Backtesting software / ForexTester

ForexTester: backtesting workflow, data and limits

Manual Forex replay alongside automated testing in the desktop product. Keep this edition separate from ForexTester Online.

Desktop, selected package · Windows desktop · Checked 17 October 2026 · No authenticated or installed provider test

Selected workflow

See current edition terms

Desktop licence plus optional data subscription; tax/promo dependent

Rules: Replay

Data: Basic versus paid SuperData package; different symbol/tick depth

Stocks: Not established
Forex: Verified workflow
Futures: Not established
Options: Not established

Cost settings: Not established in selected documentation

Result access/export: Not established in selected documentation

See named documentation and current entitlement; no native export acceptance test performed.

Limits that can change a result

Trial time/save restrictions and data-package depth can dominate a price comparison. A replay log is not proof of native automated option/futures contract accounting.

Do not infer a fill model or contract lifecycle from a chart symbol alone. Historical coverage, data adjustment, sessions, time zones, commissions, position sizing and execution settings should be written down with each run. The same entry rule can produce different results under different conventions.

A test task you can reproduce

Replay the same interval twice with written entry/exit rules. Record data package, spread assumptions and whether discretionary decisions were changed.

This is a suggested acceptance task, not a provider test that we performed. Save source code or rule settings, the data identifier, parameters and export. If the tool cannot accept a synthetic dataset, use an explicitly identified historical slice and record what cannot be independently controlled.

Official evidence

ForexTester desktop packages — Desktop manual replay and automated testing. Basic 18 symbol medium-quality history vs paid SuperData; bundles/promotions and VAT complicate a single price. No universal all-in amount asserted.
ForexTester demo versus registered — Trial has time/save restrictions. Basic and SuperData history differ; data subscription and desktop licence are separate components.

What this profile does not establish

Published features do not establish current uptime, execution quality, predictive value, suitability or profitability. Trial limits and paid data can differ from the selected software licence. We have not opened accounts, purchased licences or run the named tool’s native imports/exports. The source register makes that boundary explicit.

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