Quickstart

StrategyTune is a browser-based backtesting platform: you pick a security, you pick a date, and the chart replays the market tick-by-tick from there. You can place trades as if it were live and see what would have happened. No install, no account required to start.

Run your first backtest

1. Open the app.
2. Press Play (or hit Space). Replay starts at the default speed of 200×.

That's the loop. The chart you land on is already loaded with a security and a date range — you can change either when you're ready, but you don't have to to get going.

What to try next

1. Change speed. Press ↑ a couple of times to step the speed up. The replay accelerates without restarting. Press ↓ to slow back down.
2. Change interval. Press Shift+↑ to move from 15m to 30m. The chart redraws at the new granularity; your replay clock doesn't change.
3. Place a trade. Use the trade panel to buy or sell. You can attach a take-profit and stop-loss right at order entry. Watch your position appear in the account panel.
4. Scrub time. Drag the timeline thumb to jump anywhere in your range. The engine pauses, jumps, and resumes when you let go.
5. Add an indicator. Open the indicator picker and add one of the built-ins (RSI, MACD, MA). Custom indicators live in the same picker.

Backtesting itself is free for everyone, with or without an account. Saving sessions, AI indicator generation, and a few other things require sign-in or a paid plan — see Plans for the breakdown.

Next steps

• Keyboard shortcuts — the small set worth learning early.
• How replay works — the mental model.
• Trading & P&L — order types, take-profit, stop-loss, the stats panel.
• Custom indicators — write your own logic on top of the chart.