About PlayBack Forex
PlayBack Forex is a forex backtesting and practice trading web app made for traders in Nigeria, built by a trader for traders. It lets you PlayBack real market history candle by candle, place paper trades as if the market were live, and review the results.
Quick facts
| What it is | A browser-based forex backtesting platform and trading simulator (manual backtesting, paper trading) |
| Also described as | Forex backtester, backtesting software, trading simulator, forex simulator, chart replay / bar replay tool (here called PlayBack), paper trading app, strategy tester (terms explained) |
| Who it is for | Forex traders in Nigeria and Africa: beginners, price-action, ICT/SMC and prop-firm traders |
| Markets | 37: all 28 major and cross forex pairs, gold (XAUUSD, see backtesting gold), silver (XAGUSD), WTI and Brent oil, S&P 500, Nasdaq 100, DAX, FTSE 100, Nikkei 225 |
| History | 1-minute candles from January 2015 to the latest week, updated weekly |
| Timeframes | 1 minute to 1 month, plus custom timeframes (Pro) |
| Price | Free plan; Pro ₦500 for 24 hours or ₦3,000 for 30 days, paid by card or bank transfer, no auto-renewal (pricing) |
| Devices | Designed for phones as well as computers and tablets; runs in any modern browser and can be added to the home screen |
| Analytics | Full trading report: profit factor, win rate, drawdowns, Sharpe ratio, Monte Carlo, strategy-tester figures, session comparison, PDF and CSV (Free: Summary) |
| Website | playbackforex.com.ng |
| On X | @PlayBackForex |
| Contact | [email protected] |
What you can do with it
- PlayBack any day since 2015: pick a candle and everything after it is hidden, then step forward one candle at a time or play at 0.5x to 10x.
- Paper trade with real mechanics: market and pending orders, stop loss, take profit, trailing stop, break-even, partial close, spread, commission and leverage settings.
- Watch several timeframes at once: up to four charts that move together during PlayBack.
- In-depth analytics after every session: a trading report with summary, profit/loss by time, long vs short, every symbol, risks (drawdown, streaks, Monte Carlo) and a full strategy-tester sheet (Sharpe, recovery factor, AHPR/GHPR, Z-score, MFE/MAE); compare sessions; PDF and CSV. (what the numbers mean)
- Made for phones: a real phone layout with one-thumb PlayBack controls, one-tap Buy/Sell, swipeable pairs and timeframes, and a tab bar for Watchlist, Charts, Trade and Analytics. Add it to your home screen like an app.
- Rehearse prop-firm rules: set a daily loss limit and a maximum drawdown on the practice account (how to practise a prop firm challenge).
- Mark up the chart: drawing tools (trend lines, Fibonacci, channels, boxes, long/short position tool) and indicators.
See it
Good to know
- Every trade is a paper trade: PlayBack Forex is a practice and testing tool, not a broker, and not financial advice.
- It is built for testing by hand, candle by candle. For automated strategies (Expert Advisors), use the MT5 Strategy Tester.
Why we built it
Most Nigerian traders learn from videos and then practise with real money or on a demo account that only moves at today’s speed. Good backtesting tools exist, but they are priced in dollars and need a card that works abroad. PlayBack Forex brings the same idea, test your strategy on real history before you risk money, to Nigerian traders at naira prices, in a browser that works on the phone most traders already use.
Try it on real history
Open PlayBack Forex in your browser, pick a pair and a start candle, and trade the chart as it unfolds. Free to start.