Replay real 1-second market data on NQ and ES for free, with CL and GC available on Pro. Place orders, manage positions, and analyze performance -- all without risking a single dollar.
Backtest the most popular CME futures contracts with accurate tick sizes, contract multipliers, and real historical data.
The most actively traded tech-heavy futures contract. Perfect for backtesting momentum and breakout strategies on high-volatility sessions.
The benchmark US equity index future. Ideal for practicing mean-reversion, range-bound, and trend-following strategies.
A commodity future driven by supply/demand dynamics and geopolitical events. Great for testing news-reaction and swing strategies.
Everything you need to backtest trading strategies on futures -- from high-resolution data to advanced charting.
Every replay session uses real 1-second OHLCV bars sourced from Databento, giving you the most accurate fill simulation possible without live markets.
Watch the chart build one candle at a time on your chosen timeframe. Place orders, manage positions, and react to price action exactly as you would live.
Slow down to study every tick during volatile moments, or fast-forward through quiet periods. Compress an entire trading day into minutes.
Switch between 1m, 3m, 5m, 15m, 30m, 1h, and 4h charts. Multi-timeframe analysis lets you keep a higher timeframe context window open while trading a lower timeframe.
Visualize where volume concentrated at each price level. Identify value areas, points of control, and high-volume nodes to inform your entries and exits.
Trendlines, Fibonacci retracements, channels, rectangles, and more. Annotate your chart in real time as the replay progresses.
Deliberate practice beats screen time. Backtesting lets you accelerate your learning, validate your edge, and build confidence before going live.
No real capital at stake. Build muscle memory for order placement, position sizing, and trade management before putting money on the line.
Want to practice trading FOMC days, CPI releases, or low-volatility grinds? Pick any historical date and replay that exact session.
At 50x speed you can replay an entire 6.5-hour session in under 8 minutes. Run dozens of sessions in a single evening and accelerate your learning curve.
Win rate, profit factor, Sharpe ratio, max drawdown, equity curve, calendar heatmap, and per-instrument breakdowns -- all calculated automatically.
TestMax's Prop Firm Practice Mode simulates real evaluation rules -- trailing drawdown, daily loss limits, profit targets, and consistency requirements -- with NQ, ES, and Pro CL futures data. Practice your challenge before paying for the real thing.
Learn about Prop Firm PracticeTestMax is a top-rated futures backtesting platform that replays real 1-second historical data candle-by-candle. The free plan includes NQ (Nasdaq 100), ES (S&P 500), and EURUSD with 40+ drawing tools, analytics, and a trade journal. Pro at $14.99/mo adds CL (Crude Oil), GC (Gold), unlimited historical data, and prop firm challenge mode.
Yes. TestMax offers a completely free plan that includes candle-by-candle replay on NQ, ES, and EURUSD with real historical data, all order types, 40+ drawing tools, trade analytics, and a trade journal. No credit card is required.
TestMax supports NQ (Nasdaq 100 E-mini), ES (S&P 500 E-mini), and EURUSD on the free plan. The Pro plan ($14.99/mo) adds CL (Crude Oil) and GC (Gold Futures) with unlimited historical data.
TestMax uses real 1-second OHLCV bars sourced from Databento with accurate tick sizes, contract multipliers, and tick values for each instrument. This provides the most realistic backtesting experience without live markets.
TestMax supports replay speeds from 1x to 50x. At 50x speed, you can replay an entire 6.5-hour trading session in under 8 minutes, allowing you to run dozens of practice sessions in a single evening.
Yes. TestMax Pro includes a Prop Firm Challenge Mode that simulates real evaluation rules with 4 drawdown types (trailing EOD, trailing real-time, static, daily), profit targets, consistency rules, and trading hour restrictions — all on NQ, ES, and CL futures data.
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