As a natural-born trader, potential isn’t something you’re short on. And unlocking all that pent-up talent is easy if you have the right tools. Discover what your strategy is made of with TradeStation’s deep backtesting capabilities. Test your ideas against decades of historical market data, refine your parameters with built-in optimization tools, and validate your strategy with walk-forward analysis. Get high-resolution testing results for single symbols or across a portfolio while factoring in things like slippage and commissions.
Test your strategy not your focus
It takes a smart trader to develop a successful trading strategy. It takes an even smarter one to refine it with data. We can help.
Like trading, testing is in your DNA. It’s also one of the backbones of the TradeStation ecosystem.
Sophisticated traders do a lot more than just trade. They analyze. They strategize. They review. Then they make sure they’ve dotted their I’s and crossed their T’s. Then they review again. Traders aren’t just traders – they’re tinkerers and testers by nature.
TradeStation is built to let you test the might of your strategy with decades of historical market data. Uncover your entry and exit signals on specific symbols through our Chart Analysis tool. Get granular with intrabar order generation for higher accuracy tests. Find harmony with Portfolio Maestro and test across a basket of symbols and timeframes. See a glimpse of potential performance with walk-forward analysis. Or go fully down the rabbit hole by customizing as much as possible through EasyLanguage® and our trading API. If you can hypothesize it, we can help turn your trading theory into reality.
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Backtesting
Simulated trading
Mistakes can be costly. It’s a lesson most seasoned traders have learned at least once. The TradeStation trading simulator is here to help you learn faster by putting strategies to work in real-world conditions without using precious capital. Plot new strategies for stocks, options, and futures with access to the complete TradeStation toolkit. With free real-time data and a dynamic environment to toggle between paper trading and the real thing, you can go from testing to executing almost as fast as we can fill your order.
Custom strategies
Chart your own course with an extensive toolkit designed to help you craft your own custom strategies. Start off with the basics and modify existing, prebuilt strategies directly on our platforms. Tap into Strategy Builder or a third-party integration to design complex tactics without writing code. Jump into programming without a computer science degree through EasyLanguage, our proprietary language that works with English-like syntax. Or completely build from the ground-up by integrating your own application with our trading API. It’s your strategy, your talent, and your choice.
Explore the foundation that makes TradeStation
the home of those born to trade
Advanced charting
Natural-born traders are charting wizards
Deep customization
TradeStation's open ecosystem lets you trade your way
Precision advantage
Precision matters when you trade
If you live and breathe trading, you’ve found your home.
You’ve got the talent. You’ve got the smarts.
Set your strategy in motion.
Security futures are not suitable for all investors. To obtain a copy of the security futures risk disclosure statement visit www.TradeStation.com/DisclosureFutures.
Options trading is not suitable for all investors. Your TradeStation Securities’ account application to trade options will be considered and approved or disapproved based on all relevant factors, including your trading experience. See www.TradeStation.com/DisclosureOptions. Visit www.TradeStation.com/Pricing for full details on the costs and fees associated with options.
Margin trading involves risks, and it is important that you fully understand those risks before trading on margin. The Margin Disclosure Statement outlines many of those risks, including that you can lose more funds than you deposit in your margin account; your brokerage firm can force the sale of securities in your account; your brokerage firm can sell your securities without contacting you; and you are not entitled to an extension of time on a margin call. Review the Margin Disclosure Statement.
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