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A backtest is your own rules run over price that has already happened. This module is how to run one without fooling yourself.

What you are testing

Your rules are already written. Module 29 fixed the plan and module 30 fixed the four entry models.

A backtest asks one question about them. Can you find those setups on a chart, and what would have happened if you had taken them.

A backtest is your rules, run over price that has already printed.

The tool most people reach for

Bar replay is a platform mode that hides the future and steps the chart forward one candle at a time. It looks like the obvious answer, and it is what most people ask about first.