Backtesting Engine

Backtest Your Strategies Against Your Own Trade History

Most backtesting tools use generic price data. SuperTrader backtests against how you actually trade — your entries, your exits, your slippage, your psychology.

Tests run on your real trade history·All asset classes·Free plan included
Personal trade backtesting
Equity curve visualization
Walk-forward testing
Strategy comparison
Condition filters
Options & futures
Desktop

Strategy Backtest

VWAP Reclaim · 87 trades

64% WR
Win Rate
64%
Expectancy
+$187
Max DD
−12%
Sharpe
1.8
VWAP Reclaim
87 trades · 12 months
Win Rate
64%
Exp
+$187

The problem with traditional backtesting

Why platform backtests lie to you.

Generic data, not your data

TradingView shows you how a strategy performed on a price chart. SuperTrader shows how it performed in your hands — accounting for your execution, your timing, your specific entries and exits.

Theoretical, not behavioral

Historical price backtests assume perfect execution. You don't execute perfectly. Your backtest should include your actual slippage and entry quality — because those costs are real.

You need real trades to trust the data

With platform backtests, you're simulating historical bars. With SuperTrader, you're analyzing trades you actually made — every sample is real, every result is yours.

How it works

Three steps. Your entire trading edge, quantified.

01

Define your setup

Select a strategy tag, asset class, time window, and market condition filter. Tags are labels you attach to trades — VWAP Reclaim, Opening Range Break, whatever your setups are called.

02

The engine scans your trade history

All trades matching your parameters are isolated and analyzed. The engine computes win rate, expectancy per trade, max drawdown, and Sharpe ratio from your actual closed trades.

03

Results: your real edge revealed

Your equity curve, best conditions, and performance by day-of-week and session appear instantly. Walk-forward results show whether your edge holds out-of-sample.

Live demo

Configure a backtest. See results update in real time.

Change the strategy, asset class, date range, or condition. Results recalculate from pre-built demo data.

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Backtest · 87 trades

VWAP Reclaim · Equities · Last 12 months

64% WR
Win Rate
64%
Expectancy
+$187
Max DD
−12%
Sharpe
1.8

Equity curve

Win rate by day of week

Win rate by session

Feature 1 of 3

Compare two setups head to head.

Run two strategy tags against the same date range and see both equity curves on the same chart. The setup with the higher expectancy is your primary edge — the other is draining capital.

VWAP Reclaim

64% WR · +$187/trade

Opening Range Break

51% WR · +$89/trade

Equity curve comparison — Last 12 months

VWAP ReclaimOpening Range Break

Walk-forward test · VWAP Reclaim · 2026

Train

Jan–Mar

Test

Apr

Train

May–Jul

Test

Aug

Train

Sep–Nov

Test

Dec

WR

64%

WR

61%

WR

67%

WR

63%

WR

65%

WR

60%

Train periods
Out-of-sample test
Feature 2 of 3

Walk-forward testing. Real edge or curve-fitting?

Testing against your full history causes overfitting — the strategy looks great because you're testing on data it was tuned to. Walk-forward splits your history into alternating train and out-of-sample test periods.

If your win rate holds in the test segments, you have a real edge. If it collapses, the strategy was curve-fitted to historical data. Most backtesting tools don't show you this.

Feature 3 of 3

Filter by market condition. Find when you actually win.

Your strategy might be profitable in high-VIX environments but a coin flip on quiet range days. Condition filters slice your backtest to reveal exactly when your edge shows up — and when it disappears.

Filter by: VIX level, earnings week, economic event day, market trend type, session time. Each filter updates the equity curve and win rate in real time.

Win rate by market condition · VWAP Reclaim

How it compares

SuperTrader vs platform backtesting (TradingView, ThinkOrSwim).

Feature
SuperTrader
Platform backtests
Data source
Your actual trades
Historical price bars
Execution quality
✓ Your real slippage & fills
✗ Assumes perfect execution
Sample size
Your real trade count
Unlimited simulated bars
Behavioral bias captured
✓ All of it
✗ None — model doesn't tilt
Walk-forward testing
✓ Built in
✗ Manual or not available
Condition filters
✓ VIX, session, day of week
Limited
Time to set up
~2 minutes
20–60 minutes (code required)
Free plan
✓ Always free
Varies — most require paid tier
87+
Avg trades per backtest
8
Metrics per strategy
Walk-forward
Overfitting prevention
Free
Core backtesting always

FAQ

Common questions about strategy backtesting.

Test the strategy before the trade costs you.

Your trade history is the most accurate dataset you'll ever have. Use it.

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Walk-forward testing
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