Overview

These docs cover backtesting on historical market data — creating a session, trading through it in the Terminal, and reviewing results. No live broker required.

What's covered

• Overview — what a backtest session is and how it differs from Demo or research Collect

• Create a session — Backtest → New session → Start Session

• Continue your backtesting — reopen a session from Backtest and click Play

• Review a session — session stats and trades in Trades

Playbooks (strategy books, Session Map, Historical Intelligence) are documented under Playbooks in the journal section.

Common questions

How is backtesting different from Chartnaut Demo? Backtest = replay past data in a saved session. Demo = live ticks with virtual money through Accounts. See Glossary.

How do I start? Create a session, then trade in the Terminal. Continue your backtesting when you return later.

Where do my practice trades go? Trades — same library as live fills, labeled by origin.

I want to organize trades under a strategy. That's a Playbook — see Overview.