Manual Bar Replay for Visual Strategy Backtesting
Summary
The document describes a simple chart indicator intended to support manual backtesting by hiding future bars. After adding the indicator and a vertical line with the expected name, the user drags the line horizontally; bars to its right are concealed, allowing the chart to be reviewed progressively as if time were advancing. A keyboard modifier can move the visible boundary one bar at a time for finer replay control.
This is a basic visual workflow for practicing or reviewing trading decisions against historical price data. The document gives setup and interaction instructions but does not describe performance measurement, trade logging, realistic execution, spread or slippage modeling, or safeguards against look-ahead bias beyond hiding the later bars. It is therefore a replay aid rather than a complete backtesting methodology.
Key ideas
- A vertical line controls which historical bars remain visible during manual replay.
- Dragging the line hides bars to its right to simulate forward progression through a chart.
- A keyboard modifier advances the visible boundary one bar at a time.
- The described tool supports visual review but does not provide a full framework for measuring strategy performance.
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