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Backtest from the Journal

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The Journal is not only a record of trades you have placed. You can test an idea against past data and keep the result alongside your real trades.

You can “Replay” a trade from your Journal by sending it to Backtest Analysis.

Closed TSLA bull put in the Journal with the backtest (rewind) icon marked, opening the Back Test Analysis window with the position's legs, entry cost, and profit

Click on the Backtest (rewind) icon icon on the Journal trade tab.

Trades are sent to the specific strategy template of the trade.

If you click on the “Trade Open” tab, you will only get that view of the trade.

If you click on the “Trade Close” Journal tab, you get both open and closing info sent to Backtest.

View the P/L, Price History, Stock Volatility Chart – be sure to utilize the “Go Big” function to see more detail of the trade.

More on backtesting

Trade Price history popup for a TSLA trade: the trade performance line with entry and exit markers over the shaded stock price area; profit shown as 38.85% (2.70, 270.00)
The solid line is trade performance between the entry and exit markers; the shaded area is the stock price.

Note: This function is available on a “Clean” trade. Clean means there was a clean Open and a clean Close of the trade. There were no partial closings, ‘roll-ups’, adjustments or exercise/assignments.