FAQs

BacktestHQ is your go-to platform for testing and validating investment strategies using real historical data. Whether you're evaluating options or stock strategies, our tools help you find what actually works—not just what sounds good.

No. BacktestHQ is built for both beginners and pros. Our tools are intuitive, fully web-based, and require no coding. If you can click, you can backtest.

To sign up, simply go to our Subscribe tab and select the subscription that works best for you.

You can backtest:

• Stock trading strategies using 30+ popular technical indicators.

• Options strategies by analyzing traits of past high-performing contracts.

Entry and exit timing strategies for stocks and ETFs.

Backtests are powered by historical price data and pattern recognition algorithms. We show you which strategies would’ve worked best on your chosen security—and notify you the moment signals change.

Absolutely. The Best Strategy Finder tool is built exactly for this purpose—testing your favorite ticker against dozens of trading rules.

You can also use our tools to maximize your mutual fund investments.

We use high-quality, verified market data for stocks and options from Standard & Poors as well as EOD HD—updated daily to ensure your tests are accurate and relevant.

Daily. This ensures you’re getting up-to-date insights and real-time signal updates.

Right now, we offer a fixed set of proven indicators and rules. The ability to create custom rules might be added in a future release.

You can choose from several affordable plans—monthly, quarterly or annual. If you don’t subscribe, your access will end, but you won’t be charged.

We don’t offer refunds, but that’s why the 14 day risk-free trial exists—so you can try it risk-free before subscribing.

You can reach us at support@backtesthq.com or use the chat widget on the site. We’re here to help.

Yes. The results are purely data-driven. There’s no curve fitting or AI guesswork—just transparent, historical testing that shows what actually worked.

Other tools make you figure out what strategy to test. We reverse the process. BacktestHQ tells you which rules worked best—so you spend less time guessing and more time winning.