- Open the simulator and pick BTC/USD from the instrument list - or Ethereum, Litecoin, Cardano, Bitcoin Cash and the rest of the 105.
- Choose a start date and timeframe. The chart hides everything after it, so you read the same bars a trader had at the time rather than a chart you already know the answer to.
- Replay bar by bar through weekdays and weekends alike, and place trades with the mouse.
- Read the report. Win rate, expectancy, profit factor, Sharpe and drawdown across the session, saved to your trading journal so the sample accumulates.
Bitcoin · BTC/USD
Backtest Bitcoin free, in your browser.
Replay BTC/USD bar by bar with nine years of history and real weekend sessions, place trades with the mouse, and get win rate, expectancy, profit factor and drawdown at the end of the session. No download, no exchange account, no card - Bitcoin is unlocked on the free plan along with all 105 instruments.
The data
Nine years of Bitcoin, seven days a week.
Tick-derived OHLC bars from the same archive our published research is computed on. Lower timeframes cover shorter windows because the underlying data is far denser - the table is exactly what you can replay today.
| Timeframe | History starts | Roughly | Plan |
|---|---|---|---|
| D1 / W1 / MN | May 2017 | 9 years, 3,200+ daily bars | Free |
| H4 | May 2017 | 9 years, 18,000+ bars | Free |
| H1 | May 2017 | ~73,000 bars | Free |
| M30 | October 2020 | 6 years | Free |
| M15 | September 2023 | 3 years | Free |
| M5 | August 2025 | 13 months | Free |
| M1 | May 2026 | 4 months | Free |
Coverage as of October 2026 and growing nightly. Bitcoin swings hard enough that H1 and H4 give large samples quickly - see how many trades make a result significant.
Measured
Bitcoin's weekend is a different market.
Median BTC/USD daily range as a percentage of price, Saturday and Sunday against Monday to Friday, every day from January 2021 to September 2026.
| Year | Weekend day | Weekday | Weekend as share of weekday |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 4.41% | 6.04% | 73% |
| 2022 | 2.59% | 4.51% | 57% |
| 2023 | 1.81% | 3.21% | 56% |
| 2024 | 2.11% | 4.10% | 51% |
| 2025 | 1.78% | 3.35% | 53% |
| 2026 | 2.01% | 3.41% | 59% |
| All, 2021-2026 | 2.38% | 4.02% | 59% |
2,085 BTC/USD daily bars (596 weekend, 1,489 weekday), 1 January 2021 to 16 September 2026, FxBacktest archive, UTC days. Earlier years are left out because the archive's weekend coverage before 2021 is incomplete.
A typical Bitcoin weekend day moves a little over half as much as a typical weekday, and the gap shows up in the tails too: 35.3% of weekdays range more than 5%, against 12.8% of weekend days. Two consequences for a backtest. A breakout rule tuned on weekday volatility will mostly fail to reach its target on a Saturday, so report weekend and weekday trades separately before you decide the rule works. And a forex-style backtest that skips weekends silently deletes over a quarter of Bitcoin's calendar - the chart here replays them as real sessions.
The hourly picture is flatter than on an index or a currency pair, because there is no exchange open. Across more than 72,000 hourly bars, the busiest hours are 13:00-16:00 UTC, as US equity traders arrive, and the quietest are 03:00-06:00 UTC - a difference of under two times, against roughly four times on the Dow.
Before you test
Three things that break a forex strategy on Bitcoin.
Each links to a longer read.
Original research
Size in percent, not dollars
A Bitcoin day can cover thousands of dollars, which makes dollar-based stops meaningless across years. Our average daily range study compares markets as a share of price, which is the only comparison that holds.
Read the study GuideDrawdowns come faster
With a weekday median range near 4% of price, a run of losses arrives faster than on a currency pair. Check your backtest's risk of ruin before its win rate, and size so that a losing streak is survivable.
Read the guide GuideRegimes are short
Bitcoin's 2021 is not its 2023. Split your sample across bull, bear and sideways years, and make sure each one holds enough trades to mean something on its own.
Read the guideHow it works
Four steps, about a minute.
Questions
Bitcoin backtesting FAQ
Is Bitcoin backtesting really free here?
Yes. BTC/USD and all 105 instruments are unlocked on the free plan, with every timeframe, full trade execution and the session report. Nothing to download, no card. Paid plans add more saved sessions, more simultaneous indicators and deeper analytics - not the Bitcoin chart or its history.
How much Bitcoin history can I replay?
Daily, 4-hour and hourly bars from May 2017 - about 3,200 daily bars and 73,000 hourly bars. 30-minute data from October 2020, 15-minute from September 2023, 5-minute from August 2025 and 1-minute from May 2026.
Does the Bitcoin chart include weekends?
Yes. Bitcoin trades seven days a week and the chart replays Saturday and Sunday as real sessions, not as a gap. Since 2021 the median weekend day has moved 2.38% against 4.02% on a weekday, so a strategy tested on weekdays only is describing a different market.
Can I backtest other cryptocurrencies?
Yes. Ethereum, Litecoin, Cardano and Bitcoin Cash are on the same free plan with the same replay engine and report, alongside forex, indices, metals and stocks - all listed on the backtest hub.
Risk disclaimerTrading foreign exchange, CFDs, cryptocurrencies and other leveraged products carries a high level of risk and is not suitable for every investor - losses can exceed your deposits. Everything on this page is educational content, not financial advice. Backtest and simulator results are hypothetical: they do not represent live trading and past performance does not guarantee future results.