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Chart Preview

The Chart Preview marks every entry and exit your strategy would have generated directly on the price chart. It's the fastest way to answer the most important question: does my logic do what I think it does?

Chart preview with entry and exit markers

Features​

  1. Time Frame - switch chart intervals (1m, 5m, 15m…) to inspect signals at different granularities.
  2. Candle Type - view as standard candlesticks, Heikin Ashi, and other formats.
  3. Indicators - overlay the same indicators your strategy uses (EMA, RSI, MACD…) to visually confirm each signal against the indicator values.
  4. Entry Signals - markers at every point the entry conditions fired.
  5. Exit Signals - markers at every exit, whether condition-based, stop loss, or target.
  6. Maximize / Minimize - expand the chart for detailed inspection.

Chart preview feature controls

Refresh after you make changes​

The chart doesn't update by itself when you edit the strategy. After any change - instrument, chart data, conditions, or signal limits - a banner appears above the bottom panel: "You've made changes. Update charts, logs & Backtest".

Click Update in the banner to regenerate the signals on the chart, the Entry & Exit Logs, and the backtest. The banner also appears when you open a saved strategy, before its first preview has run.

Choosing the period​

The Result Duration picker sits at the right of the bottom panel, next to the Chart Preview, Entry/Exit Log and Backtest Results tabs. It sets the period for all three.

OptionPeriod
MAXAll available history
2YThe last 2 years
1Y (default)The last year
6MThe last 6 months
1DThe last day
CustomA date range you choose

A longer period gives you more signals to check, but the preview and the backtest take longer to load.

How to validate a strategy visually​

  1. Overlay your strategy's indicators on the chart (e.g., both EMAs for a crossover strategy).
  2. Pick 3–5 entry markers and check each one: did the condition actually hold there?
  3. Check the exits the same way.
  4. Look for missing signals too - places where you'd expect a signal that didn't appear often reveal a wrong operator (e.g., Greater Than where you meant Crosses Above).

On a watchlist strategy, use the Underlying dropdown above the chart to switch between instruments.

For exact timestamps of each signal, use the Entry & Exit Logs. When the chart looks right, move on to Backtesting.