Understanding Trade Replay and Backtesting in TradeZella
TradeZella provides two powerful tools for improving your trading performance — Trade Replay and Backtesting. Both help you analyze your trading decisions, but they serve different purposes and offer unique capabilities.
🔁 Trade Replay Overview
Trade Replay lets you relive your actual executed trades second by second — just like watching a recording of your own trading session.
You can observe how price action unfolded, where you entered and exited, and how your decisions aligned with the market in real time.
It’s a great tool to:
Review emotional or impulsive trades.
Spot missed setups or exits.
Strengthen discipline by studying real trading conditions.
Note: Trade Replay is exclusive to the Pro Plan.
🧠 Backtesting Overview
Backtesting lets you practice and simulate trades and test playbooks/strategies on historical market data — without using real money or executed trades.
Instead of replaying your own trades, you can:
Open a Backtesting Session on any supported symbol.
Scroll through historical charts as if the market were live.
Place simulated trades (entries/exits) using the same order panel.
Track performance and analyze results within your journal.
Every trade you make in Backtesting behaves like a live trade:
P&L is calculated using historical price data.
Orders are executed at the exact candle and time you choose.
You can pause, rewind, and fast-forward the chart for flexible testing.
⚖️ Key Differences Between Trade Replay and Backtesting
Aspect | Trade Replay | Backtesting |
Purpose | Review actual past trades | Test new or hypothetical strategies/playbooks |
Data Source | Your executed trades | Historical price data |
User Input | Passive (watching past trades) | Active (manually placing simulated trades) |
Control | Plays back your session automatically | You control time movement, entries, and exits |
Plan Availability | Pro Plan only | Available on both Basic and Pro Plans |
🎯 Which One Should You Use?
Use Trade Replay to review your execution and psychology — great for understanding your real trading performance.
Use Backtesting to experiment with new setups or refine strategies before taking them live.
If you have any questions or need assistance, feel free to reach out to our support team — we’re here to help!