TestingView on TradingView
Open TestingView from the TradingView header button. You do not need a separate charting app.
Features
TradingView backtesting features
TestingView is a historical candle-replay engine based on TradingView. You backtest on your real TradingView charts and keep your own indicators in place. It adds sessions and simulated trades, including tick-by-tick or intrabar simulation. ChronoShuffle gives random starts that help reduce hindsight bias. Built-in controls stop you from viewing future candles during manual testing. You also get risk sizing, a backtesting journal, and statistics.
Use cases
- Replay integrity: random starting points, reliable future-candle concealment, and protection against look-ahead bias.
- Execution realism: slippage, spreads, commissions, partial fills, and intrabar order handling.
- Multi-timeframe testing: synchronized replay and correct higher-timeframe data availability.
- Statistical validation: Monte Carlo analysis, out-of-sample testing, and confidence intervals.
- Strategy experimentation: comparing rule variations across identical historical samples, while keeping your own TradingView indicators on the chart.
- Automation: scripting repeatable tests, bulk-running scenarios, and accessing results programmatically.
Getting started
Launch TestingView from TradingView and open a session. Keep your own indicators on the chart. Use ChronoShuffle for random historical starts that help reduce hindsight bias.
Desktop app session
Run the same TestingView workflow inside TradingView Desktop with the TestingView launcher.
Session started
A new session begins with a quick tip so you know how to place your first simulated trade.
Account currency
Pick from common fiat and crypto currencies for balance, risk, and P&L.
Start date
Jump into any historical period that your TradingView data allows.
ChronoShuffle range
Pick random historical starting points within a past range. You practice without knowing the period, and that helps reduce hindsight bias.
ChronoShuffle hop
Hop to another random historical start within your range when you want a fresh practice window.
Resume a session
Pick up where you left off. Sessions, trades, and journal values are saved automatically.
Cloud sync
Resume the same sessions on another device with the same TestingView account.
Trade simulation & risk
Place entries and exits, use break-even, work with multi-chart layouts, and size contracts on the historical candle-replay engine.
Draw a long position
Use TradingView Long/Short Position tools. TestingView turns them into tracked simulated trades.
Risk by percent
Size the trade as a percentage of your session balance before entry.
Risk by fixed amount
Or risk a fixed cash amount. TestingView sets the quantity for the symbol.
Set break-even
Define a break-even trigger from the journal so the stop can move to entry automatically.
Adjust break-even
Drag the break-even line on the chart between entry and target.
Break-even hit
When price reaches BE, TestingView moves stop loss to entry (Explorer and Trader).
Take profit hit
Trades close automatically when price reaches your take-profit level.
Stop loss hit
Stops are tracked candle-by-candle so exits stay realistic during playback.
Manual close
Close an active trade from the journal whenever you decide to exit.
Gap entry fill
If price gaps through your entry, the trade opens at the new candle open.
Multi-timeframe layout
Watch several timeframes side by side while TestingView advances them together.
Multi-symbol layout
Track multiple symbols with one shared session balance and journal.
Select a past trade
Click a journal row to focus the trade and review how it played out.
Edit lots after entry
On Trader, adjust the quantity of an open trade and recalculate risk and P&L.
Futures contract sizing
Risk accounts for contract size and point value, including futures like ES.
Stop playback menu
Right-click the chart to stop playback when price reaches a chosen level.
Playback stop line
A visible stop line pauses candle playback when price crosses it.
Playback & candle control
Replay historical candles with tick-by-tick or intrabar simulation. Built-in controls stop you from viewing future candles during manual testing.
Step forward
Advance through the historical candle-replay engine one step at a time. You can go down to tick-by-tick or intrabar resolution when you need precise management.
Fast forward
Skip ahead to the next interval close without losing trade-management accuracy.
Fast-forward intervals
Choose how far each fast-forward jump should move through history.
Go to Date/Time
Jump to a specific date or time when you do not have an open position (plan limits apply on Starter).
Next occurrence
Jump forward to the next occurrence of a clock time, such as the cash open.
Predefined stop times
Automatically pause at times that you care about, for example 09:30 or 15:30.
Chart event stops
Compatible indicator events can pause playback when a signal appears on the chart.
Review mode
Revisit closed trades from the journal, then return to the active session date.
Review a trade
Replay a past trade in context to study entry, management, and exit decisions.
Minimum step size
Set the smallest step-forward resolution for tick-by-tick or intrabar simulation during replay.
Prevent candle previews
Built-in controls stop you from viewing future candles during manual testing. That includes unfinished higher-timeframe previews when you switch intervals.
Switch timeframes safely
Change chart intervals while keeping the session date stable. Future candles stay hidden, and backtests stay unspoiled.
Journal, snapshots & export
Custom columns, notes, analysis time, snapshots, and Excel export.
Sortable journal
Sort by any column to find your best and worst trades quickly.
Custom columns
Add, rename, reorder, and show/hide journal columns on Explorer and Trader.
Column types
Use text, numbers, checkboxes, dates, and dropdowns to build the journal that you actually use.
Dropdown values
Define setup grades, mistakes, or market conditions as selectable values.
Journal with custom fields
Your custom columns appear alongside system metrics for every trade.
Trade notes
Write free-form notes on each trade while the chart context is still fresh.
Analysis time
Track how long you spend reviewing each trade during the session.
Trade snapshots
Capture chart snapshots and attach them to the trade in your journal.
Multi-chart snapshots
In multi-chart layouts, capture a snapshot from each chart when you need the full picture.
Snapshot viewer
Browse, copy, open, or delete saved snapshots from one place.
Multi-chart snapshot viewer
Review multi-chart captures and copy links when sharing or documenting a trade.
Excel export
Export the session journal to Excel on the Trader plan for deeper offline analysis.
Statistics & optimization
Review session metrics, charts, streaks, costs, and what-if stop-loss and take-profit insights.
Session statistics
See win rate, profit factor, expectancy, drawdown, and more. These are measured from your simulated trades.
Quick stats tooltip
Glance at high-level performance from the playback bar without leaving the chart.
Performance forecast
See overall performance with forward-looking context on supported plans.
Max drawdown
Understand the worst equity swing your approach produced in the session.
Win streaks
Highlight longest winning runs to see consistency, not just single-trade outcomes.
Optimal stop loss
What-if analysis for stop-loss size based on the trades already in the session.
Optimal take profit
Explore how different take-profit distances would have changed results.
Break-even outcomes
Review hypothetical outcomes for trades that reached break-even.
Trading costs
Apply spreads and commissions in statistics so performance stays realistic (Trader).
Performance by hour
Find which hours of the day your approach actually worked.