- Open the simulator and pick GER40 from the instrument list - or the FTSE 100, Euro Stoxx 50, CAC 40, the US indices 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 and place trades with the mouse. Drag the stop and target on the chart and the lot size follows from your risk percent.
- Read the report. Win rate, expectancy, profit factor, Sharpe and drawdown across the session, saved to your trading journal so the sample accumulates.
DAX 40 · GER40
Backtest the DAX free, in your browser.
Replay the DAX 40 bar by bar from 2013 to this week, place trades with the mouse, and get win rate, expectancy, profit factor and drawdown at the end of the session. No download, no futures account, no card - GER40 is unlocked on the free plan along with all 105 instruments.
The data
Thirteen years of DAX history, already loaded.
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 | September 2013 | 13 years, 3,000+ bars | Free |
| H4 | September 2013 | 13 years, 19,000+ bars | Free |
| H1 | September 2013 | 13 years, 69,000+ bars | Free |
| M30 | September 2017 | 9 years, 100,000+ bars | Free |
| M15 | March 2022 | 5 years, 100,000+ bars | Free |
| M5 | February 2025 | 19 months, 100,000+ bars | Free |
| M1 | April 2026 | 5 months, 138,000+ bars | Free |
Coverage as of October 2026 and growing nightly. GER40 is quoted in index points and trades nearly around the clock, so the overnight session replays as real bars.
Measured
The DAX does its moving in the first two hours.
Median GER40 hourly range in index points by time of day, January 2021 to September 2026.
| Window (UTC) | Median hourly range | Share of the busiest hour |
|---|---|---|
| Asia, 00:00-06:00 | 26.9 points | 37% |
| Pre-open, 06:00 | 42.0 points | 58% |
| Xetra open, 07:00-09:00 | 71.1 points | 99% |
| European morning, 09:00-12:00 | 49.1 points | 68% |
| US data and open, 12:00-15:00 | 58.7 points | 81% |
| European close, 15:00-17:00 | 48.4 points | 67% |
| Evening, 17:00-22:00 | 27.7 points | 38% |
33,884 GER40 hourly bars, 2021-01-03 to 2026-09-25, FxBacktest archive. Each row averages the hourly medians inside its window. UTC throughout.
Frankfurt's cash session opens at 09:00 local time - 07:00 UTC in summer and 08:00 UTC in winter - and the two hours that hold it are the busiest of the day, at 72.13 and 70.01 points. The quietest hour, 04:00 UTC, moves 19.63 points: the open is 3.7 times as active. The US data window in the afternoon is the second peak. Everything outside those two windows is drift.
For a backtest that means two things. An opening-range or breakout rule on the DAX is really a rule about 07:00-09:00 UTC, so test it there and report the other hours separately. And because the index has nearly tripled since 2013 - the median day covered 109.3 points in 2017 and 334.6 in 2026 - a stop in fixed points does not travel across years. Use percent or ATR.
When DAX 40 movesmedian hourly range by 3-hour block, UTC, 2021-2026
33,884 DAX 40 hourly bars, 2021-01-03 to 2026-09-25, FxBacktest archive. Each block is the average of its three hourly medians. The 06:00-09:00 block holds the Xetra open; 12:00-15:00 holds the US data releases and the Wall Street open.
Before you test
Three things that break a forex strategy on the DAX.
Each links to a longer read.
Original research
Opening-range breaks, measured
Our opening-range study tests whether the first hour of the European session sets the day - the baseline for any DAX open strategy.
Read the study Original researchOvernight gaps
How often an index opens away from the prior close, and whether the gap fills - measured on the major indices.
Read the study GuideEnough trades per regime
Split the sample by year before you trust the total. Each regime needs enough trades on its own to mean something, or the headline win rate is mostly one good year.
Read the guideHow it works
Four steps, about a minute.
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Questions
DAX backtesting FAQ
Is DAX backtesting really free here?
Yes. GER40 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 DAX chart or its history.
How much DAX history can I replay?
Daily, 4-hour and hourly bars from September 2013. 30-minute data starts in September 2017, 15-minute in March 2022, 5-minute in February 2025 and 1-minute in April 2026.
When does the DAX move most?
In the two hours that hold the Frankfurt open - 07:00-09:00 UTC - where the median hour covers about 72 points, against about 20 in the quietest Asian hour.
Can I backtest other European indices?
Yes. The FTSE 100, Euro Stoxx 50, CAC 40, IBEX 35, FTSE MIB and Swiss 20 are on the same free plan with the same replay engine and report - 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.