Manual backtesting software, with a strategy tester’s report
A strategy tester such as MetaTrader’s runs automated robots (Expert Advisors). If you trade by judgement, reading structure, liquidity, order blocks or price action, you need manual backtesting: a chart that hides the future and lets you place each trade yourself. PlayBack Forex does that, then gives you the same report a strategy tester would.
Manual vs automated backtesting
| Manual (PlayBack Forex) | Automated (strategy tester) | |
|---|---|---|
| Who decides the trades | You, candle by candle | A coded robot |
| Good for | Price action, ICT, SMC, supply and demand | Rules you can write as code |
| Skills needed | None beyond your strategy | Programming (MQL) |
| Works on a phone | Yes, designed for it | No |
| Report | Full report plus tester sheet | Tester sheet |
The report a strategy tester would give you
- Summary: net profit, profit factor, win rate, maximum drawdown, recovery factor, Sharpe ratio, expected payoff.
- Risks: drawdown chart, losing streaks, results by hour, weekday and month, Monte Carlo.
- Tester report: AHPR, GHPR, Z-score, LR correlation, MFE and MAE charts.
- Sessions: every session saved and comparable, plus PDF and CSV export.
Why traders choose PlayBack Forex
- Made for your phoneA real phone layout: one-thumb PlayBack controls, one-tap Buy and Sell, swipe between pairs and timeframes. Add it to your home screen; no download.
- In-depth analyticsA full report after every session: profit factor, win rate, drawdown, Sharpe ratio, losing streaks, results by hour and day, Monte Carlo and a strategy-tester sheet.
- Simple to usePick a pair, tap a candle, press play. Built by a trader for traders: what you need, nothing you don’t.
- Priced in nairaFree to start. Pro is ₦500 for 24 hours or ₦3,000 for 30 days, by card or bank transfer, no auto-renewal.
- Real market history37 markets: 28 forex pairs, gold, silver, oil and five stock indices, on 1-minute candles up to the latest week.
- Trade it like it’s liveMarket and pending orders, stop loss, take profit, trailing stop, break-even, partial close, spread and commission, prop-firm loss limits.
Start with how to backtest ICT and SMC setups or how to backtest a forex strategy, step by step.
Questions people ask
What is manual backtesting?
Testing a strategy by hand on past prices: the chart moves forward with the future hidden and you place each trade yourself. It suits discretionary strategies such as price action, ICT and SMC.
Is PlayBack Forex a strategy tester?
It is a manual backtester with a strategy-tester-grade report: profit factor, drawdown, Sharpe, AHPR, GHPR, Z-score, LR correlation, MFE and MAE. For automated Expert Advisors, use the MT5 Strategy Tester.
Can I backtest manually on MT5?
MT5’s visual mode is built for Expert Advisors and shows one timeframe at a time. PlayBack Forex is built for trading the chart by hand, with up to four synced timeframes.
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.