Features
TestMax is the futures and forex backtesting platform built for deliberate practice. Replay real market data, place orders, track analytics, and sharpen your edge — completely free to start.
What you get
15 featuresReplay historical markets candle-by-candle at speeds from 1x to 50x. Start free with the latest two months on NQ and ES futures and other Free-enabled instruments, or choose Pro for MNQ, MES, GC, and full available history. Historical bar resolution varies by instrument. Charts cannot use an interval finer than the stored data; check the instrument picker for supported timeframes.
Place market, limit, stop, and stop-limit orders just like on a real trading platform. Practice precise entries and exits with realistic fill logic on real historical bars. Auto Break Even on Pro moves your stop to entry once a trade is in profit by a trigger you set, in ticks or R.
Run up to four charts side by side: a higher timeframe of the instrument you are trading, or a different symbol at any timeframe — an NQ chart next to your ES session, or EURUSD beside GBPUSD. Synchronized crosshairs keep every pane aligned.
Every plan gets minute-to-daily presets on its enabled instruments. Pro adds second-resolution charts. Available resolutions depend on the selected instrument. Pro also lets you type any timeframe you want, such as 3m, 7m or 90m, and switch to weekly, monthly, quarterly or yearly bars.
Trendlines, Fibonacci retracements, channels, and more. Annotate charts the same way you would on TradingView, then trade directly from your analysis.
Session, visible-range and fixed-range profiles show where volume actually traded, so you lean on real acceptance and rejection levels instead of guessing — on any replay chart, futures or forex.
Write or paste TradingView Pine Script (v5 and v6) indicators and strategies, apply them to a replay chart, and watch them calculate bar-by-bar as candles stream. A real code editor, an inputs dialog generated from your script, and a Strategy Tester for testing your own signals.
The US data schedule inside your replay: CPI, payrolls, GDP and twelve more releases, with a countdown that runs as candles stream. Free shows the schedule and countdown; Pro reveals each value once the playhead has passed the print and adds chart markers, so you trade into the number without knowing the number.
Set your chart timezone so candles, session times and news events line up with your trading day. Set the Asian, European and US session hours your session indicators and jump-to controls use.
Track win rate, profit factor, Sharpe ratio, max drawdown, and more. A calendar heatmap and time-of-day breakdown help you find the patterns behind your results.
Log notes, assign tags, and rate every trade. Each journal entry links directly to the session so you can revisit your decision-making process alongside the actual chart.
See exactly how your account balance evolves over time. Spot drawdown periods, identify when strategies stop working, and measure consistency before it counts.
Run replay sessions under evaluation-style rules — enforced drawdown limits, profit targets, consistency rules, and trading-hour restrictions. Rehearse the rule set as many times as you like.
Write Python trading strategies, backtest them against real historical data with visual progress, and compare results. Comes with built-in templates (SMA crossover, RSI scalper, channel breakout) or write your own from scratch.
Generate API keys for programmatic trading. The Simulator API uses a common futures-gateway REST schema, so bots written against that schema run on TestMax with a base-URL change.
Markets
Futures and forex are first-class markets in the same replay workflow. Practice enabled futures with their contract specifications, then move to currency pairs without changing platforms or giving up the chart, order, journal, and analytics tools.
Forex replays candle-by-candle with each pair's tick size and tick value applied to P&L. The live catalogue alongside this copy lists every currently enabled instrument together with its required plan.
Free accounts can replay the latest two months on Free-enabled instruments. Pro expands that to the full available history, so you can choose older scenarios and build more reps without waiting for live markets.
101 instruments
Why TestMax
Paper trading makes you wait in real time. TestMax compresses hours into minutes, lets you pick specific historical scenarios, and gives you the analytics to actually improve.
50x
Maximum replay speed — complete a full trading day in minutes
$0
Free plan with full backtesting, all order types, and analytics
Sub-minute
Second-resolution charts on Pro for realistic price action replay
FAQ
A trading backtesting platform like TestMax lets you replay real historical market data candle-by-candle, place orders as if it counted, and analyze your performance with detailed analytics. It allows traders to practice strategies risk-free and build confidence before it counts.
Yes. TestMax Free includes the latest two months of historical data on Free-enabled instruments, all order types (market, limit, stop, stop-limit), 40+ drawing tools, trade analytics, journal, and equity curve tracking. No credit card is required. The Pro plan at $14.99/month adds the full available history, Volume Profile, Challenge Mode, and algo backtesting.
Yes. Forex pairs replay candle-by-candle in the same platform as futures, with each pair's tick size and tick value applied to P&L. The currently enabled pairs and their live plan access are listed on this page.
TestMax replays real historical market data for the most accurate replay experience. It offers a generous free plan, 40+ drawing tools, Challenge Mode with 4 drawdown types, an Algo Playground for Python strategies, and costs just $14.99/mo for Pro — significantly cheaper than FX Replay ($35/mo) or TradeZella Pro ($59/mo), using monthly billing before tax.
TestMax supports futures and forex in one backtesting platform, plus crypto, selected spot metals and CFDs. The live instrument list on this page contains only markets currently enabled in production and shows the required plan for each one. Free includes two months of history on Free-enabled instruments; Pro unlocks the full available history.
Yes. On Pro you can write or paste TradingView Pine Script (v5 and v6) indicators and strategies and apply them to any replay chart. They calculate bar-by-bar as the replay streams, with an inputs dialog generated from your script and a Strategy Tester for strategy scripts.
Yes. TestMax Pro includes Challenge Mode, which enforces trailing and static drawdown, a daily loss limit, profit targets, consistency rules, and trading-hour restrictions on every replay session.
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