existing Code: Open and tweak the code of existing strategies directly within the app environment (feature plan).
• 30+ Enhanced Strategies (New in v4): Explore a significantly expanded library of ready-to-use, powerful strategies.

Comprehensive Analysis & Visualization

Understand your strategy's performance inside and out with dedicated analysis tabs:

1. Interactive Plot Explained

The main analysis plot provides a rich visual summary:

• Price & Volume: Clear candlestick chart showing price action alongside volume bars.
• Indicators (e.g., Ichimoku Cloud): Visualize complex indicators directly on the price chart. See the Tenkan-sen (conversion line), Kijun-sen (base line), the Kumo (cloud formed by Senkou Span A & B) providing support/resistance zones, and the Chikou Span (lagging span).
• Trade Signals: Instantly identify trade entries with clear Buy (▲) and Sell (▼) markers plotted directly at the execution points.
• Equity Curve: Track your portfolio's value over the backtest period in the dedicated top panel. Monitor growth and compare your equity line (blue) against the cash balance (red).

2. Detailed Trades Log

Review every single trade taken during the backtest:

• Entry and Exit Dates/Times
• Entry and Exit Prices
• Trade Duration
• Profit/Loss per trade
• Position Size

3. Key Performance Statistics

Get a clear summary of your strategy's effectiveness:

• Total Return
• Win Rate
• Total Number of Trades
• Maximum Drawdown
• Sharpe Ratio
• And other relevant metrics

4. Rolling Backtest (New in v4)

Get deeper insights into your strategy's consistency and adaptiveness with the powerful new Rolling Backtest feature. Backtester v4 will enable you to:

• Analyze Performance Over Time: Evaluate your strategy's robustness across different market conditions by running tests on sequential, overlapping periods.
• Identify Stable Strategies: Pinpoint strategies that perform consistently, rather than just showing a single good run.
• Visualize Rolling Metrics: Observe trends in key metrics like returns and Sharpe Ratio over time, as shown in the new "Rolling Sharpe Ratio" and "Period Returns" plots.
• Understand Return Distribution: Gain a clearer picture of the spread and frequency of your returns, helping you assess risk.
• You can change the window size and analyze for all the periods in the date range and see the distribution of returns, statistics, cumulative returns, bar plot of returns for all periods, and rolling Sharpe ratio, demonstrating the power of this new approach.

Documentation

Dive deeper into Backtester's capabilities and learn how to craft effective trading strategies with our guides:

• Backtester Strategies Manual (PDF) - Your comprehensive guide to writing, testing, and understanding strategies within the app.

Exclusive Benefits & Future Updates

Your purchase grants you access to the current Backtester software and includes:

• Future Strategy Packs: Receive new, pre-built trading strategies added to the app periodically, including the 30+ enhanced strategies coming with v4.
• Continuous Feature Updates: Benefit from ongoing development, including new indicators, analysis tools, and usability improvements, highlighted by the upcoming rolling backtest.
• Priority Support
• Community Access