How To Test A Strategy On Trading View
By Samantha Baltodano
If you’re new to TradingView, I’ve built this step-by-step guide to show you how to easily back test a technical indicator on any symbol. Let’s jump in!
Step-by-Step Guide
Step 1. Go to TradingView
Step 2. Select the profile icon in the top right corner and select “sign in”
Step 3. You will be prompted to log in or sign up. If you do not have a trading view account then you will select “sign up” as shown below
Step 4. Once you have signed in or signed up, find your desired indicator. The page should look something like this: https://www.tradingview.com/script/kPe86Nbc-Roofing-Filter-DW/
Hint: If you’re coming from an Archaide blog about a study or strategy, this link will be available in the “Test The [Strategy Name]” section.
Step 5. Select “Add to favorite indicators” as shown below
Step 6. Click the clock icon on the right hand menu bar, as shown below
Step 7. After clicking the clock icon, select “open chart” as shown below
Step 8. You should see a time series chart for “AAPL”
Step 9. In the top menu bar, click the dropdown for “Indicators” (as shown in the image below)
And select your strategy
Allow a moment for the chart to refresh, then your chart should look something like this:
Step 10. To test you strategy on different stocks, futures, forex, indices, bonds, etc., select the current ticker from the top menu bar, in this case “AAPL”
Once you click this, you will see a “Symbol Search” popup. You can type in and search for your desired symbols here.
Once you select a symbol, the chart will reload and backtest your strategy on your selected symbol.
Below is an example of the selected symbol “EURUSD”
Step 11. By default, the time period is set to one year, you can adjust this time frame to test your strategy over different periods:
Step 12. To see the performance of the strategy on your given symbol and over your given timeframe, refer to the “Overview” and “Performance Summary”
Step 13. Repeat this process, testing various symbols and various time frames to see if this strategy is right for you.
